Festivals Acadiens et Créoles: CLS Symposium

On Friday, October 10, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. the Hilliard Museum will host the CLS’s Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Symposium, Et asteur quoi ?! Countercultural Currents, Artistic Intersections /Courants contre-culturels, intersections artistiques, exploring how the deep cultural roots are informing the next generation of artists, now. 

As part of the Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, the largest celebration of Cajun and Créole culture in the United States, dig deeper into the roots of our culture and learn how it is shaping the current artistic landscape. 

With its rich history and cultural significance, Festivals Acadiens et Créoles continues to be a beacon of Cajun and Créole culture, celebrating the past while looking to the future.

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.

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