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Artist Talk: Rush Jagoe

  • June 13, 2026 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

  • AcA Galleries

    101 W. Vermilion St.
    Lafayette, Louisiana 70501
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Description

Join AcA Visual Arts Director Jaik Faulk in conversation with exhibiting artist Rush Jagoe.

 

Rush Jagoe has spent nearly 20 years living and making art in South Louisiana. He picked up a camera as a pre-teen, inspired by the remnants of strip mining operations where I'd spend whole days running around on the four-wheeler. After a quick stint in photojournalism school a friend from St Landry Parish convinced him that that was the spot for him, and man was she correct. After living in New Orleans, down-the-bayou and now in St Landry Parish with a recovery barge/art studio/camp in Livingston Parish, everything below the Kisatchee feels like home. He travels away from home to make his living doing editorial and commercial photo and video shoots for clients around the world. However, the art that centers him happens when he gets home and dives into his obsessive interests ranging from traditional wood boat design and construction to herbalism, botany, bookbinding, painting, welding and more. He uses these interests to respond to his feelings about understanding his place in the biosphere. Curiosity about ethnology and ecology drives a lot of the work in his practice. 

Date & Time

Sat, Jun 13, 2026 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Venue Details

AcA Galleries

101 W. Vermilion St.
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501 AcA Galleries
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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