Lafayette Consolidated Government Promoting Water Quality Through Public Art
Call for artists to submit eco-themed storm drain art designs by April 12, 2021
Posted: Mar 11, 2021 9:52 AM
Posted By: Akemi Briggs
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Lafayette, LA – Lafayette Consolidated Government’s (LCG) Environmental Quality (EQ) Division is calling on artists for the annual Storm Drain Art contest. This contest serves to educate the public on storm drain pollutants while also creating unique public art. Artists are encouraged to submit applications and designs representative of one of Lafayette’s greatest natural resources, the Vermilion River.
The project is a fun and colorful way to remind the community of the importance of protecting the water quality of the Vermilion River, encourage community beautification, and support local artists. The call for artists to submit their eco-themed designs is open now through April 12, 2021. The four winning designs will be painted on storm drains at the G
A new short film,
17 Year Locust, shot on location in Lafayette, La., about an unlikely crossing of paths between two people living very different lives, their only common connection being the French language, will premiere on TV5MONDE USA and the New Orleans French Film Festival later this month.
The short film titled
17 Year Locust follows René (Stevenson Jean), a Haitian immigrant, who moves to Louisiana in search of a better life with his pregnant wife. When Odile (Becca Begnaud), an elderly Cajun woman in hospice care, demands a French-speaking caregiver, the staffing agency reaches out to René, who is the only option they have. After intense conversation, Odile learns from René that he intends to abandon his own culture and traditions in exchange for becoming “a true citizen,” an American. It’s only then she feels brave to open up and share her own story of American assimilation and the great cost that came with it.