Halloween Festival 2024 - Creepy Crawlers
Insects are an essential part to ecosystems, yet many of us are unaware of their connection to us and the role they play in nature or that many insect species are rapidly disappearing.
For Creepy Crawlers, we hosted five Southern sculpture artists as who created bug and other creepy-crawler-themed sculptures from recycled metals using a portable casting furnace and blacksmithing forge installed onsite at the Atelier grounds:
· Elizabeth Belz (Brasstown, NC) who forged insect and arthropod-shaped free-standing sculptures.
· Anne Bujold (Lafayette, LA), who created a native Louisiana bee installation in partnership with Kimberly Hamm, a PhD researcher in UL Lafayette’s Entomology Department.
· Liz Markum (Denton, TX), who forged metal-casted sculptures from arthropods found at Atelier de la Nature.
· Leslie Tharp (Gainesville, FL), who fashioned tangled creepy crawler root sculpture from recycled iron.
· Kristen Tordella-Williams (Auburn, Alabama) who sculpted an enormous spider from recycled iron.
Our 2024 festival mascot, “Franken-Mantis” was designed by artist and biologist Cheyenne Eagles.
Creepy Crawlers - October 26, 2024
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Acadiana Native Plant Project (Arnaudville, LA
Acadiana Master Naturalists Outdoor Adventure Kids (Lafayette, LA
Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge, LA
Auburn University, College of Liberal Arts, (Auburn, AL)
Fluker’s Cricket Farm (Port Allen, LA
Raccoon Oak Farm(Breaux Bridge, LA)
Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, (Henderson, LA)
Anne Bujold Studio (Lafayette, LA)
Culinary Institute of Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge, LA)
Cub Scouts Pack 301 (Parks, LA)
Red Hatter Productions (Lafayette, LA)
University of 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)
TECHE Project (Breaux Bridge, LA)
International Crane Foundation (Baraboo, WI)
St. Martin Parish Library (Saint Martin Parish, LA)
Louisiana State Arthropod Museum (Baton Rouge, LA)
LSU Entomology Club (Baton Rouge, LA)
LSU Museum of Natural Science (Baton Rouge, LA)
Louisiana Amphibian and Reptile Enthusiasts (L.A.R.E.)
The Beetle Experience (Lafayette, LA)
Worm Lady Recycles(Lafayette, LA)
Broccoli Patch (Scott, LA)
Ducky's Apiary(Carencro, LA)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO)
Tribe of the Beautiful Creole Apache (New Orleans, LA)
Bulbancha Liberation Radio(Bulbancha, LA)
Sunshine & Clay Hives(Crowley, LA)
U.S. Forest Service (Kisatchie, LA)
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Carey Hamburg, Artist (Lafayette, LA)
Michael and Chrystal Giles (Knoxville, TN)
Lynda Frese, (Breaux Bridge, LA)
Jamey Grimes (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Ronald Llewellyn Jones, Artist and Documentary Filmmaker (Houston, TX)
Dr. Alicia Kahn, Artist and Geologist (Houston, TX)
Mayhem Meadworks (Lafayette, LA)
Heather Spence, Composer (Washington D.C.)
Shakshuka Belly Dance Troop (Lafayette, LA)
Colt Patin, Certified Executive Chef (Baton Rouge, LA)
Renella Rose Champagne, KRVS Radio Host (Lafayette, LA)
The Porch Rollers (Lafayette, LA)
Chera Meredith, video game designer (Knoxville, TN)
Elizabeth Belz, sculptor (Brasstown, NC)
Liz Markum, sculptor (Denton, TX)
Leslie Tharp, sculptor (Gainsville, FL)
Kristen Tordella-Wiliams, sculptor (Auburn, AL)