Basin Arts

Basin Arts A container for creativity supporting artists and collaboration in our community of Lafayette, La Basin Arts will officially open in September 2016.
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Conceived by Founder & Director, Clare Cook, Basin Arts will be a creative space for artists in Acadiana. If you are a practicing dance artist, visual artist, theater artist, writer, musician, composer, or if you're searching for a place to continue and revive your craft, Basin Arts is for you. Some of our Basin Arts offerings:
Open Dance Classes for Adults
Visual Artist Studio workspace
Office sp

ace available for creative professionals
Rehearsal space for Dance and Theater companies
Professional Development Workshops for artists
An Art Gallery / 2nd Saturday Artwalk events
Creative Dance Classes for Kids and Families

Most importantly, Basin Arts is a space for artists to develop their own ideas. We provide the space and help you find the resources to make your ideas possible! Basin Arts is located at 113 Clinton Street in Lafayette, Louisiana, making it a part of the Downtown Lafayette Cultural District. The space is also a short stroll away from the Freetown-Port Rico neighborhood, recently assigned to the National Register of Historic Places. Both Downtown Lafayette and the Freetown-Port Rico neighborhood house many of Lafayette’s most creative businesses and individuals, putting Basin Arts right in the center of Acadiana’s artistic hub.

UPCOMING | Join us for a conversation centered on the veillée, a South Louisiana tradition where family, friends, and ne...
06/19/2026

UPCOMING | Join us for a conversation centered on the veillée, a South Louisiana tradition where family, friends, and neighbors gathered to share stories, music, culture, and community.

As part of Bob Borel's ProjectSpace Residency exhibition, this discussion will explore how the spirit of the veillée has evolved over time, examining the ways people connect through faith, language, storytelling, and social spaces, and how technology has transformed these traditions.

Moderated by Philip Frey, the panel features Becca Begnaud, Jean Bertrand, Bob Borel, and Kevin Domingue.

⚜️ Community Traditions: The Veillée
📅 Sunday, June 28
⏰ 1-3 PM
📍 Basin Arts
🎟️ Free to attend

06/17/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for ArtWalk this Saturday! ✨

We were thrilled to welcome visitors into MOM MOM’S: The Sacred Ordinary, the in-progress opening of ProjectSpace Resident Bob Borel’s immersive installation inspired by his Cajun grandmother’s home.

Guests also had the opportunity to experience Gary Pilcher’s photography exhibition and browse the studios of our resident artists, offering a glimpse into the creative work taking shape throughout the building.

Be sure to follow along as this residency continues to unfold.

BARE Walls continues to bring original artwork by local artists into businesses and public spaces across Acadiana. 🎨Che...
06/16/2026

BARE Walls continues to bring original artwork by local artists into businesses and public spaces across Acadiana. 🎨

Check out these recent artwork rotations at VieMed, Park Bistro Lafayette, Lafayette Housing Authority, Standard Title - Lafayette, Standard Title Baton Rouge, Lige Dunaway DDS, Ochsner Lafayette General, and Opportunity Machine. Art pictured by Charles Chaisson, Chase Julien, Mary Ellen Hathorn, Lue Svenson, Julie Breaux, Heidi Matherne, Ted Bertrand, Stephen Stewart, and Emily Spikes

Through BARE Walls, local businesses can transform their spaces while supporting working artists and expanding access to original artwork throughout our community.

Interested in becoming a BARE Walls subscriber or artist? Visit the link below to learn more. Email [email protected] to schedule your FREE consultation today!

🔗 https://www.basinartslafayette.com/b

Last week, Basin Arts was proud to be part of the State of the Arts Symposium hosted by the Acadiana Center for the Arts...
06/15/2026

Last week, Basin Arts was proud to be part of the State of the Arts Symposium hosted by the Acadiana Center for the Arts.

The annual symposium brings together artists, educators, community leaders, and cultural advocates to explore the role arts and culture play in shaping Acadiana's future. This year, our Founder and Creative Director, Clare Cook, joined the conversation as a workshop facilitator alongside William H. Dodge for Bringing Public Art to Life. This session offered an interactive experience inviting participants to dream up a new public art project from the perspective of an artist, a community member, or the project facilitator.

We're grateful for opportunities like these to learn, connect, and advocate for a thriving arts ecosystem in Louisiana. Thank you to everyone who participated and engaged!

06/12/2026

THIS SATURDAY | Join us for ArtWalk at Basin Arts

Don’t miss Bob Borel's ProjectSpace Residency in-progress exhibition of Mom Mom’s: The Sacred Ordinary and also, a small solo exhibition from BARE Walls artist, Gary Pilcher.

Mom Mom’s: The Sacred Ordinary is an immersive installation that reconstructs Bob’s Cajun grandmother’s living room and kitchen, honoring a disappearing era when homes served as gathering places for coffee, conversation, storytelling, and community. Blending living history, personal memory, and contemporary art, the exhibition invites visitors to step into a familiar space and reflect on the traditions that continue to shape Acadiana culture. If you haven’t seen it yet, The Advocate recently featured a story from Jan Risher about Bob’s project.

Read more here: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/lafayette-installation-recreates-a-grandmothers-kitchen/article_c6964fec-c836-45be-a7dc-a369aa66f53a.html

In our Studio Gallery, visitors can also view a solo exhibition of landscape photography by Gary Pilcher. A 2013 graduate of SCAD, Gary’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions throughout the South and explores a deep connection to place through striking imagery of the natural world.

🗓️ Saturday | 5:00–8:00 PM
📍 Basin Arts | 126 S. Buchanan St.
🎟️ FREE Admission

We are proud to support Bob Borel's Mom Mom's: The Sacred Ordinary as part of Basin Arts' ProjectSpace Residency program...
06/09/2026

We are proud to support Bob Borel's Mom Mom's: The Sacred Ordinary as part of Basin Arts' ProjectSpace Residency program. Jan Risher, thank you for spending time in the gallery and for diving into the story behind the art. Join us for Artwalk this Saturday 5-8pm to see this installation in progress!

Event Details Here: June Artwalk / Mom Mom's: The Sacred Ordinary In-Progress Gallery Opening

NEXT WEEK | Join us for the in-progress opening of Mom Mom's: The Sacred Ordinary, a ProjectSpace Residency project by ...
06/03/2026

NEXT WEEK | Join us for the in-progress opening of Mom Mom's: The Sacred Ordinary, a ProjectSpace Residency project by . This exhibition is an installation that blends living history and communal art, a reconstruction of Bob’s Cajun grandmother’s 1980s living room and kitchen; a space that was decorated in the 1950s and never changed.

This immersive environment will function as artwork, social reenactment, and a third space, evoking a time when homes served as communal hubs for gathering with: coffee, conversation, food, and the occasional game of cards. As a living history interpreter, Bob has created historical displays at Vermilionville to interpret local culture. This project brings that experience, along with his background in varied art installations and curation, into more personal and cultural territory. Rather than reenacting distant or dramatic events from the past, this piece honors recent Cajun history that’s quietly slipping away.

Basin Arts’ ProjectSpace Residency is a dynamic and evolving interdisciplinary artist residency program in partnership with the Hilliard Art Museum. The residency provides professional artists from the Acadiana region with the structure, space, and support for research and development of new artistic work while deeply engaging the community in the creative process.

Mom Mom's: The Sacred Ordinary In-Progress Gallery Opening
🗓️June 13th | 5:00-8:00pm
📍Basin Arts | 126 S Buchanan St.
🎟️FREE Admission

NEW THIS ARTWALK | In addition, a small solo show by BARE Walls artist Gary Pilcher .ghd will be on view in our Studio Gallery. Gary is a 2013 graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design, graduating with a BFA in photography, earning the distinction of summa cm laude. He has been included in numerous group exhibitions displaying his landscape photographs and was featured in Oxford American Magazine as an emerging Southern photographer in 2012. His most recent group exhibition, Our Point in Space, was held at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette, LA.

NEXT WEEK | Join us for the in-progress opening of Mom Mom's: The Sacred Ordinary, a ProjectSpace Residency project by B...
06/03/2026

NEXT WEEK | Join us for the in-progress opening of Mom Mom's: The Sacred Ordinary, a ProjectSpace Residency project by Bob Borel. This exhibition is an installation that blends living history and communal art, a reconstruction of Bob’s Cajun grandmother’s 1980s living room and kitchen; a space that was decorated in the 1950s and never changed.

This immersive environment will function as artwork, social reenactment, and a third space, evoking a time when homes served as communal hubs for gathering with: coffee, conversation, food, and the occasional game of cards. As a living history interpreter, Bob has created historical displays at Vermilionville to interpret local culture. This project brings that experience, along with his background in varied art installations and curation, into more personal and cultural territory. Rather than reenacting distant or dramatic events from the past, this piece honors recent Cajun history that’s quietly slipping away.

Basin Arts’ ProjectSpace Residency is a dynamic and evolving interdisciplinary artist residency program in partnership with the Hilliard Art Museum. The residency provides professional artists from the Acadiana region with the structure, space, and support for research and development of new artistic work while deeply engaging the community in the creative process.

Mom Mom's: The Sacred Ordinary In-Progress Gallery Opening
June 13th | 5:00-8:00pm
Basin Arts | 126 S Buchanan St.
FREE Admission

NEW THIS ARTWALK | In addition, a small solo show by BARE Walls artist Gary Pilcher will be on view in our Studio Gallery. Gary is a 2013 graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design, graduating with a BFA in photography, earning the distinction of summa cm laude. He has been included in numerous group exhibitions displaying his landscape photographs and was featured in Oxford American Magazine as an emerging Southern photographer in 2012. His most recent group exhibition, Our Point in Space, was held at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette, LA. He has worked in the photographic field since college, as a digital tech and retoucher for national brands. He currently works freelance in those roles, both for commercial advertising and editorial clients. He lives in Lafayette, LA with his wife Catherine, an art professor, and their daughter Poppy.

05/29/2026

Our six-week summer session kicks off next week 🌞 & we're excited to offer NINE different class options to adult dancers & movers of ALL experience levels! Classes in this session will run from June 1st to July 10th.

✨Adult Hip Hop w/ Zyria Guillory
Recurring Mondays | 5:45-6:45PM
$125 | Performance Add-On Available

✨ Contemporary Jazz w/ Taylor Elliott
Recurring Mondays | 7:30-8:30PM
$125 | Performance Add-On Available

✨Pilates Mat w/ Clare Cook
Recurring Tuesdays & Thursdays | 8:30-9:30AM
Drop-in $25 | Pilates Pass $150

✨Pro-level Modern Dance w/ Clare Cook
Recurring Tuesdays | 9:45-11:00AM
Offered through a Pro-Pass

✨Slow Flow Yoga w/ Ana Leger
Recurring Tuesdays | 6:00-7:15PM
$125

✨Heels Class w/ Natalie Kojis
Recurring Tuesdays | 7:30-8:30PM
$125 | Performance Add-On Available

✨Adult Tap Basics w/ Theresa Wasiloski
Recurring Wednesdays | 5:30-6:30PM
$125 | Performance Add-On Available

✨Modern Dance w/ Whitney Willis Hebert
Recurring Wednesdays | 7:15-8:15PM
$125 | Performance Add-On Available

✨Pro-level Ballet w/ Alex McBride
Recurring Fridays | 9:30-10:45AM
Offered through a Pro Pass

SUMMER SPECIAL
2FOR200 - Register for two class series and use this promo code to get a $50 discount off your second series.

3FOR300 - Register for three class series and use this promo code to get a $75 discount off your third series.

The Pro Passes
Pro Pass Mini | 6 pro-level classes of your choice | $75
Pro Pass Max | 12 pro-level classes | $120

The Classport - 6 classes of your choosing during the 6-week session | $140

🔗Let’s get moving, Lafayette! Click the to register today.

Art Circle | Introducing Zavier TaylorZavier Taylor is an advanced, industry-focused dancer with experience across mult...
05/28/2026

Art Circle | Introducing Zavier Taylor

Zavier Taylor is an advanced, industry-focused dancer with experience across multiple styles, specializing in hip-hop, jazz, and contemporary. Known for bringing strong energy into every class and rehearsal, Zavier pushes dancers to grow both technically and creatively while keeping training fun, motivating, and welcoming for everyone involved.

After dancing for almost 10 years and training at a professional level for the past 2 years, Zavier has continued to develop a deep passion for both performance and choreography. What started as a love for movement quickly turned into a passion for creating, leading, and bringing people together through dance. Recently stepping further into choreography, Zavier has focused on building a creative environment where dancers feel confident, inspired, and free to express themselves.

Along with teaching and building a creative community, Zavier also serves as a coach for the Carencro High School Dazzlers, helping young dancers grow in both skill and confidence. Zavier also had the opportunity to perform during the Super Bowl LX festivities, further gaining experience in the professional dance industry.

With dreams of becoming a tour and commercial-style dancer, Zavier hopes to continue expanding creatively, inspiring others through movement, and creating opportunities for dancers to connect, grow, and do what they love most.

🔗To learn more about Zavier and read his Art Circle blog, click the or link here: https://www.basinartslafayette.com/post/introducing-zavier-taylor

Our weekly Art Circle series profiles artists throughout the community and is sponsored by Lafayette Visitor Enterprise Fund, managed by Lafayette Travel

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126 S. Buchanan Street
Lafayette, LA
70501

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