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Spring Awake

2025
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Spring Awake

2025
Exhibits

Spring Awake

2025
Exhibits

Summit

2024
Interior

Altitude

2023
Sofa

Mesa

2024
Furniture Design

Terra Verde

2023
Furniture Design

Spring Awake — A season of art, education, and community

March 2025 – June 2025
About
The Hilliard Art Museum at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette presents Spring Awake, a dynamic season of exhibitions and public programs that cultivate a cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas.  Regionally rooted, globally engaged.
Exhibitions
Tides, Time, and Terrain: Floyd Sonnier and the Evolving Cultural Landscape
A visual examination of Louisiana’s deep-rooted cultural identity, pairing the work of artist Floyd Sonnier with 41 regional artists from the museum’s collection.
Kevin Brisco Jr., Take Place: A Home in Four Movements
Through masterful manipulation of light and shadow, artist Kevin Brisco, Jr. reveals how home exists as both physical shelter and psychological space, holding memories and echoing histories each time we return.
Rodin: Toward Modernity
Presenting 40 of Auguste Rodin’s most celebrated bronze sculptures–The Burghers of Calais, The Kiss, Saint John the Baptist, figure studies for The Gates of Hell, among others–the exhibition offers a rare glimpse into the process of one of history’s most influential sculptors.
Debbie Fleming Caffery, Harry's Hands, 1984.
Kevin Brisco Jr., Hottest Summer On Record, Coolest For the Rest of Our Lives, 2024.

Upcoming Events

Discover a new season at the Hilliard with artist conversations, immersive after-hours celebrations, Family Fête, documentary screenings and more. Awaken your senses through thought-provoking art exhibitions and programs designed to inspire, connect, and ignite curiosity.
Artist Talk
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Mar 14, 2025
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4 pm
The Partial View: Memory, Place, and the Limits of Perception
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Join Aaron Levi Garvey, curator-at-large, for a dynamic conversation with exhibiting artist Kevin Brisco, Jr., exploring creative process, iteratations of memory, and the paradoxical nature of home.

Opening
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Mar 14, 2025
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5 pm Members Only, 6 pm Doors Open to Public, 8 pm Party on the Plaza
Spring Awake Preview & Opening Celebration
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Kick off the season at the Spring Awake opening celebration featuring an immersive evening of dance performances, live music, DJs, cocktails, and light bites. Be among the first to experience Tides, Time and Terrain: Floyd Sonnier and the Evolving Cultural Landscape. Museum members enjoy exclusive early access from 5 to 6 p.m. before the general public opening at 6 p.m.

Social Gathering
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Mar 29, 2025
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10 am – 3 pm
Family Fête

Celebrating the arts with Acadiana’s youngest generation, Hilliard Art Museum introduces Family Fête, a festive day of artmaking, live performances, outdoor activities, and more.  Free for members, UL faculty, staff and students. Open to the public with the price of admission. Children under 10 are always free.