Duncanson Artist-in-Residence

Continuing the Legacy of Artist Robert S. Duncanson

The Duncanson Artist-in-Residence program was established in 1986 to honor the achievements of contemporary Black American artists working in a breadth of artistic disciplines. The program honors the relationship between painter Robert S. Duncanson and Cincinnati art patron, Nicholas Longworth, who commissioned Duncanson to paint landscape murals in the foyer of his home, now the Taft Museum of Art. The Taft Museum of Art’s Robert S. Duncanson Society annually recognizes the achievements of a contemporary Black American artist through the Duncanson Artist-in-Residence program.

Meet our 2024 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence

Tunde Wey | April 13–27, 2024

Tunde Wey, 2024 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence. Photo Provided by Jonathan Peterson

Tunde Wey is a Nigerian immigrant artist, writer, and chef working at the intersection of food and the political economy. His work engages systems of power from the vantage point of the marginalized other, focusing particularly on how economics and finance impact the working-class Black community globally. Wey uses art, media, food, and dining spaces to confront disparities in material conditions and attempts interventions to address these socially constructed inequalities.

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The Duncanson Society

The Robert S. Duncanson Society was founded in 1986 by the late Doris Rankin Sells, the late William Joel McCray, and Ruth K. Meyer to affirm an ongoing Black presence within the structure of the Taft Museum of Art—including the Duncanson Artist-in-Residence program—and to celebrate Duncanson’s artistic contributions.

Interested in joining? Email education@taftmuseum.org to learn more.