Morgane Prejean also known by her stage name, Kween Mo, is a Hip-Hop artist and creative based in Lafayette, LA. At her creative core, she is a lyricist and singer with a very unique sound that carries an overall positive vibe and message but her craft also extends to instrumental production, graphic design, film, visual...
Category: Basin Arts
Introducing Morgane Prejean
Morgane Prejean also known by her stage name, Kween Mo, is a Hip-Hop artist and creative based in Lafayette, LA. At her creative core, she is a lyricist and singer with a very unique sound that carries an overall positive vibe and message but her craft also extends to instrumental production, graphic design, film, visual...
Introducing Denise Gallagher
Denise Gallagher is a fine artist, graphic designer, and published author and illustrator of children’s picture books. Her work has been included in museums and galleries in New York, Los Angeles, Portland, Indianapolis and across Louisiana. She has written and illustrated two picture books, “Moonsong” and “A Tip Tap Tale,” and has also illustrated folk...
Introducing Mare Martin
Mare Martin holds a BFA in painting and printmaking from the University ofLouisiana. She also studied at the Haystack School of Crafts in Maine on ascholarship and at the Cardiff College of Art in Wales on a graduate fellowship.Her professional awards include grants from the National Endowment of the Artsand the Louisiana Division of the...
Introducing Steve Breaux
Steve Breaux, BFA, MFA, Florida State University, is retired (2020) Professor of Visual Arts atthe University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he taught Art and the Computer, Conceptual andFormal Development, Advanced Drawing, and 2d. Design. For 25 years he has worked both as a solo artist and in collaboration with his wife and partner, Kathy...
Introducing Kathy Reed
Kathy has been an artist and educator for 40+ years in the Lafayette, Louisiana area.She was raised in a military family, moving every two years until settling inLouisiana. Kathy grew up in mainly urban environments, and didn’t have manyopportunities to discover her innate attraction to the plant world until graduatingfrom University of LA with a...
Introducing Erin Gray
My work focuses on the ephemeral, fragility, and power within nature. I am intrigued by the duality of opposition – active and static, continuity and abeyance, transitory and eternal. Formal elements emphasize layered contours of organic forms, fluidity of pigment, and gestural mark-making. These pieces become suspended fragments of time, leaving traces of nature’s vitality. ...
Introducing Danny Devillier
Danny Devillier received a Masterʼs degree in music theory and compositionfrom the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1998 in his hometown ofLafayette where he continues to work as a professional performing musician,composer/arranger, and educator. He has toured and recorded with some ofthe regionʼs most well-known musicians including Bonsoir Catin (with whohe received a Grammy nomination...
Introducing Lauren Baker
Lauren has been immersed in the classical music scene here since moving to Lafayettefrom New Orleans in 1981. While living in New Orleans, she played with variousprofessional organizations including the New Orleans Symphony under the baton ofMaxim Shostakovich, the New Orleans/Cincinnati Ballet, the New Orleans Opera,Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre, and the Saenger Theatre. During this...
Introducing Ky Beaux
Kylen Guilbeaux, known as Ky Beaux, is a celebrated contemporary artist from SouthLouisiana, deeply connected to the region’s rich cultural heritage. His art explores digital andgraphic realms, photography, and animation, skillfully blending these disciplines to createemotionally evocative masterpieces. Ky Beaux’s work focuses on portraying the essence ofBlack life and culture, celebrating the beauty, heritage, and...