CITÉ 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 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

CITÉ 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
Taylor Rock - President
Jenny Felder - Secretary
Faye Touchet - Treasurer
Dr. Istvan Berkeley
Mary Alice Drake
Bria Hobgood
Charlotte Steinmetz

ADVISORY BOARD
Austin Sonnier, Jr.
Pat Cravins