Ruby Williams

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Ruby Williams is an American artist.

She grew up in Bealsville, Florida - a community formed by freed slaves in the 1860s. It is these roots that form the stage for Ruby's produce stand and "walk in" gallery on State Road 60.

Ruby Williams folk art career got a start when a passer-by, Rodney Hardee, noticed her brightly painted signs advertising her fruits and vegetables. With the coaxing from him and others, this spiritual businesswoman, minister and grandmother embarked on the journey that has led her into classrooms, galleries and museums in Florida, as well as nationally. Recently Ruby illustrated a charming children's book titled, I Am Ruby.

Ruby Williams was recently honored with a Florida Folk Life Award and was included in the show, "On Their Own - Selected Self-taught Artists" at the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum in Washington D.C.

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