
Olaf Growald
Letitia Huckaby met her husband, Sedrick, around the time she was beginning to launch her career as a fine-art photographer. A colleague, Beverly Fletcher, who was leading the art department of the Fort Worth Independent School District at the time, suggested the two become acquainted. She figured, hey, a photographer and a painter would certainly have a lot to talk about.
“‘I think y’all will fall madly in love and have lots of kids,’” Letitia recalls Fletcher saying.
Fletcher was right. As predicted, Letitia and Sedrick did fall for one another. They eventually married, settled down in Fort Worth, and — three babies later — continue to both raise a family and build careers as established artists.
In fact, they’ve become something of a power couple in the local art community. Sedrick paints, sculpts, and does woodwork, while Letitia does photography. They live in Benbrook now, but the South Fort Worth home they first moved into as a married couple has been converted into an art studio, decked out with full-size sculptures, Letitia’s photos on the walls, and several works in progress standing beside an arsenal of paint-stained supplies.
Between artist residencies and work showcased in various galleries and publications, the Huckabys have also been using their art as an instrument for activism. In 2020, they helped spearhead the painting of a temporary “End Racism Now” mural in downtown Fort Worth. Prior to the presidential election, they also took part in a nonpartisan initiative, Vote = Voice, painting murals around town encouraging residents to cast their ballots.
Their next venture is the renovation of Sedrick’s grandmother’s house in the Stop Six neighborhood. They’re turning it into an art space called Kinfolks House, which will host exhibitions, film screenings, and workshops aimed at inspiring the next generation of creatives. The Huckabys hope to open the space later this year.
They also continue to create at home, looking to one another for both inspiration and critique — whether the other likes it or not.
“A lot of times you go to art school and you leave and you lose that ability to get good critique of your work,” Letitia says. “Because we live together, not that we always want to hear the other person’s critique … [“We don’t,” Sedrick says, laughing, and pointing to Letitia] … but there’s always somebody there to bounce ideas off of or look at what you’re doing and say, ‘This is working’ or ‘This is not working.’ Even if you don’t take the advice [she laughs], it gives you something to meditate on.”
Sedrick agrees. “It takes an artist to understand an artist,” he says.
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The Huckabys’ house project, a future artspace called Kinfolks House.
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Letitia and Sedrick have three children together.
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The sixth member of the family, the Huckabys’ Akita, Eden.
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Family time in the studio.
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The Huckaby family on a hike.
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Admiring art in Italy.
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The broom Letitia and Sedrick jumped over at their wedding.
TOOLS
Sedrick
Drill. For woodworking projects.
Whisk. For mixing wheat paste for sculptures.
Paintbrushes. For, well, the obvious.

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Letitia
Embroidery hoop. Often used as a frame for her work.
Vintage bed sheets. Used to create silhouettes of photo subjects behind the fabric.
1930s wedding dress. She hasn’t decided what to do with this yet, but it will be part of an art piece someday.