Previous Exhibitions
2018
Your Town: A History of Culture and Community
In 1968 Acadiana celebrated the opening of its first dedicated art museum – the Art Center for Southwestern Louisiana designed by architect, A. Hays Town. The construction of the Art Center symbolized a new era of business development and prosperity…
Tina Freeman: Artist Spaces
Artist Spaces originated in 2014 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and also in book form, published by UL Press and co-authored by Tina Freeman and Morgan Molthrop. Tina Freeman is a New Orleans-based photographer specializing in landscapes, architecture…
Spotlight on Francis Pavy
The work of Lafayette native Francis X. Pavy (b. 1954) encompasses a wide range of practices and techniques. Since earning his B.F.A. in 1976 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette), his art has traveled…
Shirin Neshat: Fervor
Shirin Neshat creates art with a cosmopolitan feel that is as moving as it is relatable. Born in Iran, she was pursuing her education in the United States during the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The revolution prevented her from returning…
Salvador Dalí’s Stairway to Heaven
The Hilliard Museum is excited to serve as the inaugural venue for the exhibition Salvador Dalí’s Stairway to Heaven, showcasing over 140 works by the prolific artist. This exhibition uniquely presents two of Dalí’s projects from the collection of the…
Monsters, Myths, and Legends: George Rodrigue Foundation
The George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts grants monetary scholarships to high school juniors and seniors through an annual visual arts competition in order to encourage individual participation in the arts. Over 650 high school students from across Louisiana entered…
Marina Zurkow: Mesocosm (Wink, TX)
As part of a continuing series of exhibitions focused on historically significant film and video artists, the museum will feature Zurkow’s 2012 generative animation Mesocosm (Wink, TX). This work comes to Lafayette from Russia, where it was recently featured in…
Lynda Frese: Holy Memories & Earthly Delights
This exhibition highlights Frese’s early gelatin silver photograms and experiments made in California thirty years ago – while also tracing a steady trajectory of her continued interest in human and natural forms. About half of the pieces on view were…
Louisiana French: Myths and Movements
The Hilliard University Art Museum is pleased to once again be partnering with Festivals Acadiens et Créoles on an exhibition celebrating life and culture in Louisiana. Louisiana French : Myths and Movements Exhibition curated by CODOFIL - the Council for…
Bill Viola: The Raft
The Raft by Bill Viola is part of a special exhibition series on the museum’s second floor that is focused on historically significant film and video artists. Offering an opportunity to carefully study the medium, each work in this series…
A. Hays Town and the Architectural Image of Louisiana
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the original Art Center of Southwestern Louisiana, the Hilliard Museum is pleased to present an exhibition that marks the legacy of its designer, famed Louisiana architect A. Hays Town. The…
