Halloween Festival 2023 - The Deep
“The Deep” (deep sea life, deep roots both cultural and botanical, deep time, deep traditions, and more).
Special guests included:
● Award-winning Special Effects Artist, Chuck Varga, and Neptune the official King of the Coney Island Day Mermaid Parade coming from New York City
● Walter Sandifier III (Spy Boy) of the Beautiful Creole Apache Mardi Gras Indian Tribe from New Orleans.
● Award-winning Playwright Lisa D’Amour from New Orleans.
The Deep - October 28, 2023
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Organizations
Acadiana Native Plant Project (Arnaudville, LA)
National Academies Gulf Research Program (Washington DC)
Acadiana Master Naturalists (Lafayette, LA)
Buccaneers of Lake Charles (Lake Charles, LA)
M.I.S.S. (Minorities in Shark Sciences) Gill Guardians (USA)
Culinary Institute of Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge, LA)
Ocean Memory Project (USA)
Cub Scouts Pack 301 (Parks, LA)
Scouts Troupe 174 (Breaux Bridge, LA)
Tribe of the Beautiful Creole Apache (New Orleans, LA)
LAYAYA (Plaquemines Parish, LA)
DEEPEND Consortium (USA)
Oceanscape (Baton Rouge, LA)
Red Hatter Productions (Lafayette, LA)
Footprint Project (Eagan, MN)
Antenna Paper Machine (New Orleans, LA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, USA)
University of Louisiana Alabama Art Department (Tuscaloosa, AL)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of Art (Lafayette, LA)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of Biology (Lafayette, LA)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette College School of Geoscience (Lafayette, LA)
Deuxième Vie Creative (Lafayette, LA)
The Immersion Project: Austen Camille (AR), Dr. Erik Cordes (Lead Scientist), Mandy Joye (Scientist), Malte Leander (Sound), Christine Lee (Sculpture), Rebecca Rutstein (Sculpture), (USA)
TECHE Project (Breaux Bridge, LA)
Tulane University Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection (Belle Chasse, LA)
Tulane University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (New Orleans, LA) International Crane Foundation (Baraboo, WI)
St. Martin Parish Library (Saint Martin Parish, LA)
LSU Museum of Natural Science (Baton Rouge, LA)
Louisiana Amphibian and Reptile Enthusiasts (L.A.R.E.)
The Beetle Experience (Lafayette, LA)
Voodoo Voltage STEM Club of Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans, LA)
Couvillion Group (Belle Chasse, LA)
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Renella Rose Champagne, KRVS radio host (Lafayette, LA)
King Neptune from the New York City Coney Island Day Parade (New York, NY)
Spy Boy (Walter Sandifier III) (New Orleans, LA)
DJ Spicy Tuna
Colt Patin, Certified Executive Chef and Certified Chef Instructor (Baton Rouge)
Ronald Llewellyn Jones, Artist and Documentary Filmmaker (Houston, TX)
Carey Hamburg, Artist (Lafayette, LA)
Dr. Alicia Kahn, Artist and Geologist (Houston, TX)
Corey Diane, Artist (New Orleans, LA)
Jamey Grimes, Artist (Cottonwood, AL)
The Enchanted Mermaidens (Metairie, LA)
Stephanie Darling, Artist (Houston, TX)
Meagan Moore, Artist/ Scientist/STEAM Educator (Baton Rouge, LA)
Pearl D’amour Theater Company (New Orleans, LA/ Middletown, CT
Chuck Varga, Special Effects Artist (New York, NY)
Jaime Bird, Artist (New Orleans, LA)
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The Al Berard Memorial Music Fund at Community Foundation of Acadiana.
Washington State Bank
Acadiana Center for the Arts
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
Stuller Family Foundation
Couvillon Gulf Coast Marine Services
COX
Innocence Project
Keep Louisiana Beautiful
Louisiana Seafood
Maison Stephanie
National Endowment for the Arts
Russels Food Center
Peter Henry Warny Conservation Fund
St. Martin Parish
Super 1 Foods