Culture in Acadiana
Community Engagement
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)
About
Renée Roberts – 2025 Pelican Ball Honoree
Meet Renée Roberts - 2025 Honorary Member Pelican Ball Honoree Louisiana’s state flag depicts a mother pelican vulning, or piercing her own breast with her beak to sustain her nestlings with her own blood in a time where food is scarce. It’s an unvarnished...
John Chappuis – 2025 Pelican Ball Honoree
Meet John Chappuis - 2025 Member Emeritus Pelican Ball Honoree Home is where the heart is. There’s no place like home. Adages, however passé they may start to feel to us, exist because enough people think them true to utter them over and over. A person’s connection...
AcA Awards $220,000+ in 2025 – 2026 Grants Cycle
The AcA has the pleasure of administering 7 grant programs annually. Just this year, the Community Engagement Department has disbursed over $220,000 to over 50 recipients. Those 50 recipients take those funds and create jobs for artists who share the work they do with...
Membership Spotlight – Christy Marie Lush
Christy Marie Lush Profession:BFA, Visual Artist, PACE Teaching Artist How long have you been a member of AcA?I recently joined as a member as a birthday present to myself. In addition to being a member, you’re also a Teaching Artist with AcA. Can you share a little...
Building Resumes, Building Community: NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur at the AcA
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Announcing AcA’s first Artist as Entrepreneur cohort!
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Progress Report | Children’s Museum of Acadiana Mural Project
Public art is a visual representation of the unique qualities of a town. It colors the experiences and memories made within it. Visitors come, and they remember taking pictures in front of this mural or that and looking back on those pictures they remember all the great food and music and people that they experienced here as well.
Membership Spotlight – Will Thiele & Jared Eubanks
Will Thiele & Jared Eubanks Professions: Will is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and Jared is a Financial Planning Manager How long have you been a member of AcA? 3 years Are you on the AcA Board and/or a Committee? If so, please expand. If not, would you...
Membership Spotlight – Maneesh & Amanda Gupta
Maneesh & Amanda Gupta Profession: Maneesh - Gastroenterologist, Amanda - Travel Advisor How long have you been a member of AcA? 3 years Are you on the AcA Board and/or a Committee? If not, would you like to be considered for a Board or Committee position? We are...
Membership Spotlight – Randy Hopper
Randy Hopper Profession: Retired, formerly worked in the oil field How long have you been a member of AcA? About 8 years What books are you reading? I just finished The Moscow Rules (a Cold War spy non-fiction). Currently, I’m reading Spy, about how David Hanssen...
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