Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Symposium

Join the Center for Louisiana Studies in collaboration with the Hilliard Art Museum for:

Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Symposium
Et asteur, quoi ? Countercultural Currents, Artistic Intersections / Courants contre-culturels, intersections artistiques

Friday, October 10th, Hilliard Art Museum, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
710 E St Mary Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70503

Symposium Schedule:
9:00 – 9:15
Coffee & Welcome

9:15 – 10:30
Looking Back: Cultural Activism in Popular Culture, moderated by Philip de Mahy
-Le moment Réveille: Filmed interview with Zachary Richard, archival photos presented by Barry Ancelet 
-En l’honneur / Remembering Richard Guidry with Amanda LaFleur
-Radio Zarico / Early Zydeco Radio with Herb Wiltz

10:30 – 11:00
Musical Interlude – FLEE Project
Pasé Bèl Tan: Francophonies & Creolities in Louisiana

11:00 – 11:45
Session 1 - FrancoFAE: Community Building in the Diaspora, moderated by Drake LeBlanc
With Roz LeCompte, Andy Perrin, Melissa Bonin, and FAE Artists

11:45 – 12:45
[Lunch Break]

12:45 – 1:15
Musical Interlude – Nous Foundation
Musiques project and featured artists

1:15 – 2:15
Creole Language Revitalization through Museum Education, moderated by Jonathan J. Mayers
Mitoloji Latannyèr | Mythologies Louisianaises and Kamp Kréyol,  featuring Clif St. Laurent, Adrien Guillory-Chatman, and Henry Barconey, plus Angelique Bergeron on Kont Kréyol-yé

2:15 – 2:45
Musical Interlude – Dry Bones Episode #2: "Grandfather's Waltz"
Web series sneak peek by the Center for Louisiana Studies

2:45 – 4:00
Unearthed Footage: Cajun and Creole Performances in Folk Festivals at Large
Screening and discussion with Barry Ancelet and Wade Falcon

4:00 – 4:30
Closing Conversations & Farewell

This program is a collaboration between the Hilliard Art Museum, Center for Louisiana Studies, Helis Foundation, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, John T. Scott Center, and FrancoFAE, and honors Barry Ancelet as the 2025 LEH Bright Lights recipient of the Champion of Culture Award for Festivals Acadiens et Créoles. Support also comes from the Guilbeau Center for Public History, UL’s Public History program, and from the Franco-American Benevolent Society.