A travel website ranked Lafayette among СAPPAmericaСAPPs Most Artistic TownsСAPP СAPP and the СAPP is a big reason why.
ExpediaСAPPs list includes 26 communities that СAPPare most contributing to the artistic culture of our country.СAPP
The website cites only places with fewer than 1 million residents. Lafayette is among 10 cities categorized as medium-size, or having a population between 100,000 and 349,999 people. LafayetteСAPPs population is more than 127,600.
Smaller communities are СAPPcurrently giving our large cities a run for their money with creative festivals, top art schools, cutting-edge productions, dynamic street art and generous community support and patronage,СAPP the website states.
СAPPThis countryСAPPs mid- and small-size places keep exciting, surprising and thriving with their creative spirits and innovation.СAPP
Sharing the medium-size city category with Lafayette are Boulder, Colorado; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Berkeley, California; Savannah, Georgia; Madison, Wisconsin; Cincinnati, Ohio; Tacoma, Washington; and Des Moines, Iowa.
Like Lafayette, several of those cities have research universities with established arts programs, or niche colleges devoted to art and design.
Expedia specifically cites UL Lafayette in its appraisal of the city: СAPPLafayette is special for institutions like the СAPP, where community involvement is part of its DNA, and the School of Music and Performing Arts is a center of social and cultural gathering.СAPP
Dr. Jonathon Kulp, director of the School of Music and Performing Arts, called the designation "gratifying."
"But I would say that the honor belongs not only to the School of Music and Performing Arts, but to the entire College of the Arts, where gifted artists of all kinds contribute to the artistic life of Acadiana," he said.
The Expedia article also mentions ArtWalk, Festival International de Louisiane, and venues such as the Acadiana Center for the Arts and Cité des Arts as СAPPessentialСAPP for СAPPkeeping art aliveСAPP in Lafayette and the region.
Expedia is a website travelers use to book airline tickets, reserve hotel rooms and rent cars. This is the second year the site designated its СAPPMost Artistic Towns.СAPP
Lafayette is the sole Louisiana city on the 2018 list, .
Photo caption: UL LafayetteСAPPs School of Music and Performing Arts staged СAPPMetamorphosesСAPP in 2016 at Burke-Hawthorne Hall. The travel website Expedia cited the school and the СAPP as stewards of LafayetteСAPPs arts and culture scene on its 2018 list of СAPPAmericaСAPPs Most Artistic Towns.СAPP (Photo credit: Doug Dugas / СAPP)