President's Circle Reception | Prairie Stories: Art and Ecoactivism on the Prairies of Louisiana

  • February 6, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  • Acadiana Center for the Arts (Atrium)

    101 West Vermilion Street
    Lafayette, Louisiana 70501
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Description

Please join Acadiana Center for the Arts for a reception and private view of its next main gallery exhibition, Prairie Stories: Art and Ecological Restoration on Louisiana's Prairies

Attendees at this exclusive event will get a private viewing of the exhibition before it opens to the public. Complimentary beverages and entertainment will be provided.

 

Prairie Stories: Art and Ecological Restoration on Louisiana's Prairies

February 8 - May 10, 2025

 

This exhibition takes a look at a variety of stories which intertwine the work of artists, community groups, Indigenous Peoples, and science-led efforts to restore the ecological balance to the area known as the Cajun Prairie. Visitors will see the well known landscape paintings of Elemore Morgan Jr and photography from Lucius Fontenot’s Mémoire de la Boue (Memories of Mud) series. Visitors will see also collaborative projects, some of art and some of science. One such is an art installation between Rush Jagoe and Maaliyah Symoné. Maaliyah explains that, “through her artwork, she reimagines plants not just as subjects or props but as co-creators and storytellers.” 

Alongside the work of artists, this exhibition will showcase some of the work being done by scientists and naturalists who have taken to “rewilding” sites of the prairie. The Cajun Prairie Restoration Project in Eunice, Louisiana, Atelier de la Nature Aurore & Brandon Ballengée’s Eco-Campus in Cecilia, Louisiana and the Acadiana Native Plant Project based in Arnaudville, Louisiana. These organizations are spearheading local efforts to rebuild the biodiversity of prairie soil and bringing about positive change within the natural ecosystem of the coastal prairie. 

 

Featured Artists:

Ashlee Wilson

Brandon Ballengée

Caroline Delahoussaye

David Alpha

Elemore Morgan Jr.

Emee Morgan

Jeffery U. Darensbourg

Jillian Godshall

Leah Graeff

LouAnn Moses

Lucius Fontenot

Maaliyah Symoné

Max Alarcon

Nant’a (Chief) Cougar Goodbear

Neil Martin Nehrbass

Phillip Charles Ardoin

Rush Jagoe

 

More information can be found at our website. We hope to see you there!

Date & Time

Thu, Feb 6, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Venue Details

Acadiana Center for the Arts (Atrium)

101 West Vermilion Street
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501 Acadiana Center for the Arts (Atrium)
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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