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• LCG $5 Million Deficit Could Leave Arts Groups High and Dry

  March 28, 2012 7:26 PM

  A $5 million deficit has Lafayette City-Parish council members debating on how to fill the gap, by either making cuts for next year's budget, or increasing revenues. Talks of cuts could mean the deficit might hurt arts and public service organizations in Lafayette. "With our current budget we are... more »

• Sculptor chosen for Orleans evacuation art

  March 7, 2012 7:39 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Massachusetts sculptor, Douglas Kornfeld, has been chosen to create a work of art that will be reproduced in various sizes and placed at 17 key points around the city of New Orleans - marking evacuation points where people who need transportation out of town can... more »

• Comeaux High School Race for the Arts

  November 9, 2010 9:47 AM

  Comeaux High School Race for the Arts will be November 20th. The 1 mile fun run begins at 8; 5K run/walk begins at 8:45. $20 registration gets you into the 5K and 1 mile fun run; T-shirt; food and entertainment by local musicians. Kids zone play area during race... more »

• New online resource debuts for Nazi-era looted art

  October 18, 2010 2:29 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - The Nazis stripped hundreds of thousands of artworks from Jews during World War II in one of the biggest cultural raids in history, often photographing their spoils and meticulously cataloguing them on typewritten index cards. Holocaust survivors and their relatives, as well as art collectors... more »

• New Performing Arts Theater in Lafayette

  September 29, 2010 2:16 PM

  A new innovative performing arts theater will soon take center stage in downtown Lafayette. It is just about finished and will open to the public in November. Pre-opening events will be held in October. Two factors make this Acadiana Center for the Arts theater the only one of... more »

• AcA's Arts In Education Program-Grant Recipients Announced

  August 30, 2010 1:30 PM

  LAFAYETTE, LA - The AcA's Arts In Education Program is excited to announce the 2009/2010 Round II Arts Grants For Teachers recipients. Through funding provided by the Lafayette Parish School System the AcA was able to administer a total of $11,304 for 2009/2010 school year. A total of 15... more »

• Acadiana Center for the Arts Turns to City for Help

  July 15, 2010 7:03 PM

  City council members got a sneak peak of the newest addition to the Acadiana Center for the Arts facility, for now it's wires and drywall, but soon it will be one of only a few integrated arts centers in the United States. Phillip Gould, secretary for the Acadiana... more »

• LHS Choir to Host Creative Arts Camp

  May 30, 2010 9:21 PM

  The Lafayette High School Choir is hosting "Buggin' Out With the Beatles", a summer camp for students in kindergarden through sixth grade. Campers will learn and take part in many activities ranging from music, art, dance, and fun games. The camp will be held at Lafayette High School... more »

• Festival International Brings Business to Lafayette

  April 22, 2010 1:11 PM

  Festival International brings thousands of people and more than $22 million dollars into Acadiana each year. Some local businesses say it pays to be downtown amidst the action. On Jefferson Street, art gallery and salon owner Mark Isaac says he expects this year to be bigger than ever.... more »

• AcA Awards Acadiana Teachers

  January 21, 2010 11:31 AM

  The AcA's Arts In Education Program is excited to announce the 2009/2010 Round I Arts Grants For Teachers recipients. Through funding provided by the Lafayette Parish School System the AcA was able to administer $7,878 in grant funds that will affect more than 553 students in the Lafayette Parish public... more »

• UL Graduation

  December 20, 2009 3:58 PM

  A big day for about 12-hundred UL students it's fall graduation for the class of 2009. We caught up with the College of Liberal Arts at noon. This was one of nine ceremonies taking place around the Cajundome and Convention Center. Four KATC employees got their diplomas this afternoon. Good... more »

• ACA Upcoming Events 2009-2010

  November 27, 2009 12:40 PM

  December 9, 2009: "Animalia" The Fugro Chance Family Performance Series presented by the Acadiana Center for the Arts continues its 2009 - 2010 series on December 9 with master puppeteer Hobey Ford's Animalia. Animalia explores the beauty and movement of whales, dolphins, birds, butterflies, wolves and a menagerie of... more »

• State of La Dance

  September 29, 2009 7:11 AM

  October 8 - 10 @ 7:30pm October 11 @ 2pm Angelle Hall, UL Campus www.pfar.louisiana.edu 337-482-6357 The UL Department of Performing Arts presents State of La Dance. Beginning October 8th a group of approximately 30 dancers will perform their fall dance concert displaying classical ballet and contemporary dance. Tickets... more »