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

    • 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)

    • 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)

    • 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

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