The Creole Culture Exhibit will open to the public at Lafayette City Hall on Tuesday Oct. 1, showcasing Acadiana’s rich Creole heritage. The exhibit entitled, “Creole Tapestry and Luminary Voices: A Cultural Mosaic”, kicked off with an opening ceremony on Monday Sept. 30. Curated by photographer and co-founder of Louisiana Creole Culture, Milton Arceneaux, the …
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Family Genealogy Workshop Held at African American Heritage Museum
The Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum held a family history weekend to help locals track their genealogy, preserve important documents and record family stories. The event was hosted by those who worked on the documentary film “Acts of Reparation”, which follows the stories of Selina Lewis Davidson and Mackey Alston. Selina spoke about …
Students Showcase Projects Melding Indigenous, Contemporary Sciences
Five students from Leeward Community College and UH Mānoa participated in the inaugural “Indigenous Data Hub Fellows” program, where they learned an equitable community-centered co-design practice, collaborated on place-based data visualization projects relevant to the Hawaiian community, and took advantage of the high-tech resources in the Create(x) lab housed in the Academy for Creative Media Building. The lab features immersive …