This is the third in the series of five stories on our hometown hero nominees. The first of which ran on September 19, which was Clay and Lily Parker. The second in the series also appears in today's issue, with the final two being revealed next Tuesday and Wednesday.
From residencies, fellowships, and workshops to grants, open calls, and commissions, our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Winning and emmy nominated, jean batiste, thanks for being here. whoo, sir! how you doing? i feel great. how you doing? i feel great. we ll start at the beginning. a very musical family. what did it mean growing up in the batiste family culture? tribes of new orleans culture. musical families, many family being one of the largest among many tribes of musicians, creator, culture bearers. my dad, seven brothers on my dad s side formed a family band, over 30 cousins. i was the you think yoest cousin when i was growing up, so i would be the one playing like the little bongo drums. then the drum kit eventually, and younger cousins formed the junior family band, and you have about three or four drummers. you can t have a band with three or four drummers. that s a lot of drummers.