The Prairie Acadian Cultural Center of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve presents an art exhibit featuring the work of Eunice artist Alma Brunson Reed. “Images of Acadian Louisiana” is on display through Jan. 29.
Admission to the exhibit and to the center is free. The center is located at 250 Park Ave in Eunice. For more information, call 337-457-8499 or visit www.nps.gov/jela.
Reed, a Eunice native and a descendant of colonial Louisiana Acadian settlers, is a retired school teacher and professor who is now devoted to painting. Reed is greatly influenced by well-known local artist Waven Boone, with whom she studied. She has also studied with Louise Guidry, Dorothy Guell and Erika Baum LeDoux. Reed’s medium of choice is watercolor, which figures prominently in the exhibit and provides the perfect means of capturing Louisiana’s colorful Cajun culture.
The Prairie Acadian Cultural Center is managed by the National Park Service as part of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. The center features exhibits interpreting the culture of the Acadians who settled the prairies of southwest Louisiana. Folklife demonstrations include foodways presentations, Cajun music, dancing, quilting and other handmade crafts. The center is open 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and on Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The center is closed on all federal holidays but open on Mardi Gras. Admission to the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center is free and all activities and demonstrations are free and open to the public.