About Cite des Arts

MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to provide an experience that welcomes and encourages interactions between various cultures, generations and artistic disciplines in order to increase the participation, enjoyment and knowledge each may have with and of the others.

PHILOSOPHY

We believe that our future is with our children, and that the arts provide a means by which they may discover and develop their individual strengths.
We believe that visitors to our community - and our community itself - will benefit from experiences where they may encounter the various cultures of our area.
We believe that a special synergy emerges from the interactions of different artistic disciplines, cultures and generations
We believe that our focus as a facility organization more than as a producing organization guarantees our community much more diversity in programming, and our various arts organizations wider audiences.

DREAMS DO COME TRUE

CITE DES ARTS represents the culmination of several dreams:

The dream that Lafayette may join other cities its size in having an active Children's Theater.

The dream of exhibit and performance space for the numerous performing and visual artists working in our community.

The dream that the French language of this area will be a living language, both for the older citizens with a lifetime with the language and for the younger generations who long to bring the language outside of the classroom.

The dream of having a viable tourist destination downtown.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Bess - President

Jenny Felder - Secretary

Faye Touchet - Treasurer

Dr. Istvan Berkeley

Pat Cravins

Mary Alice Drake

Bria Hobgood

Taylor Rock

Charlotte Steinmetz

ADVISORY BOARD

Austin Sonnier, Jr.

Cite Board Meetings take place every 2nd Monday of the month at 6pm in the Cafe. Meetings are open to the public.