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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Drake LeBlanc
DESCRIPTION:Join AcA Visual Arts Director Jaik Faulk in conversation with exhibiting artist Drake LeBlanc.\nDrake LeBlanc is a filmmaker and media artist from Lafayette, Louisiana. Drake is the Founder and Creative Director of Above the Beyond Studios, a multi-media production com­pany responsible for creating disruptive, thought provoking film and digital content. Drake also co-founded Tele-Louisiane, a multi-lingual media platform that aims to breathe new life into Louisiana’s languages, cultures and people.\nAn artist and creative director based in Southwest Louisiana, Drake LeBlanc’s practice is centered around documenting his cultural heritage through photography and filmmaking. His most recent project, Footwork, documents Black and Creole cowboy culture, subverting the Hollywood archetype as White while asserting Creoles, African Americans and Native Americans as those who originally set the tone for what would go on to define the American cowboy.\nHighlighting ‘trail rides’, LeBlanc’s photographs create a personal relationship between the subject and the audience. Moments of joy and camaraderie between riders draw you in while close up images capture personal details that make us as viewers feel as if we’re getting to know these cowboys and cowgirls in their element. One photograph in particular, a closeup image of a rider’s belt with a towel tucked into it proudly displaying “Cowgirls at Heart” not only catches the eye compositionally but places the image of the trail rider in an artistic context while asserting the cultural and historical importance of this tradition-sparkly belt buckle and all.\nThis artist talk is FREE, thanks to Creative Acadiana’s generous sponsors, LFT Fiber & Atchafalaya National Heritage Area\n
URL:https://acadianacenterforthearts.org/events/artist-talk-drake-leblanc/
CATEGORIES:Creative Acadiana,Workshops
LOCATION:101 W Vermilion St, Lafayette, LA 70501
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