Calendar

• Play Day Luminary Hat Workshop

  Sat, Feb 23 @ 4:00—6:00pm

  Grab a family member and sign up to create cool hats that will light up the dance floor and be the hit at the nighttime Mardi Gras parade! For our Neon Nights Play Day we are partnering with the Alexandria Museum of Art to offer a special luminary workshop. In this two hour workshop you will learn how to build, style, and light your o...

  

• Play Day: Neon Nights

  Sat, Feb 23 @ 4:00—8:00pm

  You won’t want to miss this special evening Play Day experience! Polly and Lou will be celebrating all things that glow and light up the dark as we play into the night! Investigate the science of how things glow with the UL Chemistry Club or imagine yourself on the big screen with interactive animation. Create a unique...

  

• An Evening with B.Mike

  Wed, Feb 27 @ 6:00—8:00pm

   

  Join New Orleans based visual artist and filmmaker B. Mike as he leads a presentation of his practice, and explores his inspirations and the creative methodology behind his film projects and mural installations.

  Support for this program from Disceaux Dicki
  

   

   

  

• Yoga in the Galleries

  Sat, Mar 9 @ 11AM—12pm

  Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
  

  Join us on the second Saturday each month for yoga at the Hilliard Museum led by an RYT-200 certified instructor. Please bring your own yoga mat and arrive 10 minutes before class is scheduled to begin. The classes are free to attend thanks to the generous sponsorship o...

  

• Plein Air Demonstration

  Tue, Mar 12 @ 2:30—4:30pm

  Join notable Plein Air artist Morgan Samuel Price as she leads a demonstration on the techniques and methods of Plein Air painting.

  

• Toddler Time

  Wed, Mar 13 @ 10—11am

  Parents and their children will enjoy story time, songs with finger play, participate in a hands-on art project, and may explore the museum after the program.Toddler
  Time is free to attend.

  
  

  To reserve a spot, please fill out the form here

  

• Visions of Angola: The Southern Penal System and the works of Ernest J. Gaines

  Wed, Mar 13 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Cheylon Woods, Director of the Ernest Gaines Center at UL Lafayette, will lead a discussion delving into how the work of author Ernest Gaines relates to the exhibition Slavery, The Prison Industrial Complex.

  Support for this program from Disceaux Dicki

  
  

  

• Fifth Annual John Bartholomew Bienvenu Lecture

  Fri, Mar 15 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  The Hilliard University Art Museum invites you to join us for the the fifth annual John Bartholomew Bienvenu lecture featuring Dr. Janice Simon.

  

• Flute and Piano Music of the Mid-Twentieth Century

  Wed, Mar 20 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Join us for an evening of live music at the Hilliard. The program of Dr. Andrea Kapell Loewy and Dr. Yu Ling Huang-Davie consists of Flute and Piano compositions of the mid twentieth century, emphasizing the romantic and lyrical aspects of musical collaboration.

  Support for this program from Disceaux Dicki

  
  

  

• Artist Talk with John Hathorn

  Wed, Mar 27 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Explore the long and successful career of artist and UL Lafayette College of the Arts Professor of Painting John Hathorn as he looks back on his artist works, his life in academia, and what is yet to come.

  Support for this program from Disceaux Dicki

  
  

  

• Community Discussion: Incarceration

  Fri, Mar 29 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Dianne Mouton-Allen will mediate a discussion addressing the exhibition Slavery, The Prison Industrial Complex, featuring experts and community members from across the political spectrum.

  Support for this program from Disceaux Dicki

  
  

  

• Celebration of Marthe Reed

  Wed, Apr 3 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Poets and artists from around the state join us to celebrate the life of Marthe Reed – a local author whose recent and unexpected passing shocked many – and the release of her final book "Ark Hive: A Memoir of South Louisiana."
  

  Support for this program from Disceaux Dicki
  

  
  

   

  
  

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• Toddler Time

  Wed, Apr 3 @ 10—11am

  Parents and their children will enjoy story time, songs with finger play, participate in a hands-on art project, and may explore the museum after the program.
  Toddler Time is free to attend.

  
  

  To reserve a spot, please fill out the form here

  

• Tattooed Walls

  Wed, Apr 10 @ 7:00—10:00pm

  Calling all artists! Apply to be a visual performing artist for Tattooed Walls, a light projection drawing concert co-hosted by Festival International and the Hilliard Museum. The event will be held on April 10 at the Hilliard Museum from 7-10pm. Please fill out the application below and upload only 1 image that you feel encapsulates ...

  

• Yoga in the Galleries

  Sat, Apr 13 @ 11AM—12pm

  Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
  

  Join us on the second Saturday each month for yoga at the Hilliard Museum led by an RYT-200 certified instructor. Please bring your own yoga mat and arrive 10 minutes before class is scheduled to begin. The classes are free to attend thanks to the generous sponsorship of...

  

• Raise Our Voices: Community Spoken Word Performance

  Wed, Apr 17 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Throughout the spring, Alex “PoeticSoul” Johnson has worked with members of the community in the creation of spoken word pieces responding to the issue of incarceration and the Slavery, the Prison Industrial Complexexhibit. Join us for a moving evening of performances in conclusion of this project.

  

• Toddler Time

  Wed, May 1 @ 10—11am

  Parents and their children will enjoy story time, songs with finger play, participate in a hands-on art project, and may explore the museum after the program.
  Toddler Time is free to attend.

  
  

  To reserve a spot, please fill out the form here

  

• Yoga in the Galleries

  Sat, May 11 @ 11AM—12pm

  Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
  

  Join us on the second Saturday each month for yoga at the Hilliard Museum led by an RYT-200 certified instructor. Please bring your own yoga mat and arrive 10 minutes before class is scheduled to begin. The classes are free to attend thanks to the generous sponsorship of...

  

• Toddler Time

  Wed, Jun 5 @ 10—11am

  Parents and their children will enjoy story time, songs with finger play, participate in a hands-on art project, and may explore the museum after the program.
  Toddler Time is free to attend.

  
  

  To reserve a spot, please fill out the form here

  

• Yoga in the Galleries

  Sat, Jun 8 @ 11AM—12pm

  Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
  

  Join us on the second Saturday each month for yoga at the Hilliard Museum led by an RYT-200 certified instructor. Please bring your own yoga mat and arrive 10 minutes before class is scheduled to begin. The classes are free to attend thanks to the generous spon...