Fostering art and culture in Acadiana.
About Us
How We Serve Our Community
Arts in Education
The AcA’s Arts in Education programs provide arts experiences to students as well as tools to teachers for integrating the arts into the education experience.
Community Development
AcA administers state, local, and privately funded arts and culture re-grant programs, supports the creation of new works of art, exhibits, performances, workshops, public art, and audience services.
Visual Arts
AcA serves thousands of patrons each year through more than 20 exhibitions and 6,000 square feet of world-class galleries.
The department actively seeks out new regional artists, as well as showcases leading professionals in the global arts community.
Performing Arts
AcA’s Performing Arts Program includes a wide variety of elevating performing arts experiences that continue to attract support, participation, & public attention from all corners of the community. These programs put money into the local arts community & engage new audiences year-round.
students reached
by AcA Teaching Artists annually
public schools
receive AcA’s Arts in Education services annually
YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP
with Lafayette Parish School System
teaching artists
employed annually
invested in Acadiana artists and cultural organizations annually
in Acadiana artists and cultural organizations, through fair compensation and grant support
people
served annually by AcA
artists
fairly compensated annually
parishes served by AcA's mission
(Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, & Vermilion Parishes)
Our Mission and History
Our mission is fostering art and culture in Acadiana.
Founded in 1975, Acadiana Center for the Arts (“AcA”) is a community-supported nonprofit organization that fosters art and culture in Acadiana. Since its founding, AcA has developed as a major force, shaping the future of public education and community development in South Louisiana. Located in the heart of Downtown Lafayette, AcA also serves a vibrant hub of the city’s arts and music scene.
AcA supports the creation of new works of art, exhibits, festivals, performances, and public art across an eight-parish region that includes Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion Parishes.
AcA aims to bring equitable access to the arts and supports fair compensation of artists. On average, AcA serves over 300,000 people annually and provides fair compensation to 2,700 artists.
In 2013, the AcA merged with the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana (“PASA”), whose mission was to educate, inspire, entertain, and culturally enrich the people of south Louisiana by providing local access to a diverse range of the performing arts. This merger supported the vision of both organizations and provided much-needed support to PASA’s programs. Founded in 1989, PASA served as a leading voice in the performing arts in South Louisiana for close to three decades.
Plans & Reports
AcA Staff
Executive Team
Samuel Oliver
(He/Him)
Executive Director
Fawn Hernandez
(She/Her)
Deputy Director
Lex R. Thomas
(They/Them)
Executive Assistant
Front of House Team
Ana Huval
(She/Her)
Guest Services Associate
Audrey de Mahy
(She/Her)
General Manager
Christine Langlois
(She/Her)
Barista
Christopher Isaac
(He/Him)
Guest Services Associate
Eliza Hinrichs
(She/Her)
Front of House Coordinator
Hope Simpson
(She/Her)
Guest Services Associate
Kay Blanchard
(She/Her)
Café and Bar Manager
Kylie Foster
(She/Her)
Barista
Fundraising & Marketing Staff
Allison Doucet
(She/Her)
Development Manager
Brewster Durbin
(He/Him)
Digital Marketing Coordinator
Corinne Sprague
(She/Her)
Development Director
Mandy McGee
(She/Her)
Creative Designer & Marketing Coordinator
Rachel Adams
(She/Her)
Marketing Manager
Operations Staff
Connie Petro
(She/Her)
Office Manager
Justin Este
(He/Him)
Production Manager
Kayla Guidry
(She/Her)
Facilities Manager
Kent Altman
(He/Him)
Production Assistant
Tim Benoit
(He/Him)
Facilities Coordinator
Vicki Chrisman
(She/Her)
Bookkeeper
Programs Staff
Anna Kojevnikov
(She/Her)
Community Development Manager
Brandon Motz
(He/Him)
Performing Arts Director
Bree Sargent
(She/Her)
Education Director
Catherine Bricelj
(She/Her)
Education Manager
David Boudreaux
(He/Him)
Studio Program Manager
Emma Sonnier
(She/Her)
Visual Arts Assistant
Erin Gray
(She/Her)
Education Coordinator
Gwen Richard
(She/Her)
Community Development Director
Jaik Faulk
(He/Him)
Visual Arts Director
Jane Vidrine
(She/Her)
Louisiana Music Museum Director
Leah Graeff
(She/Her)
Education Coordinator
Zyria Guillory
(She/Her)
Performing Arts Coordinator
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Join the team!
AcA Board of Directors
Ed Abell
Member Emeritus
Jessica Allain
Partner, Jones Walker LLP
Jamie Baldridge
Artist and Professor and head of Digital Art and New Media concentration at at ULL
Janet Begneaud
Charles Boudreaux
Partner, Kean Miller LLP
Robbie Bush
President, Associated Travel LLC
Aleisha Cook
AJC Business Solutions
Ronnie Daigle, MD
Physician
Taylor Davis
Northwestern Mutual
Karen deClouet
Artist
Jon Downs
Principal, J. Wallace James Elementary
Jessica Foreman
Trinity Emergency Services
Erica Fox
Maison Freetown
Kiki Frayard
Tracy Frentz
RN
Sarah Gauthier
Talented Teacher, Lafayette Parish School System; Director, Theatre Acadie
William Dan Hare
Member Emeritus
Nanette Soileau Heggie
Principal, Heggie Investment Partners
Ethan Jordan
Head of Product, Sootchy, Inc.
Brandon Journet
Brand Manager, Townsquare Media
Adrian King
Boyd Gaming Corporation
Daphne Krampe
Administrator, MacLaff Inc.
Burnell Lemoine
Retired Superintendent, Lafayette Parish School System
Melissa Maeker
Representative of Junior League of Lafayette
Hannah Smith Mason
Artist; Community Outreach and Business Development, Smith Mason & Co.
Forest Montgomery
Jerome H. Moroux
Partner, Broussard, David, & Moroux
Michael Munzing
Residential and Commercial Agent, BBCO Insurance
Carly Meyers
Mary Neiheisel
Member Emeritus
Lucy Osborn
Carolyn Schumacher
Chairman/Managing Director, Provisions Energy & Marine Support
Lawrence Simon, MD
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
Olatunde Soyombo
OSoy Communications
AcA Board Officers
Taylor Davis
President
Ronnie Daigle, MD
Immediate Past President
Michael Munzing
Treasurer
Ethan Jordan
Executive Committee Member-at-Large
Sarah Gauthier
President-Elect
Tracy Frentz
Secretary
Aleisha Cook
Executive Committee Member-at-Large
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2022 Student Arts Expo
Student Arts Expo takes over Downtown Lafayette for a day of preK-12 performances and art exhibits on April 9, 10am-6pm Student Arts Expo poster featured artwork by Kale M. and Kenya T., entitled "Family" (L.J. Alleman Middle, 6th grade). Poster design by Kate Ferry....
Meet the nine creative recipients of the 2022 ArtSpark grant!
Pictured: Recipients of the 2022 ArtSpark Stipend. L-R/Top to Bottom: Kelli Jones, Jillian Godshall, Marla Kristicevich, Philip Gould, Suzanne E. Wiltz, Kelli Foret Richard, Paul Schexnayder, Michelle Colón, Carey Hamburg LAFAYETTE, LA - Acadiana Center for the...
AcA sends professional artists to St. Landry Parish Schools for 54 in-school performances
Acadiana Center for the Arts sends professional artists to St. Landry Parish Schools for 54 in-school performances Kabuki Dancers LAFAYETTE, LA - Reading a story or a play, or listening to music digitally is one thing, but seeing it performed live is another. This...
Eugene James Martin: Heterochronic Collages
AcA celebrates Black History Month with paintings and collages by under-recognized visual artist Eugene James Martin (1938-2005) LAFAYETTE, LA - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA) hosts “Eugene James Martin: Heterochronic Collages” in its Main Gallery beginning...
AcA & LCG award $17K in grants for arts projects and operating support
LAFAYETTE, LA - Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA) and Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) have approved funding for four project grants and eight operating grants in Lafayette, totalling $17,366. Every year since 1988, AcA has administered this program,...
Acadiana Center for the Arts Announces Funding for 14 Arts Projects in Acadiana
Acadiana Center for the Arts Announces $98,280 of Funding for 14 Arts Projects in Acadiana, as Part of the Louisiana Project Grants Program PICTURED: Five of AcA's 2021 Louisiana Project Grant recipients, from top left clockwise: Atelier de la Nature's...
Brandon Ballengée: The Age of Loneliness
Love Motel for Insects: Saint Francis Satyr Variation. 2015. Brightwalk, Charlotte, NC. Outdoor light sculpture shaped after the endemic and endangered Saint Francis Satyr butterfly (Neonympha mitchelli francisci) of North Carolina. Black Ultra-violet lights,...
Acadiana Center for the Arts Funding Restored in Unanimous City Council Vote
Pictured: Acadiana Center for the Arts, photo by Joseph Vidrine LAFAYETTE, LA - Councilwoman Nanette Cook brought a proposal to restore last year’s funding cuts to the Acadiana Center for the Arts during the July 6 City Council meeting. The City Council passed...
Fantasy II in Exile – ACA Side Gallery Exhibition
Pictured: Fantasy II in Exile Poster Pictured Left: Jacob Todd Broussard, Bess, 2020, ink, gouache, paper, poster Pictured Right: Emile Mausner, Meet Me in the Chapel at Midnight, 2021, papier-mâché, watercolor, gouache, wax medium, nail LAFAYETTE, LA––Acadiana Center...