THE-NEW-SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENT #785

LaToya Ruby Frazier: More Than Conquerors
Featuring LaToya Ruby Frazier and Jessica Holmes, with Madison McCartha
Monday, April 10, 2023 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific

Visual artist, photographer, and advocate LaToya Ruby Frazier joins Rail Art Editor Jessica Holmes for a conversation. We conclude with a poetry reading by Madison McCartha.

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Courtesy of: The Brooklyn Rail

MORE THAN CONQUERORS: A Monument for Community Health Workers of Baltimore, Maryland 2021-2022

LaToya Ruby Frazier at Gladstone Gallery

March 2, 2023 – April 15, 2023
Opening reception: March 2, 5pm – 7pm
Gladstone Gallery
530 West 21st Street
New York, NY
Press Release

LaToya Ruby Frazier’s exhibition More Than Conquerors: A Monument for Community Health Workers of Baltimore, Maryland 2021-2022 honors community healthcare workers (CHWs) on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overlooked themselves, Frazier conceived of a worker’s monument to honor CHWs on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic and to honor the leadership, research, and relationships of Dr. Cooper, Dr. Ibe, Dr. Hines, Rev. Hickman and Tiffany Scott who are at the forefront of advocating and impacting policy change in support of community health workers.

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Courtesy of: Gladstone Gallery

LaToya Ruby Frazier: More Than Conquerors

LaToya Ruby Frazier’s More Than Conquerors: A Monument for Community Health Workers of Baltimore, Maryland, commissioned for the 58th Carnegie International, reconceptualizes what a monument can be.

LaToya Ruby Frazier received the 58th Carnegie Prize for A Monument for Community Health Workers of Baltimore, Maryland. The Carnegie Prize is a long-running tradition at Carnegie Museum of Art, as old as the Carnegie International itself. It has been awarded to one artwork in each iteration of the Carnegie International since 1896.

Born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, and based in Chicago, Frazier uses photography to tell the stories of community health workers in Baltimore during the pandemic. Stemming from workshops as part of a participatory research study led by Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, Frazier’s installation centers health workers and their voices.

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Courtesy of: Carnegie Museum of Art