Calendar

• Educator's Night

  Wed, Sep 18 @ 4:30—7:00pm

  The museum invites educators to spend a fun and relaxing evening at the museum. Learn about the current and upcoming seasons of exhibitions, field trip opportunities, and the museum's educational resources.

  

• How to be an Artist: Panel Discussion

  Wed, Sep 25 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Artists and curators will discuss the presentation and interpretation of art and culture for diverse audiences. Panelists include: Jaik Faulk, Visual Arts Director of the Acadiana Center for the Arts; Stephanie Patton, practicing conceptual artist; photographer Gus Bennett; and the Hilliard’s Curator of Exhibitions Ben Hickey.

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• Toddler Time

  Wed, Oct 2 @ 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

  

• Play Day: Fly Me to the Moon!

  Sat, Oct 5 @ 4:00—8:00pm

  Join us for a special evening Play Day exploring art and science! The Hilliard is partnering with the Lafayette Science Museum to celebrate our new exhibitions and International Observe the Moon Night!

  

• Printing Done Right: An Evening with Jeffrey Lush

  Wed, Oct 9 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Jeffrey Lush, Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Arts and practicing graphic designer, will present an evening filled with print and digital design. Attendees will learn about branding and corporate identity, see demonstrations of different printing techniques in action, and leave with their own printed work of art.

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• Yoga in the Galleries

  Sat, Oct 12 @ 9AM—10pm

  Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana

  Kick off Festival weekend at the Hilliard Museum with Yoga on the Great Lawn, led by Erin Segura and Missy Duprest. Class will start at 9 AM before the music kicks off at Scene Anniversaire! Bring a yoga mat, water, and a towel. Festival your way to inner peace bef...

  

• Undergraduate Art History Paper Forum

  Wed, Oct 16 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Spend an evening with UL Lafayette’s Art History professors Dr. Christopher Bennett and Dr. Allison Leigh as they present their students’ original research. Students will read papers written during their time in Art History Seminars in the Department of Visual Arts.

  This event is part of our Creative Conversations series and is fre...

  

• Dealing with the Dark: Personal Storytelling

  Sat, Oct 19 @ 1:00—4:30pm

  Much of Sharon Kopriva’s art in the current exhibit, “No Small Thing,” deals with dark primal and spiritual forces - powerlessness, judgment, retribution, decay and death. Throughout history humans confronted with such forces have turned to art in an effort to contain them.

  One of the oldest human art forms is stor...

  

• Musical Performance by Skies Speak

  Wed, Oct 23 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Local musician and ArtSpark recipient Jordan Vidrine, better known as Skies Speak, will detail his artistic and musical practice, then perform elements from his latest project.

  This event is part of our Creative Conversations series, and is free and open to the public. Creative Conversations is supported by Disceaux Dickie. 

  

• Artist Talk with Daniel DiCaprio

  Wed, Nov 6 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Daniel DiCaprio, Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, will discuss his recent exhibition, Transformation. The exhibition, which was on view at the Acadiana Center for the Arts during the summer of 2019, consisted of sculpture and jewelry responding to the universal forces of change and transition.

  This event is...

  

• Toddler Time

  Wed, Nov 6 @ 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, Nov 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...

  

• The Art of the Miniature

  Wed, Nov 13 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Mel Buchanan, the RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the New Orleans Museum of Art, delves into the art of the miniature with a focus on the superb collection of 16^th– 18^thcentury English and Continental miniature portraits in NOMA’s permanent collection. 

  This event is part of our Creative...

  

• Artist Talk with L. Kamisu Harris

  Wed, Nov 20 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  New Orleans based artist and storyteller L. Kamisu Harris will reveal how he uses writing, photography and video to push narratives of underrepresented communities into the public eye.

  This event is part of our Creative Conversations series, and is free and open to the public. Creative Conversations is supported by Disceaux Dickie....

  

• Tattooed Walls

  Wed, Dec 4 @ 6:00—9:00pm

   

  Celebrate the upcoming festival season with Festival International de Louisiane. Sit back and watch an all-star lineup of visual artists from Acadiana as they conduct a light projection drawing concert by creating temporary works of art on the façade of the Hilliard Museum.

  This event is part of our Creative Conversations...

  

• Toddler Time

  Wed, Dec 4 @ 10—11am

  Sponsored in part by Quest Pediatrics Dentistry.
  

  
  

  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

  

• Quad Suite: A Conversation with Richard Landry

  Wed, Dec 11 @ 6:00—8:00pm

  Curators Emee Morgan and Benjamin Hickey will be in conversation with Richard Landry, a pioneer in the field of video art. This program is presented in conjunction with Landry’s exhibition at the museum, Quad Suite.

  This event is part of our Creative Conversations series, and is free and open to the pu...

  

• Yoga in the Galleries

  Sat, Dec 14 @ 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...