Ceramics Now featured works by UL Lafayette professors, alumni and current ceramic students.

This past summer in the Main Gallery at the Acadiana Center for the Arts hosted Ceramics Now: Contemporary and Traditional Practices in Acadiana. The exhibition focused on functional and traditional forms of ceramic work that we are most familiar with, along with purely visual and Avant-garde works. The exhibition looked at the scope of ceramics being made in Acadiana today.

Artworks were chosen by our jury of ceramists: Burnell Lemoine, Bruce Odell, Chris Pate, & Susan Chiquelin.

The exhibition was on view June 8, 2024 – August 10, 2024.

A large part of the exhibition is was made up of works by UL Lafayette professors, alumni, and students, providing a rich history of ceramics in Acadiana but also at UL Lafayette. The exhibition showcased several decades of alums and professors but also current students studying Ceramics within the Department of Visual Arts curriculum at UL Lafayette.

Ceramic Professors
John Gargano – Professor of Ceramic (2000-Present)
Tom Ladousa – Retired Professor of Ceramics (1968-2000)
Chris Pate – Visiting Professor of Ceramics (2023-24)

Alumni
Susan Chiquelin.
Edward deMahy
Rachel Davis
Luann Duhon
Sarah Duckert
Ross Fontenot
Michael Flaherty
Erica Fox
Sarah Jackson
Christy Lush
Delaney Miller
Cathy Bader Mills
LiAnn Dick
Amie Rogers
Olivia Schatzle
Tanya Nehrbass Schulze
Susan Sinitiere
Chandler Smith
Doug Stutes
Simone Palmer
Terry Palmer

Artwork: Carley Dupré, Kahlo & O’Keefe

Current Ceramic Students

Isabella Holt
Julia Ferrell
Morgan Amour
Aubry Lafleur
Carley Dupré
 

Exhibition Events
Join us Saturday, July 13 8 for the Second Saturday Artwalk | 6–9pm

Please save the date for upcoming member events:
Tue, July 23 – Insiders’ Salon

Additional news coverage:

https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/multimedia/photos/ceramics-exhibit-acadiana-center-for-the-arts/collection_8a2efc60-24ed-11ef-b2f9-87a13468f10b.html#10

https://www.kadn.com/news/local/ceramics-now-exhibit-opens-at-acadiana-center-for-the-arts/article_b4dc0cc8-2650-11ef-841e-c7d844a8d67c.html