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A Little Lagniappe: Audrey de Mahy
The first three months of the year are always a very special time here in the Community Engagement Department. In the spirit of transformations and new beginnings, it is traditionally the time of year when our individual artist grants and awards are open for...
Superintendents Breakfast on Arts in Education
Executive summary AcA convened superintendents and leadership teams from school districts across Acadiana for a working breakfast focused on strengthening and scaling the Arts in Education (AiE) partnership. The presentation grounded the conversation in current reach...
Progress You Can See — And Progress You’ll Feel Downtown
Downtown Lafayette is entering a season of visible, tangible momentum — and it’s arriving in ways both bold and quietly transformative. Some improvements are impossible to miss. A new mural rising up the side of a building, or major upgrades at Parc International,...
Kim Bullen: Memèré Luziane
In the months leading up to Pelican Ball, AcA invites one of our exceptionally talented local artists to design and create a one-of-a-kind piece for auction. The 2025 Pelican Ball saw the return of Kim Bullen! Kim Bullen is a Louisiana native whose mixed-media...
Building Resumes, Building Community: NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur at the AcA
It’s 6 o’clock on a Thursday evening at the Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA), and 35 artists are building a community agreement. This is the traditional first task of the Artist as Entrepreneur Intensive, a program that New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has...
Announcing AcA’s first Artist as Entrepreneur cohort!
September 4th is the inaugural session of Acadiana Center for the Arts’ (AcA) first Artist as Entrepreneur Intensive. This competitive, four day program is an amazing opportunity for selected artists to acquire the tools, thinking, and resources necessary to build...
Progress Report | Children’s Museum of Acadiana Mural Project
In November of 2024, Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA), in partnership with LCG, formed the Lafayette Public Art Network (PAN): a volunteer committee made up of representatives from government, tourism boards, arts organizations, the university and neighborhood...