Exhibition Opening: Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste: Set It Off

6 PM

Doors open with refreshments, and a cash bar

6:30 PM

Music by DJ Sofia Lakis and DJ Hunting Dog begins at the ICA

7:30 PM

Welcome by ICA executive director Dominic Asmall Willsdon and 1708 Gallery executive director Emily Smith. Remarks by curators Amber Esseiva and Park Myers, and artist Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste at the ICA

8 PM

Performance by SCRAAATCH in 1708 Gallery’s parking lot (next to Charm School)

9 PM

Music continues at the ICA and 1708

SOFIA LAKIS

Sofia Lakis is a musician and DJ living in Richmond, VA. She is a resident of Ice Cream Social, one of the city’s long-running dance parties, as well as a member of the bands Listless and .gif from god. Since 2016, she has worked with local collectives such as Animal, Behavior, and more to bring people together under the roof of dance music. In 2018, she launched a series of events titled “Formula”, meant to highlight and showcase the diversity of styles represented in Richmond’s dance music underground.

HUNTING DOG

Hunting Dog is a musician and DJ living in Richmond, Virginia. Also a resident of Ice Cream Social, Hunting Dog was born in 2017, after nearly a decade of writing music and playing in punk bands. Her sound is influenced by the musical genres of acid techno, jungle, 90’s hardcore, and post-industrial. Hunting Dog has been featured on a number of playlists and parties, including Club Quarantine, Formula, Ambient Babestation, and NEDE. In 2019 she released her first album, “Body”, on Grimalkin Records, followed up by the B-side compilation “Pseudobody” in September of 2021.

SCRAAATCH

SCRAAATCH consists of E. Jane and chukwumaa, aka MHYSA and lawd knows. SCRAAATCH focus on Black diasporan intra-communication, generational traumas, social upheaval, and the social conditions of urban environments. They source sounds, images, and physical objects that represent ever-morphing urban and digital landscapes, reflecting on the socio-political dynamics within these spaces.

Do I need a ticket?

This event is free and open to the public! Tickets are not required for entry. We do encourage you to RSVP in advance so that we can anticipate event attendance.  

Where can I park?

Complimentary parking is available in VCU’s QQ Lot located next to the ICA at 612 W. Grace Street, and in the EE lot located at 612 W. Grace Street.

Will there be food and drinks?

Yes! Refreshments and cash bar provided.

What’s your mask policy?

In keeping with current CDC guidelines, visitors, staff, & volunteers, vaccinated as well as unvaccinated, are required to wear masks while visiting the ICA.

If you forget your mask, disposable masks are available at the front desk.

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