GRAND OPENING GIVEAWAY!

Basin Arts proudly begins its 10th year in 2025 in a new home at 126 South Buchanan Street — a 10,000-square-foot creative hub developed in partnership with the Lafayette Public Trust Financing Authority (LPTFA).This milestone marks a major step forward in our mission to connect, inspire, and support artists and audiences through creativity and collaboration.

To celebrate TEN YEARS, we are offering a GRAND OPENING GIVEAWAY!

🎟 Tickets are $10 each and each ticket enters you to win some great Basin Arts swag --

ENTER TO WIN:

Single class pass
Yoga Mat
Water bottle
Sticker
T-shirt
An original 5x7 piece of art by a BARE Walls artist

The winner will be announced on Monday November 10th via email to all participants.

Thank you for being a part of Basin Arts. We look forward to sharing another amazing decade of creativity and inspiration with you -- our friends, supporters, and community! 💚 💚 💚

ABOUT BASIN ARTS

Basin Arts is an arts incubator — Lafayette’s Container for Creativity — dedicated to supporting artists in building sustainable creative practices. We aim to increase access to professional contemporary arts experiences while fostering meaningful connections between artists and the broader community.

We support artists.
We support artistic creation.
We connect artists to community.
We connect community to artists.

Since its founding in 2016, Basin Arts has paid nearly $700,000 directly to local artists for creative work, affirming our commitment to building a sustainable artistic economy in Louisiana. We have supported over 100 artists-in-residence—including visual artists, dancers, and multidisciplinary creatives—and engaged more than 80 teaching artists to lead visual art and dance classes. Our gallery has hosted 65 exhibitions, and we have presented over 50 live dance performances and community programs. Through our movement classes, we have provided arts education to over 5,000 youth and adults, creating accessible entry points for creative exploration across our region.

Artists connected with Basin Arts go on to make a broad impact locally, regionally, and nationally. Alumni have earned MFAs from institutions such as Yale University, Columbia, Temple, Vermont College of Fine Arts, and Hollins University—often following their time in residence with us. They are performing on Broadway, dancing with national and international companies, and creating original work across the country. Many have received ArtSpark Grants, Louisiana Division of the Arts funding, and other support for projects launched at Basin Arts. Others serve as educators in the Lafayette Parish School System, youth programs, employees at Stuller, and as professors within the UL Lafayette College of the Arts. Visual artists affiliated with Basin Arts have exhibited their work at the Acadiana Center for the Arts, the Hilliard Museum, and in galleries and museums nationwide.

www.basinartslafayette.com

Basin Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Basin Arts Grand Opening Giveaway

Celebrate the opening of Basin Arts and enter to WIN!