Gillian Moore

An­tho­ny Bap­tiste be­lieves that with hard work, dreams can come true. Now, stand­ing on the thresh­old of op­por­tu­ni­ty, he hopes that he will have the sup­port of oth­ers to make his dreams a re­al­i­ty. The for­mer St Do­minic's Chil­dren's Home and grad­u­ate of the Diplo­ma in Dig­i­tal Me­dia Stud­ies An­i­ma­tion pro­gramme at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go (UTT) is one of on­ly 15 in­ter­na­tion­al ap­pli­cants ac­cept­ed to at­tend the pres­ti­gious Sheri­dan Col­lege In­sti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy and Ad­vanced Learn­ing in Win­nipeg, Cana­da, one of the best in the field of an­i­ma­tion. Tonight, Bap­tiste's work will be fea­tured at a fund-rais­ing event at Medul­la Gallery on Fitt Street in Wood­brook, Two of Bap­tiste's films, in­clud­ing The Short Cut, will be screened at the art gallery and lim­it­ed prints of his work will be auc­tioned.

Pa­trons are al­so wel­come to make fi­nan­cial con­tri­bu­tions to his tu­ition fund. The event is be­ing sup­port­ed by Medul­la Gallery, fash­ion de­sign­er Meil­ing, and the Trinidad & To­ba­go Film Fes­ti­val.

Bap­tiste is al­so be­ing as­sist­ed by his for­mer UTT lec­ture, artist Mario Lewis, whom he cred­its with help­ing him pre­pare his port­fo­lio for his Sheri­dan ap­pli­ca­tion. Bap­tiste says St Do­minic's taught him how to be a gen­tle­man, to be­lieve in his dreams, as well as the im­por­tance of get­ting an ed­u­ca­tion. He said the in­sti­tu­tion al­so in­stilled in him the de­sire to give back to so­ci­ety. As such, he wants to share his mes­sage of per­se­ver­ance and self-be­lief with at-risk youth. This evening's event starts at 6 pm.

For fur­ther in­fo, call 740- 7597.