Grants for Young Creatives

TWO grants for young, budding creatives are now open!

Do you know an eager, aspiring artist or musician who could use a financial boost to help them access extra learning experiences? Tell them to apply!

The grant funds can be used for camp tuition, art classes, music classes, and extracurricular program fees.

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Arts & STEAM Festival

Join us Saturday for the new “Arts and STEAM” festival Downtown Opelousas!

This free festival is a celebration of student-artists in all artistic disciplines from every corner of St. Landry Parish.
The event features outdoor performances from school bands, choirs, and performance classes, art exhibitions in businesses and outdoors, hands-on art activities for families, and a student artist market where you can purchase original artwork and crafts directly from the artist.

SEE YOU SATURDAY

Artist Talk & New Workshops

Saturday, March 11 - Artist Talk with John Isiah Walton - Black Identity in the Cyber Age

Thursday, March 16 - Creating and Selling Original Work - Kody Chamberlain

Tuesday, March 21 - Cultural Health Access - Kathy Richard

Saturday, March 25 - Film Industry Workforce Training - Production Assistant Intensive

Hogwash - all 6.5 hours

Hogwash is screening on March 4 in the Side Gallery at AcA!

Join director, Zack Godshall and the cast and crew for this special full-length evening screening of Hogwash. Expect to be entertained by guest appearances by some of the lovable characters from the series. 

Ticket price includes entry and open bar (beer and wine). Food will be available to purchase throughout the evening. Doors open at 4:30pm, screening starts at 5pm. 

Louisiana native Zack Godshall makes films about unsung people and places that exist along the fringes of culture. His films have been acclaimed by The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Oxford American, among others and played at the Sundance Film Festival and on Time.com, Topic, and The Documentary Channel.

Click Here To View The Acadiana Center for the Arts - New Grant Applications Open