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Monday March 20 20	Tuesday March 21 21	Wednesday March 22 22 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Wednesday March 22 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball vs Southeastern Louisiana - Cajuns Care Wednesday March 22 – Thursday March 23 11:00 pm – 2:00 am University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball vs Southeastern Louisiana - Cajuns Care Geaux Cajuns! Buy tickets here. 464_20190322LABaseball1364.JPG Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking An opening reception will be held on Wednesday May 1st, from 6-8pm in the Dean’s Gallery, inconjunction with the opening of the 2023 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Fletcher Hall Gallery. Brandon Graving is known for her deeply textured large scale monoprints which often include a sculptural component furthering the visceral impact of these unique works. She is credited with making the largest monoprint made by a single artist; this work titled Ephemera: River with Flowers, measures 10.5′ by 32′ with a variable sized floor sculpture in front and was installed at the New Orleans Museum of Art when hurricane Katrina struck that city. Now in the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, this work has been widely exhibited in many museums. Brandon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1959 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with a focus on printmaking and sculpture; this enthusiastic focus continues today. She is a celebrated and prolific artist who exhibits widely and her work in included in many public and private collections including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection. After years of travel research in Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and the Yucatán, Brandon began working at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she was gallery director, curating many exhibitions and especially became the master printmaker and instructor at this wonderful facility. In 2007, she relocated her New Orleans print studio and consolidated the two print shops in this historic Massachusetts mill, creating Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop. Unlike traditional print shops, we almost exclusively use platten presses including The Monster, one of the largest presses in the world, sporting a 5′ x 11′ Press bed. Using this innovative equipment, Brandon has developed many extreme techniques while maintaining a practice of creating archival works, pushing boundaries of size and extreme embossing with inky viscosities and thickly textured surfaces. Her forty years of curious exploration has led to Monoprints like no other prints ever seen. Throughout her career, Brandon has received many prestigious awards including the Pollack- Krasner Foundation Award and has recently been awarded the Spark Lifetime Achievement Award from Louisiana College of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop as Master Printmaker and working as a sculptor and print artist with works currently in multiple international exhibitions. The exhbition will run from March 1 – April 28, 2023 1493_thumbnail_image1.jpg Recurs daily Dedicated: 2023 Student Juried Art Exhibition Dedicated: 2023 Student Juried Art Exhibition As always, an outside juror is asked to select works for inclusion and to name prize winners. This year’s juror is Abigail Heuss. Abigail Heuss is an associate professor at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia where she teaches 3D Design and Metalsmithing courses. She holds an MFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University and a BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Her work has been shown in national and international exhibitions and been published in several books and magazines. Heuss makes domestic and wearable objects with a sentimental focus on narrative. Heuss wrote in her juror’s statement, Many of the works submitted deal with important and relatable ideas such as mental health, the black American experience, generational trauma, self love, community, abuse, chronic illness, and history. The willingness of these artists to be vulnerable and honest in their works is commendable. With themes such as home and family, love and longing, the works in this exhibition are poignant, funny, sad, and a couple are just plain charming. The exhibit is located in the Fletcher Hall Gallery on the second floor of Fletcher Hall. The gallery is open Monday-Thursday 9 -4:00, and Friday from 9 – Noon. 1494_Dedicated_3.jpg Recurs daily Spring 2023 (B-Term): Additional $100 Late Registration Fee Begins Spring 2023 (B-Term): Additional $100 Late Registration Fee Begins	Thursday March 23 23 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Wednesday March 22 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball vs Southeastern Louisiana - Cajuns Care Wednesday March 22 – Thursday March 23 11:00 pm – 2:00 am University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball vs Southeastern Louisiana - Cajuns Care Geaux Cajuns! Buy tickets here. 464_20190322LABaseball1364.JPG SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Thursday March 23 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Thursday March 23 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking An opening reception will be held on Wednesday May 1st, from 6-8pm in the Dean’s Gallery, inconjunction with the opening of the 2023 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Fletcher Hall Gallery. Brandon Graving is known for her deeply textured large scale monoprints which often include a sculptural component furthering the visceral impact of these unique works. She is credited with making the largest monoprint made by a single artist; this work titled Ephemera: River with Flowers, measures 10.5′ by 32′ with a variable sized floor sculpture in front and was installed at the New Orleans Museum of Art when hurricane Katrina struck that city. Now in the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, this work has been widely exhibited in many museums. Brandon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1959 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with a focus on printmaking and sculpture; this enthusiastic focus continues today. She is a celebrated and prolific artist who exhibits widely and her work in included in many public and private collections including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection. After years of travel research in Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and the Yucatán, Brandon began working at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she was gallery director, curating many exhibitions and especially became the master printmaker and instructor at this wonderful facility. In 2007, she relocated her New Orleans print studio and consolidated the two print shops in this historic Massachusetts mill, creating Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop. Unlike traditional print shops, we almost exclusively use platten presses including The Monster, one of the largest presses in the world, sporting a 5′ x 11′ Press bed. Using this innovative equipment, Brandon has developed many extreme techniques while maintaining a practice of creating archival works, pushing boundaries of size and extreme embossing with inky viscosities and thickly textured surfaces. Her forty years of curious exploration has led to Monoprints like no other prints ever seen. Throughout her career, Brandon has received many prestigious awards including the Pollack- Krasner Foundation Award and has recently been awarded the Spark Lifetime Achievement Award from Louisiana College of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop as Master Printmaker and working as a sculptor and print artist with works currently in multiple international exhibitions. The exhbition will run from March 1 – April 28, 2023 1493_thumbnail_image1.jpg Recurs daily Dedicated: 2023 Student Juried Art Exhibition Dedicated: 2023 Student Juried Art Exhibition As always, an outside juror is asked to select works for inclusion and to name prize winners. This year’s juror is Abigail Heuss. Abigail Heuss is an associate professor at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia where she teaches 3D Design and Metalsmithing courses. She holds an MFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University and a BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Her work has been shown in national and international exhibitions and been published in several books and magazines. Heuss makes domestic and wearable objects with a sentimental focus on narrative. Heuss wrote in her juror’s statement, Many of the works submitted deal with important and relatable ideas such as mental health, the black American experience, generational trauma, self love, community, abuse, chronic illness, and history. The willingness of these artists to be vulnerable and honest in their works is commendable. With themes such as home and family, love and longing, the works in this exhibition are poignant, funny, sad, and a couple are just plain charming. The exhibit is located in the Fletcher Hall Gallery on the second floor of Fletcher Hall. The gallery is open Monday-Thursday 9 -4:00, and Friday from 9 – Noon. 1494_Dedicated_3.jpg Recurs daily Spring 2023: Advising Session Continues for Summer/Fall Spring 2023: Advising Session Continues for Summer/Fall 12:00 am – 1:00 am Jazz Combo I 12:00 am – 1:00 am Jazz Combo I	Friday March 24 24 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Wednesday March 22 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Thursday March 23 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Thursday March 23 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Friday March 24 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Friday March 24 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball vs App State - Alumni Weekend / Louisiana Salutes Friday March 24 – Saturday March 25 11:00 pm – 1:00 am University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball vs App State - Alumni Weekend / Louisiana Salutes Geaux Cajuns! Buy softball game tickets here. 465_D5N_8759.JPG University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball at South Alabama Friday March 24 – Saturday March 25 11:30 pm – 2:30 am University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball at South Alabama Geaux Cajuns! Buy tickets here. 464_20190322LABaseball1364.JPG Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking An opening reception will be held on Wednesday May 1st, from 6-8pm in the Dean’s Gallery, inconjunction with the opening of the 2023 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Fletcher Hall Gallery. Brandon Graving is known for her deeply textured large scale monoprints which often include a sculptural component furthering the visceral impact of these unique works. She is credited with making the largest monoprint made by a single artist; this work titled Ephemera: River with Flowers, measures 10.5′ by 32′ with a variable sized floor sculpture in front and was installed at the New Orleans Museum of Art when hurricane Katrina struck that city. Now in the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, this work has been widely exhibited in many museums. Brandon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1959 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with a focus on printmaking and sculpture; this enthusiastic focus continues today. She is a celebrated and prolific artist who exhibits widely and her work in included in many public and private collections including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection. After years of travel research in Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and the Yucatán, Brandon began working at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she was gallery director, curating many exhibitions and especially became the master printmaker and instructor at this wonderful facility. In 2007, she relocated her New Orleans print studio and consolidated the two print shops in this historic Massachusetts mill, creating Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop. Unlike traditional print shops, we almost exclusively use platten presses including The Monster, one of the largest presses in the world, sporting a 5′ x 11′ Press bed. Using this innovative equipment, Brandon has developed many extreme techniques while maintaining a practice of creating archival works, pushing boundaries of size and extreme embossing with inky viscosities and thickly textured surfaces. Her forty years of curious exploration has led to Monoprints like no other prints ever seen. Throughout her career, Brandon has received many prestigious awards including the Pollack- Krasner Foundation Award and has recently been awarded the Spark Lifetime Achievement Award from Louisiana College of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop as Master Printmaker and working as a sculptor and print artist with works currently in multiple international exhibitions. The exhbition will run from March 1 – April 28, 2023 1493_thumbnail_image1.jpg Recurs daily Dedicated: 2023 Student Juried Art Exhibition Dedicated: 2023 Student Juried Art Exhibition As always, an outside juror is asked to select works for inclusion and to name prize winners. This year’s juror is Abigail Heuss. Abigail Heuss is an associate professor at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia where she teaches 3D Design and Metalsmithing courses. She holds an MFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University and a BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Her work has been shown in national and international exhibitions and been published in several books and magazines. Heuss makes domestic and wearable objects with a sentimental focus on narrative. Heuss wrote in her juror’s statement, Many of the works submitted deal with important and relatable ideas such as mental health, the black American experience, generational trauma, self love, community, abuse, chronic illness, and history. The willingness of these artists to be vulnerable and honest in their works is commendable. With themes such as home and family, love and longing, the works in this exhibition are poignant, funny, sad, and a couple are just plain charming. The exhibit is located in the Fletcher Hall Gallery on the second floor of Fletcher Hall. The gallery is open Monday-Thursday 9 -4:00, and Friday from 9 – Noon. 1494_Dedicated_3.jpg Recurs daily Spring 2023: Advising Session Continues for Summer/Fall Spring 2023: Advising Session Continues for Summer/Fall 12:00 am – 1:00 am Concert Series Guest Artists: Tracy & John Koch 12:00 am – 1:00 am Concert Series Guest Artists: Tracy & John Koch 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm SoAD SOcial 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm SoAD SOcial This Spring 2023 semester event will hold a more casual Open-Studio and Panel Discussion with alumni and then have a social time cracking open crawfish. This event is to showcase student talent and alumni success. Friday March 24, 2023 Fletcher Hall9am-noon SoAD Informal OPEN STUDIO/crit/portfolio reviews Noon- 1:30 Alumni Panel discussion –Moderated by Michael McClure My successful journey from ULL Fletcher Hall Auditorium 134 1:00- 3:00 Mix, mingle, munch on some crawfish Opportunities for Alumni include the Open Studio for all SoAD studios, where alumni and interested parties can visit the studios and give informal crits of student work. 1517_SoAD_SOcial_Poster_Final.jpg	Saturday March 25 25 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Wednesday March 22 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Thursday March 23 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Thursday March 23 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Friday March 24 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Friday March 24 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball vs App State - Alumni Weekend / Louisiana Salutes Friday March 24 – Saturday March 25 11:00 pm – 1:00 am University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball vs App State - Alumni Weekend / Louisiana Salutes Geaux Cajuns! Buy softball game tickets here. 465_D5N_8759.JPG University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball at South Alabama Friday March 24 – Saturday March 25 11:30 pm – 2:30 am University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball at South Alabama Geaux Cajuns! Buy tickets here. 464_20190322LABaseball1364.JPG SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Saturday March 25 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Saturday March 25 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Annual Spring Gala Saturday March 25 – Sunday March 26 11:00 pm – 3:00 am Annual Spring Gala The Alumni Association celebrates its annual Spring Gala on Saturday, March 25, 2023! Bryan Hanks has been named the 2023 honoree, recognized for his continued passion for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, exceptional dedication to Acadiana and commitment to the future successes of both. This year, we will also welcome former Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns as special guests of the honoree: Raymond Calais (football), Hollis Conway (track & field), Kevin Dotson (football), Yvette Girourd (softball), Robert Hunt (football), Jonathan Lucroy (baseball), Brian Mitchell (football), Elijah Mitchell (football) and Max Mitchell (football). Become a Patron or SponsorPurchase Tickets For more information on Spring Gala, visit the event website here. 1465_General_Graphic.jpg Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking An opening reception will be held on Wednesday May 1st, from 6-8pm in the Dean’s Gallery, inconjunction with the opening of the 2023 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Fletcher Hall Gallery. Brandon Graving is known for her deeply textured large scale monoprints which often include a sculptural component furthering the visceral impact of these unique works. She is credited with making the largest monoprint made by a single artist; this work titled Ephemera: River with Flowers, measures 10.5′ by 32′ with a variable sized floor sculpture in front and was installed at the New Orleans Museum of Art when hurricane Katrina struck that city. Now in the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, this work has been widely exhibited in many museums. Brandon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1959 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with a focus on printmaking and sculpture; this enthusiastic focus continues today. She is a celebrated and prolific artist who exhibits widely and her work in included in many public and private collections including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection. After years of travel research in Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and the Yucatán, Brandon began working at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she was gallery director, curating many exhibitions and especially became the master printmaker and instructor at this wonderful facility. In 2007, she relocated her New Orleans print studio and consolidated the two print shops in this historic Massachusetts mill, creating Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop. Unlike traditional print shops, we almost exclusively use platten presses including The Monster, one of the largest presses in the world, sporting a 5′ x 11′ Press bed. Using this innovative equipment, Brandon has developed many extreme techniques while maintaining a practice of creating archival works, pushing boundaries of size and extreme embossing with inky viscosities and thickly textured surfaces. Her forty years of curious exploration has led to Monoprints like no other prints ever seen. Throughout her career, Brandon has received many prestigious awards including the Pollack- Krasner Foundation Award and has recently been awarded the Spark Lifetime Achievement Award from Louisiana College of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop as Master Printmaker and working as a sculptor and print artist with works currently in multiple international exhibitions. The exhbition will run from March 1 – April 28, 2023 1493_thumbnail_image1.jpg Recurs daily 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Women's Tennis at Coastal Carolina 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Women's Tennis at Coastal Carolina University of Louisiana at Lafayette Women’s Tennis at Coastal Carolinahttps://admin.ragincajuns.com/calendar.aspx?id=12451 107_Screen_Shot_2019-09-04_at_11.34.25_AM.png 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Men's Tennis vs Troy 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Men's Tennis vs Troy University of Louisiana at Lafayette Men’s Tennis vs Troyhttps://admin.ragincajuns.com/calendar.aspx?id=12423 111_mens-tennis.png 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Soccer vs LSU 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Soccer vs LSU University of Louisiana at Lafayette Soccer vs LSUhttps://admin.ragincajuns.com/calendar.aspx?id=12465 113_Screen_Shot_2019-09-04_at_11.53.20_AM.png 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball at South Alabama 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball at South Alabama Geaux Cajuns! Buy tickets here. 464_20190322LABaseball1364.JPG 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball vs App State - Alumni Weekend / Louisiana Salutes 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball vs App State - Alumni Weekend / Louisiana Salutes Geaux Cajuns! Buy softball game tickets here. 465_D5N_8759.JPG	Sunday March 26 26 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Wednesday March 22 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Thursday March 23 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Thursday March 23 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Friday March 24 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Friday March 24 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Saturday March 25 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Saturday March 25 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Annual Spring Gala Saturday March 25 – Sunday March 26 11:00 pm – 3:00 am Annual Spring Gala The Alumni Association celebrates its annual Spring Gala on Saturday, March 25, 2023! Bryan Hanks has been named the 2023 honoree, recognized for his continued passion for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, exceptional dedication to Acadiana and commitment to the future successes of both. This year, we will also welcome former Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns as special guests of the honoree: Raymond Calais (football), Hollis Conway (track & field), Kevin Dotson (football), Yvette Girourd (softball), Robert Hunt (football), Jonathan Lucroy (baseball), Brian Mitchell (football), Elijah Mitchell (football) and Max Mitchell (football). Become a Patron or SponsorPurchase Tickets For more information on Spring Gala, visit the event website here. 1465_General_Graphic.jpg SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Sunday March 26 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Sunday March 26 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking An opening reception will be held on Wednesday May 1st, from 6-8pm in the Dean’s Gallery, inconjunction with the opening of the 2023 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Fletcher Hall Gallery. Brandon Graving is known for her deeply textured large scale monoprints which often include a sculptural component furthering the visceral impact of these unique works. She is credited with making the largest monoprint made by a single artist; this work titled Ephemera: River with Flowers, measures 10.5′ by 32′ with a variable sized floor sculpture in front and was installed at the New Orleans Museum of Art when hurricane Katrina struck that city. Now in the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, this work has been widely exhibited in many museums. Brandon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1959 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with a focus on printmaking and sculpture; this enthusiastic focus continues today. She is a celebrated and prolific artist who exhibits widely and her work in included in many public and private collections including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection. After years of travel research in Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and the Yucatán, Brandon began working at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she was gallery director, curating many exhibitions and especially became the master printmaker and instructor at this wonderful facility. In 2007, she relocated her New Orleans print studio and consolidated the two print shops in this historic Massachusetts mill, creating Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop. Unlike traditional print shops, we almost exclusively use platten presses including The Monster, one of the largest presses in the world, sporting a 5′ x 11′ Press bed. Using this innovative equipment, Brandon has developed many extreme techniques while maintaining a practice of creating archival works, pushing boundaries of size and extreme embossing with inky viscosities and thickly textured surfaces. Her forty years of curious exploration has led to Monoprints like no other prints ever seen. Throughout her career, Brandon has received many prestigious awards including the Pollack- Krasner Foundation Award and has recently been awarded the Spark Lifetime Achievement Award from Louisiana College of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop as Master Printmaker and working as a sculptor and print artist with works currently in multiple international exhibitions. The exhbition will run from March 1 – April 28, 2023 1493_thumbnail_image1.jpg Recurs daily 12:00 am – 1:00 am Big Bang Concert 12:00 am – 1:00 am Big Bang Concert Program Ghanaia by Matthias Schmitt (arranged by Troy Breaux) is for two marimba soloists and large world percussion ensemble. In this composition Schmitt pays homage to the interlocking rhythmic devices found in the gyil, balaphon and akadinda marimbas of West Africa. Fred No Frevo, by Ney Rosauro, is a fun up-tempo piece written in the Brazilian dance style Frevo, which originated in Recife, Brazil. Elliot Cole’s Postlude features four players on one vibraphone, creating a unique soundscape through the use of bowing and other creative techniques. In The Gilded Cage, composer Susan Powell employs toms, cymbals, drums and flashy stick tricks to create this powerful piece. Finally the Steel Band performs Victor Provosts composition Gongolo, a grooving Afro-Cuban 6/8, and closes the concert with the popular panorama-style Soca tune Both of Them. 580_EthnicDrumsbigbang2020.jpg 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Women's Tennis at Georgia Southern 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Women's Tennis at Georgia Southern University of Louisiana at Lafayette Women’s Tennis at Georgia Southernhttps://admin.ragincajuns.com/calendar.aspx?id=12452 107_Screen_Shot_2019-09-04_at_11.34.25_AM.png 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Men's Tennis vs South Alabama 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Men's Tennis vs South Alabama University of Louisiana at Lafayette Men’s Tennis vs South Alabamahttps://admin.ragincajuns.com/calendar.aspx?id=12424 111_mens-tennis.png 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball vs App State - Alumni Weekend / Louisiana Salutes 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball vs App State - Alumni Weekend / Louisiana Salutes Geaux Cajuns! Buy softball game tickets here. 465_D5N_8759.JPG 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball at South Alabama 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball at South Alabama Geaux Cajuns! Buy tickets here. 464_20190322LABaseball1364.JPG 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Joshua Ford: Senior Voice Recital 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Joshua Ford: Senior Voice Recital 1505_JoshuaFord.jpg
Monday March 27 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Wednesday March 22 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Thursday March 23 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Thursday March 23 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Friday March 24 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Friday March 24 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Saturday March 25 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Saturday March 25 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Sunday March 26 – Monday March 27 SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Sunday March 26 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Monday March 27 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking An opening reception will be held on Wednesday May 1st, from 6-8pm in the Dean’s Gallery, inconjunction with the opening of the 2023 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Fletcher Hall Gallery. Brandon Graving is known for her deeply textured large scale monoprints which often include a sculptural component furthering the visceral impact of these unique works. She is credited with making the largest monoprint made by a single artist; this work titled Ephemera: River with Flowers, measures 10.5′ by 32′ with a variable sized floor sculpture in front and was installed at the New Orleans Museum of Art when hurricane Katrina struck that city. Now in the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, this work has been widely exhibited in many museums. Brandon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1959 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with a focus on printmaking and sculpture; this enthusiastic focus continues today. She is a celebrated and prolific artist who exhibits widely and her work in included in many public and private collections including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection. After years of travel research in Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and the Yucatán, Brandon began working at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she was gallery director, curating many exhibitions and especially became the master printmaker and instructor at this wonderful facility. In 2007, she relocated her New Orleans print studio and consolidated the two print shops in this historic Massachusetts mill, creating Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop. Unlike traditional print shops, we almost exclusively use platten presses including The Monster, one of the largest presses in the world, sporting a 5′ x 11′ Press bed. Using this innovative equipment, Brandon has developed many extreme techniques while maintaining a practice of creating archival works, pushing boundaries of size and extreme embossing with inky viscosities and thickly textured surfaces. Her forty years of curious exploration has led to Monoprints like no other prints ever seen. Throughout her career, Brandon has received many prestigious awards including the Pollack- Krasner Foundation Award and has recently been awarded the Spark Lifetime Achievement Award from Louisiana College of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop as Master Printmaker and working as a sculptor and print artist with works currently in multiple international exhibitions. The exhbition will run from March 1 – April 28, 2023 1493_thumbnail_image1.jpg Recurs daily SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg Spring 2023: Registration Begins for Summer Intersession 2023, Summer 2023, and Fall 2023 (see note). Spring 2023: Registration Begins for Summer Intersession 2023, Summer 2023, and Fall 2023 (see note). NOTE: Registration is available according to a student’s registration time ticket (see ULink). 12:00 am – 1:00 am Alexander Laiche: Graduate Voice Recital 12:00 am – 1:00 am Alexander Laiche: Graduate Voice Recital 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Wake Up and Write 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Wake Up and Write All graduate students are invited to return to our weekly Wake Up & Write sessions every Monday from 8:30-10:30 in the Alumni Center. No RSVP required, just come with whatever materials you need to start the week off right and make some progress on your writing. Parking is available at the alumni center near the boardroom entrance. 1470_Wake_Up_and_Write.png Recurs weekly 11:00 pm – 12:00 am Dr. Jamie Azios GSAW Keynote Address and Doctoral Candidacy Recognition Ceremony 11:00 pm – 12:00 am Dr. Jamie Azios GSAW Keynote Address and Doctoral Candidacy Recognition Ceremony Doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy this semester will be recognized for reaching this significant milestone at an in-person ceremony at the LITE Center. A photographer will be available for candidates who would like their professional headshot taken at the event.Date: March 27thTime: 6:00 pm (headshots at 5:00)Location: LITE Center, Streaming live via Zoom	Tuesday March 28 28 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Thursday March 23 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Friday March 24 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Saturday March 25 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Sunday March 26 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Monday March 27 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Tuesday March 28 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking An opening reception will be held on Wednesday May 1st, from 6-8pm in the Dean’s Gallery, inconjunction with the opening of the 2023 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Fletcher Hall Gallery. Brandon Graving is known for her deeply textured large scale monoprints which often include a sculptural component furthering the visceral impact of these unique works. She is credited with making the largest monoprint made by a single artist; this work titled Ephemera: River with Flowers, measures 10.5′ by 32′ with a variable sized floor sculpture in front and was installed at the New Orleans Museum of Art when hurricane Katrina struck that city. Now in the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, this work has been widely exhibited in many museums. Brandon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1959 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with a focus on printmaking and sculpture; this enthusiastic focus continues today. She is a celebrated and prolific artist who exhibits widely and her work in included in many public and private collections including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection. After years of travel research in Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and the Yucatán, Brandon began working at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she was gallery director, curating many exhibitions and especially became the master printmaker and instructor at this wonderful facility. In 2007, she relocated her New Orleans print studio and consolidated the two print shops in this historic Massachusetts mill, creating Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop. Unlike traditional print shops, we almost exclusively use platten presses including The Monster, one of the largest presses in the world, sporting a 5′ x 11′ Press bed. Using this innovative equipment, Brandon has developed many extreme techniques while maintaining a practice of creating archival works, pushing boundaries of size and extreme embossing with inky viscosities and thickly textured surfaces. Her forty years of curious exploration has led to Monoprints like no other prints ever seen. Throughout her career, Brandon has received many prestigious awards including the Pollack- Krasner Foundation Award and has recently been awarded the Spark Lifetime Achievement Award from Louisiana College of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop as Master Printmaker and working as a sculptor and print artist with works currently in multiple international exhibitions. The exhbition will run from March 1 – April 28, 2023 1493_thumbnail_image1.jpg Recurs daily 5:00 am – 10:30 pm SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle 5:00 am – 10:30 pm SPRING2023 Read4Me Virtual Discussion Circle Please join us every other Tuesday afternoon beginning January 17, 2023 to discuss shared, and individual reading selections on survival! Gifted Identification is not required. Dates: January 17th, and the 31st, 2023 February 14th, and the 28th, 2023 March 14th, and March 28st, 2023 Time: 4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. C.S.T. All meetings are virtual, via Zoom. The link will be sent to you prior to the first meeting on January 17, 2023. The fee for all six of the Read4Me Discussion Circle meetings is $50.00. Payment Options: You may pay the fee using your credit card through Eventbrite. You will incur service fees. We are offering a two-installment payment plan. If you wish to use the installment plan you must register prior to Registration Close on January 13, 2023. If you choose to pay using installments, you must pay the first installment ($25.00) using Eventbrite. Then you will mail the remaining balance ($25.00) to our office by January 13, 2023. If you wish to avoid service fees you may mail your payment ($50.00 check or money order, only) to our office. You must Register through Eventbrite. On the payment page scroll down to the bottom to select pay by check. Please do not include the Eventbrite Service Fees. Please make you payment for $50.00 even. Center for Gifted Education, P.O. Box 43648, Lafayette, LA 70504-3648 We do not accept Cash/Credit Cards. Please make checks or money orders payable to: UL Lafayette Questions? Call, or email the Center for Gifted Education, 337-482-6701, or gifted@louisiana.edu. You may call, Reading Institute, 337-482-5012, or email, readingcenter@louisiana.edu. 1447_R4M..jpg 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Eligibility Criteria and New Rules for SBA 8(a) Certification Program 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Eligibility Criteria and New Rules for SBA 8(a) Certification Program Instructor:STEVEN KOPRINCE, Faculty Instructor and Legal Analyst at Govology Register:Eligibility Criteria and New Rules for SBA 8(a) Certification Program – GovologyContact your APEX Accelerator (formerly LA PTAC) counselor for code to receive this training for free.	Wednesday March 29 29 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Thursday March 23 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Friday March 24 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Saturday March 25 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Sunday March 26 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Monday March 27 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Tuesday March 28 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Wednesday March 29 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking An opening reception will be held on Wednesday May 1st, from 6-8pm in the Dean’s Gallery, inconjunction with the opening of the 2023 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Fletcher Hall Gallery. Brandon Graving is known for her deeply textured large scale monoprints which often include a sculptural component furthering the visceral impact of these unique works. She is credited with making the largest monoprint made by a single artist; this work titled Ephemera: River with Flowers, measures 10.5′ by 32′ with a variable sized floor sculpture in front and was installed at the New Orleans Museum of Art when hurricane Katrina struck that city. Now in the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, this work has been widely exhibited in many museums. Brandon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1959 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with a focus on printmaking and sculpture; this enthusiastic focus continues today. She is a celebrated and prolific artist who exhibits widely and her work in included in many public and private collections including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection. After years of travel research in Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and the Yucatán, Brandon began working at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she was gallery director, curating many exhibitions and especially became the master printmaker and instructor at this wonderful facility. In 2007, she relocated her New Orleans print studio and consolidated the two print shops in this historic Massachusetts mill, creating Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop. Unlike traditional print shops, we almost exclusively use platten presses including The Monster, one of the largest presses in the world, sporting a 5′ x 11′ Press bed. Using this innovative equipment, Brandon has developed many extreme techniques while maintaining a practice of creating archival works, pushing boundaries of size and extreme embossing with inky viscosities and thickly textured surfaces. Her forty years of curious exploration has led to Monoprints like no other prints ever seen. Throughout her career, Brandon has received many prestigious awards including the Pollack- Krasner Foundation Award and has recently been awarded the Spark Lifetime Achievement Award from Louisiana College of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop as Master Printmaker and working as a sculptor and print artist with works currently in multiple international exhibitions. The exhbition will run from March 1 – April 28, 2023 1493_thumbnail_image1.jpg Recurs daily 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm Engineering & Technology Expo Day 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm Engineering & Technology Expo Day The Expo is open for all and a great opportunity for a field trip; we especially encourage high school students interested in math and science to come! Visitors can expect to get an idea of what engineers do, the importance of engineering and technology, and the many career possibilities available in these fields. This is also an opportunity for interested students to get a close up look at our College of Engineering and experience the most comprehensive tour we offer. Guided tours bring visitors through every department, our labs, and our classrooms – showcasing the equipment and research projects our students work with every day. The Expo takes place in, and around, Madison and Rougeou Halls at 131 Rex St., Lafayette, LA 70503. Save the date and be on the lookout for more information closer to the event! 1305_IMG_1559_2.jpg 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Grad Town Hall: What is Success for You? 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Grad Town Hall: What is Success for You? The Graduate School with lead a conversation with Dr. Emily Sandoz, chair of the Committee on Graduate Student Success and Retention, on how we think about graduate student success.Date: March 29thTime: 12pm-1:00pmLocation: Moody 127RSVP Required	Thursday March 30 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Thursday March 23 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Friday March 24 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Saturday March 25 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Sunday March 26 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Monday March 27 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Tuesday March 28 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Wednesday March 29 – Thursday March 30 Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking An opening reception will be held on Wednesday May 1st, from 6-8pm in the Dean’s Gallery, inconjunction with the opening of the 2023 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Fletcher Hall Gallery. Brandon Graving is known for her deeply textured large scale monoprints which often include a sculptural component furthering the visceral impact of these unique works. She is credited with making the largest monoprint made by a single artist; this work titled Ephemera: River with Flowers, measures 10.5′ by 32′ with a variable sized floor sculpture in front and was installed at the New Orleans Museum of Art when hurricane Katrina struck that city. Now in the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, this work has been widely exhibited in many museums. Brandon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1959 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with a focus on printmaking and sculpture; this enthusiastic focus continues today. She is a celebrated and prolific artist who exhibits widely and her work in included in many public and private collections including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection. After years of travel research in Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and the Yucatán, Brandon began working at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she was gallery director, curating many exhibitions and especially became the master printmaker and instructor at this wonderful facility. In 2007, she relocated her New Orleans print studio and consolidated the two print shops in this historic Massachusetts mill, creating Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop. Unlike traditional print shops, we almost exclusively use platten presses including The Monster, one of the largest presses in the world, sporting a 5′ x 11′ Press bed. Using this innovative equipment, Brandon has developed many extreme techniques while maintaining a practice of creating archival works, pushing boundaries of size and extreme embossing with inky viscosities and thickly textured surfaces. Her forty years of curious exploration has led to Monoprints like no other prints ever seen. Throughout her career, Brandon has received many prestigious awards including the Pollack- Krasner Foundation Award and has recently been awarded the Spark Lifetime Achievement Award from Louisiana College of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop as Master Printmaker and working as a sculptor and print artist with works currently in multiple international exhibitions. The exhbition will run from March 1 – April 28, 2023 1493_thumbnail_image1.jpg Recurs daily Spring 2023 (Full Term): Last Day to Drop with a Grade of W or Resign from the University. Spring 2023 (Full Term): Last Day to Drop with a Grade of W or Resign from the University. Spring 2023: Last Day to Change an Incomplete Grade Earned in the Fall 2022 or Winter Intersession 2022 Before it Becomes a Permanent Grade of 'F' Spring 2023: Last Day to Change an Incomplete Grade Earned in the Fall 2022 or Winter Intersession 2022 Before it Becomes a Permanent Grade of 'F' Stuffed Animal Donation Drive Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png 12:00 am – 1:00 am James Armstrong: Graduate Jazz Recital 12:00 am – 1:00 am James Armstrong: Graduate Jazz Recital 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom The Graduate School is partnering with graduate faculty and the Office of Campus Diversity to host a conversation about fostering a diverse and inclusive classroom. All members of the graduate school community are invited to participate.Date: March 30thTime: 12:00 pmLocation: Dupre Library Staff LoungeRSVP Required 10:30 pm – 12:00 am SPRING 2023 Pop Up Series 10:30 pm – 12:00 am SPRING 2023 Pop Up Series Parents of children currently in K through 9th grade are welcome at the Parent Presentation. We do ask that only current K through 5th grade students attend the Children’s Presentation. These challenges are designed to teach the creative thinking process; to aid in strengthening critical and creative thinking, collaborative skills, and public speaking skills. Parents who choose to attend both the February, and March Pop Ups will be eligible to receive a discount on Summer Programs! Visit,https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-30-2023-pop-up-information-on-the-destination-imagination-program-tickets-526057340667to Register. 73_lagniappe_logo.jpg	Friday March 31 31 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball vs Appalachian State - Louisiana Salutes / Bring Your A-Game Friday March 31 – Saturday April 1 11:00 pm – 2:00 am University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball vs Appalachian State - Louisiana Salutes / Bring Your A-Game Geaux Cajuns! Buy tickets here. 464_20190322LABaseball1364.JPG Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking An opening reception will be held on Wednesday May 1st, from 6-8pm in the Dean’s Gallery, inconjunction with the opening of the 2023 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Fletcher Hall Gallery. Brandon Graving is known for her deeply textured large scale monoprints which often include a sculptural component furthering the visceral impact of these unique works. She is credited with making the largest monoprint made by a single artist; this work titled Ephemera: River with Flowers, measures 10.5′ by 32′ with a variable sized floor sculpture in front and was installed at the New Orleans Museum of Art when hurricane Katrina struck that city. Now in the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, this work has been widely exhibited in many museums. Brandon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1959 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with a focus on printmaking and sculpture; this enthusiastic focus continues today. She is a celebrated and prolific artist who exhibits widely and her work in included in many public and private collections including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection. After years of travel research in Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and the Yucatán, Brandon began working at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she was gallery director, curating many exhibitions and especially became the master printmaker and instructor at this wonderful facility. In 2007, she relocated her New Orleans print studio and consolidated the two print shops in this historic Massachusetts mill, creating Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop. Unlike traditional print shops, we almost exclusively use platten presses including The Monster, one of the largest presses in the world, sporting a 5′ x 11′ Press bed. Using this innovative equipment, Brandon has developed many extreme techniques while maintaining a practice of creating archival works, pushing boundaries of size and extreme embossing with inky viscosities and thickly textured surfaces. Her forty years of curious exploration has led to Monoprints like no other prints ever seen. Throughout her career, Brandon has received many prestigious awards including the Pollack- Krasner Foundation Award and has recently been awarded the Spark Lifetime Achievement Award from Louisiana College of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop as Master Printmaker and working as a sculptor and print artist with works currently in multiple international exhibitions. The exhbition will run from March 1 – April 28, 2023 1493_thumbnail_image1.jpg Recurs daily GSAW Reception and Friday Movie with EGSA GSAW Reception and Friday Movie with EGSA Join us for a fun southern themed movie and a chance to meet up with your fellow grad students. Date: March 31stTime: 3:00-5:00pmLocation: Griffin Hall, Room 315RSVPRequired 12:00 am – 1:00 am An Evening of Dance 12:00 am – 1:00 am An Evening of Dance The UL Lafayette School of Music and Performing Arts Dance Program presents An Evening of Dance March 30-April 1 at 7:00 pm and April 2 at 2:00 pm in the Burke-Hawthorne Theatre on the UL Lafayette campus. An Evening of Dance is the eagerly awaited annual dance showcase that premieres the original choreographic research of students in the UL Lafayette Dance Program. These adjudicated dances are both choreographed and performed by Performing Arts majors and minors with a concentration in dance and dancers from the Acadiana community. The 2023 production of An Evening of Dance promises to be an evening of concert dance that is thoughtfully diverse in its subject matter and richly innovative in its approach. TICKETS:https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/an-evening-of-dance-1834399?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb 1514_1280x1024_EoD_UL_Digital_Media.png Recurs daily 12:00 am – 1:00 am An Evening of Dance 12:00 am – 1:00 am An Evening of Dance The UL Lafayette School of Music and Performing Arts Dance Program presentsAn Evening of Dance March 30-April 1 at 7:00 pm and April 2 at 2:00 pm in the Burke-Hawthorne Theatre on the UL Lafayette campus. An Evening of Dance is the eagerly awaited annual dance showcase that premieres the original choreographic research of students in the UL Lafayette Dance Program. These adjudicated dances are both choreographed and performed by Performing Arts majors and minors with a concentration in dance and dancers from the Acadiana community. The 2023 production of An Evening of Dance promises to be an evening of concert dance that is thoughtfully diverse in its subject matter and richly innovative in its approach. TICKETS:https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/an-evening-of-dance-1834399?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb 1514_1280x1024_EoD_UL_Digital_Media.png Recurs daily 5:00 am – 9:00 pm Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 5:00 am – 9:00 pm Stuffed Animal Donation Drive 1508_Copy_of_Colorful_Brush_Strokes_Donation_Poster_7.png 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Guest Artist: Jo-EL Sonnier 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Guest Artist: Jo-EL Sonnier Jo-EL was born in Rayne, Louisiana to poor, French speaking sharecroppers. He began to play the accordion at three years of age, which led to a radio debut at the age of 6 and his first recording session at the age of 11. As a favorite in local clubs, Sonnier remained a Louisiana sensation during his early life, but decided to try his luck at recording Country music and in 1974 he signed a recording contract with Mercury Records. Jo-EL spent years in Nashville and California, and by the middle 80’s, Jo-EL had a Grammy nominated recording to his credit with Cajun Life. In 1987 Jo-EL’s RCA record’s Come On Joe garnered several Top 10 hits including Tear-Stained Letter and No More One More Time. As a sought after session player in Nashville, the sounds of Jo-EL’s accordion can be heard on the albums of such greats as Alan Jackson, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Neil Diamond, Sammy Kershaw , The Indigo Girls, Mark Knopfler, Dolly Parton, Hank Williams Jr.,Robert Cray, Leftover Salmon, and Chris Ledoux, among others. As a songwriter, Jo-EL has had his songs recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, George Strait, EmmyLou Harris, John Anderson and Jerry Lee Lewis. Although singing and performing are his first love, Sonnier has also done his share of acting in movies. Among his credits you will find a role in Mask starring Cher and Sam Elliot, in A Thing Called Love, and in They All Laughed . In 2006 Jo-EL received his 4th Grammy nomination for his traditional recording, titled, Cajun Mardi Gras. With four Grammy nominations under his belt for his traditional French recordings, Sonnier continues to record and perform his traditional music to crowds around the world. In 2015 Jo-EL won a Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album of the Year for his album, The Legacy. Jo-EL’s latest album is his 2020 self-produced Survivants. Jo-EL released two books in 2018 The Little Boy Under The Wagon is based on his early childhood and growing up different from most children and a Cajun cookbook. Known for his incredible stage performance, Sonnier has performed all across the world; in 32 countries and in all 50 states. Signing autographs and talking to the fans, Jo-EL gives 100% of himself at every show. Sonnier says, I perform every show as if it was my last, and it doesn’t matter to me if there are only 25 people or 25,000 people in the audience , I still perform the same way. Jo-EL will be accompanied by Terry Huval. Hosted by: Julie Ryan Babineaux, ULL Traditional Music BA 2022 1512_thumbnail_IMG_4557.png 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Women's Tennis vs Appalachian State 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Women's Tennis vs Appalachian State University of Louisiana at Lafayette Women’s Tennis vs Appalachian Statehttps://admin.ragincajuns.com/calendar.aspx?id=12453 107_Screen_Shot_2019-09-04_at_11.34.25_AM.png 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball at James Madison 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball at James Madison Geaux Cajuns! Buy softball game tickets here. 465_D5N_8759.JPG	Saturday April 1 1 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball vs Appalachian State - Louisiana Salutes / Bring Your A-Game Friday March 31 – Saturday April 1 11:00 pm – 2:00 am University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball vs Appalachian State - Louisiana Salutes / Bring Your A-Game Geaux Cajuns! Buy tickets here. 464_20190322LABaseball1364.JPG Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking An opening reception will be held on Wednesday May 1st, from 6-8pm in the Dean’s Gallery, inconjunction with the opening of the 2023 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Fletcher Hall Gallery. Brandon Graving is known for her deeply textured large scale monoprints which often include a sculptural component furthering the visceral impact of these unique works. She is credited with making the largest monoprint made by a single artist; this work titled Ephemera: River with Flowers, measures 10.5′ by 32′ with a variable sized floor sculpture in front and was installed at the New Orleans Museum of Art when hurricane Katrina struck that city. Now in the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, this work has been widely exhibited in many museums. Brandon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1959 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with a focus on printmaking and sculpture; this enthusiastic focus continues today. She is a celebrated and prolific artist who exhibits widely and her work in included in many public and private collections including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection. After years of travel research in Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and the Yucatán, Brandon began working at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she was gallery director, curating many exhibitions and especially became the master printmaker and instructor at this wonderful facility. In 2007, she relocated her New Orleans print studio and consolidated the two print shops in this historic Massachusetts mill, creating Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop. Unlike traditional print shops, we almost exclusively use platten presses including The Monster, one of the largest presses in the world, sporting a 5′ x 11′ Press bed. Using this innovative equipment, Brandon has developed many extreme techniques while maintaining a practice of creating archival works, pushing boundaries of size and extreme embossing with inky viscosities and thickly textured surfaces. Her forty years of curious exploration has led to Monoprints like no other prints ever seen. Throughout her career, Brandon has received many prestigious awards including the Pollack- Krasner Foundation Award and has recently been awarded the Spark Lifetime Achievement Award from Louisiana College of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop as Master Printmaker and working as a sculptor and print artist with works currently in multiple international exhibitions. The exhbition will run from March 1 – April 28, 2023 1493_thumbnail_image1.jpg Recurs daily 12:00 am – 1:00 am An Evening of Dance 12:00 am – 1:00 am An Evening of Dance The UL Lafayette School of Music and Performing Arts Dance Program presents An Evening of Dance March 30-April 1 at 7:00 pm and April 2 at 2:00 pm in the Burke-Hawthorne Theatre on the UL Lafayette campus. An Evening of Dance is the eagerly awaited annual dance showcase that premieres the original choreographic research of students in the UL Lafayette Dance Program. These adjudicated dances are both choreographed and performed by Performing Arts majors and minors with a concentration in dance and dancers from the Acadiana community. The 2023 production of An Evening of Dance promises to be an evening of concert dance that is thoughtfully diverse in its subject matter and richly innovative in its approach. TICKETS:https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/an-evening-of-dance-1834399?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb 1514_1280x1024_EoD_UL_Digital_Media.png Recurs daily 12:00 am – 1:00 am An Evening of Dance 12:00 am – 1:00 am An Evening of Dance The UL Lafayette School of Music and Performing Arts Dance Program presentsAn Evening of Dance March 30-April 1 at 7:00 pm and April 2 at 2:00 pm in the Burke-Hawthorne Theatre on the UL Lafayette campus. An Evening of Dance is the eagerly awaited annual dance showcase that premieres the original choreographic research of students in the UL Lafayette Dance Program. These adjudicated dances are both choreographed and performed by Performing Arts majors and minors with a concentration in dance and dancers from the Acadiana community. The 2023 production of An Evening of Dance promises to be an evening of concert dance that is thoughtfully diverse in its subject matter and richly innovative in its approach. TICKETS:https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/an-evening-of-dance-1834399?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb 1514_1280x1024_EoD_UL_Digital_Media.png Recurs daily 12:00 am – 1:00 am UL Choirs Spring Concert 12:00 am – 1:00 am UL Choirs Spring Concert 1502_Image.jpg 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Men's Tennis vs James Madison 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Men's Tennis vs James Madison University of Louisiana at Lafayette Men’s Tennis vs James Madisonhttps://admin.ragincajuns.com/calendar.aspx?id=12425 111_mens-tennis.png 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Soccer at Mississippi State 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Soccer at Mississippi State University of Louisiana at Lafayette Soccer at Mississippi Statehttps://admin.ragincajuns.com/calendar.aspx?id=12466 113_Screen_Shot_2019-09-04_at_11.53.20_AM.png 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball at James Madison 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball at James Madison Geaux Cajuns! Buy softball game tickets here. 465_D5N_8759.JPG 9:00 pm – 12:00 am University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball vs Appalachian State - Louisiana Salutes / LA 811 Sponsor / April Fools 9:00 pm – 12:00 am University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball vs Appalachian State - Louisiana Salutes / LA 811 Sponsor / April Fools Geaux Cajuns! Buy tickets here. 464_20190322LABaseball1364.JPG	Sunday April 2 2 Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking Brandon Graving: Then and Now, Selections of 40 years of Printmaking An opening reception will be held on Wednesday May 1st, from 6-8pm in the Dean’s Gallery, inconjunction with the opening of the 2023 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Fletcher Hall Gallery. Brandon Graving is known for her deeply textured large scale monoprints which often include a sculptural component furthering the visceral impact of these unique works. She is credited with making the largest monoprint made by a single artist; this work titled Ephemera: River with Flowers, measures 10.5′ by 32′ with a variable sized floor sculpture in front and was installed at the New Orleans Museum of Art when hurricane Katrina struck that city. Now in the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, this work has been widely exhibited in many museums. Brandon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1959 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with a focus on printmaking and sculpture; this enthusiastic focus continues today. She is a celebrated and prolific artist who exhibits widely and her work in included in many public and private collections including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection. After years of travel research in Africa, Costa Rica, Belize and the Yucatán, Brandon began working at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she was gallery director, curating many exhibitions and especially became the master printmaker and instructor at this wonderful facility. In 2007, she relocated her New Orleans print studio and consolidated the two print shops in this historic Massachusetts mill, creating Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop. Unlike traditional print shops, we almost exclusively use platten presses including The Monster, one of the largest presses in the world, sporting a 5′ x 11′ Press bed. Using this innovative equipment, Brandon has developed many extreme techniques while maintaining a practice of creating archival works, pushing boundaries of size and extreme embossing with inky viscosities and thickly textured surfaces. Her forty years of curious exploration has led to Monoprints like no other prints ever seen. Throughout her career, Brandon has received many prestigious awards including the Pollack- Krasner Foundation Award and has recently been awarded the Spark Lifetime Achievement Award from Louisiana College of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop as Master Printmaker and working as a sculptor and print artist with works currently in multiple international exhibitions. The exhbition will run from March 1 – April 28, 2023 1493_thumbnail_image1.jpg Recurs daily 12:00 am – 1:00 am An Evening of Dance 12:00 am – 1:00 am An Evening of Dance The UL Lafayette School of Music and Performing Arts Dance Program presents An Evening of Dance March 30-April 1 at 7:00 pm and April 2 at 2:00 pm in the Burke-Hawthorne Theatre on the UL Lafayette campus. An Evening of Dance is the eagerly awaited annual dance showcase that premieres the original choreographic research of students in the UL Lafayette Dance Program. These adjudicated dances are both choreographed and performed by Performing Arts majors and minors with a concentration in dance and dancers from the Acadiana community. The 2023 production of An Evening of Dance promises to be an evening of concert dance that is thoughtfully diverse in its subject matter and richly innovative in its approach. TICKETS:https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/an-evening-of-dance-1834399?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb 1514_1280x1024_EoD_UL_Digital_Media.png Recurs daily 12:00 am – 1:00 am An Evening of Dance 12:00 am – 1:00 am An Evening of Dance The UL Lafayette School of Music and Performing Arts Dance Program presentsAn Evening of Dance March 30-April 1 at 7:00 pm and April 2 at 2:00 pm in the Burke-Hawthorne Theatre on the UL Lafayette campus. An Evening of Dance is the eagerly awaited annual dance showcase that premieres the original choreographic research of students in the UL Lafayette Dance Program. These adjudicated dances are both choreographed and performed by Performing Arts majors and minors with a concentration in dance and dancers from the Acadiana community. The 2023 production of An Evening of Dance promises to be an evening of concert dance that is thoughtfully diverse in its subject matter and richly innovative in its approach. TICKETS:https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/an-evening-of-dance-1834399?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb 1514_1280x1024_EoD_UL_Digital_Media.png Recurs daily 12:00 am – 1:00 am Eve Roethele: Junior Voice Recital 12:00 am – 1:00 am Eve Roethele: Junior Voice Recital 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Women's Tennis vs Marshall 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Women's Tennis vs Marshall University of Louisiana at Lafayette Women’s Tennis vs Marshallhttps://admin.ragincajuns.com/calendar.aspx?id=12454 107_Screen_Shot_2019-09-04_at_11.34.25_AM.png 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Men's Tennis vs Old Dominion 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Men's Tennis vs Old Dominion University of Louisiana at Lafayette Men’s Tennis vs Old Dominionhttps://admin.ragincajuns.com/calendar.aspx?id=12426 111_mens-tennis.png 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball vs Appalachian State - Louisiana Salutes / Family Day 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball vs Appalachian State - Louisiana Salutes / Family Day Geaux Cajuns! Buy tickets here. 464_20190322LABaseball1364.JPG 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm An Evening of Dance 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm An Evening of Dance The UL Lafayette School of Music and Performing Arts Dance Program presents An Evening of Dance March 30-April 1 at 7:00 pm and April 2 at 2:00 pm in the Burke- Hawthorn Theatre on the UL Lafayette campus. An Evening of Dance is the eagerly awaited annual dance showcase that premieres the original choreographic research of students in the UL Lafayette Dance Program. These adjudicated dances are both choreographed and performed by Performing Arts majors and minors with a concentration in dance and dancers from the Acadiana community. The 2023 production of An Evening of Dance promises to be an evening of concert dance that is thoughtfully diverse in its subject matter and richly innovative in its approach. Tickets for An Evening of Dancemust be reserved and or purchased through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/an-evening-of-dance-1834399?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb General admission to the performance is $10.00. UL-Lafayette students, faculty and staff are admitted free of charge with a their valid UL-Lafayette ID. For more information call 337-482-6357. This event is sponsored in part by the UL-Lafayette Student Government. 1515_1280x1024_EoD_UL_Digital_Media.png 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm An Evening of Dance 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm An Evening of Dance The UL Lafayette School of Music and Performing Arts Dance Program presentsAn Evening of Dance March 30-April 1 at 7:00 pm and April 2 at 2:00 pm in the Burke- Hawthorn Theatre on the UL Lafayette campus. An Evening of Dance is the eagerly awaited annual dance showcase that premieres the original choreographic research of students in the UL Lafayette Dance Program. These adjudicated dances are both choreographed and performed by Performing Arts majors and minors with a concentration in dance and dancers from the Acadiana community. The 2023 production of An Evening of Dance promises to be an evening of concert dance that is thoughtfully diverse in its subject matter and richly innovative in its approach. Tickets for An Evening of Dancemust be reserved and or purchased through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/an-evening-of-dance-1834399?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb General admission to the performance is $10.00. UL-Lafayette students, faculty and staff are admitted free of charge with a their valid UL-Lafayette ID. For more information call 337-482-6357. This event is sponsored in part by the UL-Lafayette Student Government. 1515_1280x1024_EoD_UL_Digital_Media.png 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm SAI/PMA American Music Recital 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm SAI/PMA American Music Recital 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball at James Madison 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm University of Louisiana at Lafayette Softball at James Madison Geaux Cajuns! Buy softball game tickets here. 465_D5N_8759.JPG
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