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Creative Acadiana: Art Across Generations

  • September 16, 2026 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

  • Acadiana Center for the Arts - Art House

    101 West Vermilion Street
    Lafayette, Louisiana 70501
Ticket Price $2.00-$10.00 Register Now
Description

Art Across Generations explores the value of creating meaningful connections between artists of different generations. This session will look at how mentorship, collaboration, storytelling, and shared experiences can help preserve artistic traditions while also making space for new ideas and perspectives.

About the Facilitator

Leigha T. Porter is a choreographer, director, producer, creative entrepreneur, and arts educator whose work lives at the intersection of movement, culture, storytelling, and community. With more than a decade of experience in the arts and education, she has built a multifaceted career creating and producing culturally rooted artistic experiences while developing the next generation of artists.
Leigha is the Founder and Artistic Director of FE Conservatory, Executive Director of Heritage Parc, founder of Parc Village, and co-creator and director of The Creole Nutcracker. Her experience spans choreography, creative direction, producing, arts education, program development, mentorship, cultural preservation, and arts administration. Her choreographic work has been presented nationally and internationally, and as a creative entrepreneur, she continues to build platforms, programs, and experiences that connect artistry, culture, education, and community.

 

AcA is committed to making our programming as accessible as possible. This Creative Acadiana session will be in-person, streamed and recorded. If you require your accessibility needs addressed, please contact community@acadianacenterforthearts.org ahead of the session to discuss.

Date & Time

Wed, Sep 16, 2026 5:30 PM - 7:30 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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