Introducing Tevin Jacobs
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Introducing Tevin Jacobs

Hey everyone I’m Tevin from Lafayette,La and I consider myself a visionary artist. I attended and graduated from Carencro High in 2013 . I’ve been dancing since the age of 15. No studio no proper training.. My first time dancing was actually for a ceremony for a friend who passed away where I performed a...

Introducing Kathy Mere
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Introducing Kathy Mere

Kathy Briggs Mere is a Lafayette, Louisiana based artist who loves to paint in abstract and impressionistic styles using mixed media, usually water-based. Her paintings tend to be energetic and colorful with movement reflecting her view of energy, beauty and life. Often, she incorporates a collage of a stamp or memorabilia from sweet memories. Her...

Introducing Paige Krause
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Introducing Paige Krause

Paige Krause currently resides in Lafayette, Louisiana with her wife Marla, their two pups Juno & Cap’n P-nut, and a very cute cat named Yuki. She is an art consultant working in career development for individual artists and strategic planning and program development for the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. In addition to working closely with...

Introducing Bryant Benoit
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Introducing Bryant Benoit

Bryant Benoit is a self-taught artist from Lafayette, LA, who began his journey into the art world in 2009. He expresses his perception of the African Diaspora and his Culture through his work. He is a “Storyteller” and each painting tells a story thru collage. He opened his first gallery in downtown Lafayette in 2013....

Introducing Gina Aswell
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Introducing Gina Aswell

Gina began her studies with Hebert Dancentre and Lafayette Ballet Theatre, in Louisiana. Afterstudying with the Joffrey Ballet School for four summers, she received a scholarship and studied in New York with the Joffrey BFA Program at New School University. When the programdissolved after just one year, she went back to her roots and acquired...

Introducing Ted Bertrand
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Introducing Ted Bertrand

Born and raised in the countryside near Opelousas, La, Ted always had an interest in drawing and amateur photography. After graduating from college in 1977 Ted worked in different fields, including social work, sales, construction and he completed a 20 year career in education, teaching Middle School Science and High School Art, retiring in 2012....

Introducing Allison Brandon
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Introducing Allison Brandon

Ms. Allison Barron Brandon is the Founder of Wonderland Performing Arts & serves as the company’s President. Allison grew up in Lafayette, LA as a dance enthusiast. She studied ballet, tap, & jazz during her childhood and went on to enjoy and study the genres of modern dance, show choir, and musical theatre as a...

Introducing  Millicent Johnnie
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Introducing Millicent Johnnie

A two time United States Artists nominee in dance and Creative Capital award winner, as a teenager, Millicent Johnnie hosted a local social justice TV show met by protests from the KKK; she traces her professional determination and commitment to social issues in Black culture to this early opposition. Former choreographer for Walt Disney Creative...

Introducing  Syd Horn
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Introducing Syd Horn

Syd Horn is a multidisciplinary artist from Lafayette, Louisiana. She produces independent films, abstract paintings, and original music for Honest Art, a production agency she shares with documentary photographer, Olivia Perillo. Their films have been received internationally. Her creative work draws upon cultural and political analyses, self-investigation, grief, love, anddeath. Who makes up your art...

Introducing  Greta Gerstner
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Introducing Greta Gerstner

Greta Gerstner started off her photography career in college at Nicholls State University where she got her degree in Fine Arts with a focus in Photography. She has been working as a freelance photographer since 2012, focusing primarily on creative photography and collaboration with other artists. Greta also became an event coordinator in 2016 after helping...