Catharsis Within The Collision of Cajun Culture & Queer Eutopia
On Friday, October 4, 2024, the Acadiana Queer Collective & the LSU Department of French Studies, collaborated on a Queer Cajun Music Showcase, in honor of LGBTQ+ History Month, at Hideway Hall in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Words and Photography by Charlie Champagne.
Counteracting Censorship through Conceptual Creativity
This month, I re-connected with my friend Alex Jacobs to see how grad school had been treating them, and to learn more about their exciting thesis, The Free Pages Project - a nonprofit initiative fighting nationwide book-bans through conceptual & functional art.
Alex is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, and is currently enrolled in the LSU Art & Design Graduate Program for Sculpture. Their work currently focuses on the conceptual nature of identity, gender expression, and representation.
QUMBO: Queer Art Therapy Workshops
Leur Maison’s pilot project, QUMBO: Queer Art Therapy Workshops for Southern LGBTQIA+ students.
Q+UMBO is a proud grantee of The Community Collaborative: By the Community, For The Community at The LSU Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs cohort of 2023.