State of the Arts Symposium 2024 | How We Value Artists in Acadiana

  • May 11, 2024 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Acadiana Center for the Arts - Art House

    101 West Vermilion Street
    Lafayette, Louisiana 70501
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Description

Join us for our second annual State of the Arts Symposium where we will focus on “How We Value Artists in Acadiana”.

 

Facilitated by Clare Cook, the panel will be made up of decision makers and creatives from our region. The audience will have space for dialogue and an opportunity to drive the conversation.

DETAILS

3:00pm Registration

3:30pm Keynote Speaker

3:45-4:45pm Panel Discussion - Moderated by Clare Cook, Founder, Basin Arts

4:45-5:15pm Q & A

5:15-5:30pm Closing Remarks - Samuel Oliver, Executive Director, Acadiana Center for the Arts

5:30-6:00pm Networking Reception

 

Panelist Line Up

  • Leigha Porter (PARC Village + Movement Artist)
  • Trey Boudreaux (Musician)
  • Elliot Wade (Arts & Culture Reporter at The Current + Visual Artist)
  • Chief Cougar Goodbear (Canneci Tinne Tribe)
  • Claire J. Amy, PhD (Arts Educator + Visual Artist)
  • Josiah Price (Theatre Director + Actor)
  • Mo Prejean (Armed Rhymery + Multidisciplinary Artist)
  • Kathy Reed (Visual Artist)
  • Daryl Moore (Dean, College of the Arts, University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
  • Sam Oliver (Executive Director, AcA)
Date & Time

Sat, May 11, 2024 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Venue Details

Acadiana Center for the Arts - Art House

101 West Vermilion Street
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501 Acadiana Center for the Arts - Art House
Acadiana Center for the Arts

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.

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.


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