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Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts

Ruth Burke

Assistant Professor of Video
Wonsook Kim School of Art
Office
CVA Center For The Visual Arts 217c
Office Phone
(309) 438-8090office
phone
Email
rkburke@ilstu.eduemail
Website
www.ruthkburke.comwebsite
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
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Current Courses

494.001Masters Of Fine Arts Seminar

253.001Video II

MFA Interdisciplinary Studio Art

University of Michigan

BFA Studio Art, Art & Technology

Ohio State University

College Teaching Initiative Award,

Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University
2024

Harold Boyd Endowed Professorship

Wonsook Kim School of Art, Illinois State University
2024

University Teaching Initiative Award

Illinois State University
2024

University Creative Activity Initiative Award

Illinois State University
2022

College Creative Activity Initiative Award

Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University
2021

Creative Art Honoree

Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2018

Rick Valicenti Collaborative Teaching Initiative

School of Art, Bowling Green State University
2018

7th/8th Showcase Winne

Artslant
2017

First Year Award, Stamps School of Art & Design

Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
2016

Best in Show

Tacocat Collective
2015

Book, Chapter

Burke, R., & Epplett, S. Domestic Rewilding and Interspecies Labour. Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca and Florence Fitzgerald-Allsopp (EDs), Interspecies Performance. Performance Research Books (2024): 347.

Journal Article

Burke, R. A Trace of Fashioned Violence
Burke, R. Markings: a photo essay. Valerie L. Stevens, Aviva Vincent and Bailey Fullwiler (EDs). Social Work in Mental Health 22.6
Burke, R., & Landau, J. The Process of Coming and Going in This World: Interspecies Collaboration, Domestication, and Sound
Vincent, A., Burke, R., & Coates, K. A Competition Question: horse welfare, pentathletes, and competitive riding. ZOOPHILOLOGICA. Polish Journal of Animal Studies

Other

Burke, R. Interspecies Collaborations & Socially Engaged Art
Laurent, A., & Burke, R. Animal Assisted Interventions in the Community

Presentations

Draft Animals as Creative Collaborators. World Draft Cattle Symposium. Lauresham Institution. (2024)
An Informal History of Oxen in McLean County. Barnkeepers Speaker Series. Barnkeepers. (2022)
Interdisciplinary Inquiry with a Multispecies World: Human-Animal Studies & Contemporary Art. University Club Monthly Meeting. University Club. (2022)
Roundtable: First Year Teamsters. Midwest Ox Drovers Association Annual Gathering. Midwest Ox Drovers Association. (2022)
Interspecies Art/Work. Oberlin College Visiting Artist Program. Oberlin College. (2021)

Grants & Contracts

Mills Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2024)
Re-Integration of Mixed-Power Systems in Agroecological Intensification. U.S. Department of Agriculture SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Projects). Federal. (2024)
SARE Partnership Grant. Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE). Federal. (2024)
University Research Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2022)
Slow (Co)Working Spaces: Interspecies Labor and Collaboration. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2021)