Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste
Along with Yes We Cannibal!, the School of Art, the School of Music, and the Baton Rouge Art Gallery, the EMDM program is excited to host Guest Artist Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste for a series of events of sonic art, installations, performance, and talks. Come to the Artist talk at the DMC Theatre 3PM Jan 31, then experience the live performance Feb 1, the art exhibition at Yes We Cannibal, and the final artist symposium on Feb 2.
- LSU School of Art & LSU School of Music present an Artist Talk by Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, Friday, Jan 31st, 3pm, Digital Media Center Theatre
- Exhibition, Going To See A Man About A Horse, through Feb 3rd at Yes We Cannibal, 1600 Government Street
- Performance, Sat Feb 1st, 3pm, Meet at Scotlandville Parkway, 32000 Harding Blvd
- Symposium, Sun Feb 2nd, 4pm, Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Drive
All events are Free and open to the public
Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste is an artist, composer, and performer. His work examines the role of labor, ancestry, and heritage in representations and elisions of Black life. His sound works focus on the use of sound as a means of recognition or repulsion. Toussaint-Baptiste is an Assistant Professor in Sculpture & Extended Media at Virginia Commonwealth University and current Creative Capital Awardee and Triple Canopy Fellow. He has been a fellow at the Camargo Foundation, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Issue Project Room, and the Rauschenberg Residency. Recent exhibitions and performances include Hauser & Wirth, MoMA PS1, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and The Studio Museum in Harlem.
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