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Join Houma-raised artists Brooks Frederick and Andrea Dupree for a live, donation-based Zoom event supporting the Bayouside Arts Collective. This interactive session blends community connection, mindful movement and art-making while raising funds for a summer arts program rooted in storytelling, visual arts, culture, and environmental awareness in South Louisiana.
- Connection, Movement & Making: Interactive Zoom Fundraiser Event
- Sunday May 17th, 2026 1-2:30p MT / 2-3:30p CST / 3- 4:30p EST
- This event offers a participatory experience that includes a welcome activity, a guided mindful movement practice, and an inspiring drawing exercise. Participants will also learn more about the two-week summer program in Houma this July, where artists of all ages will explore storytelling through painting, drawing, collage, and visual narrative, grounded in relationships to land, water, and cultural memory.
- Donation invitation / donation links / info (LINK TO WHAT ACCOUNTS?)
- Button: Register for the Zoom Event HERE/ The button will link to the Zoom registration page, not the Zoom meeting link.
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https://ucdenver.zoom.us/meeting/register/ivqGPXk3RNic7S2rkvI_OA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
This Zoom gathering supports accessible, intergenerational arts education in South Louisiana and invests in creative community as a form of cultural preservation and collective resilience. Thank you for your support!
ABOUT your hosts & the Bayouside Arts Collective:
Brooks Frederick and Andrea Dupree are excited to co-facilitate this collaborative Zoom gathering in support of the Bayouside Arts Collective, a summer arts program rooted in community, storytelling, and environmental awareness in the Gulf South.
Brooks Frederick, based in Brooklyn, is a classically trained painter and educator whose work engages environmental justice and collective healing. His facilitation practice centers on building intentional creative communities that foster connection across difference. He teaches painting and drawing at Adelphi University and works with students of all ages through workshops and independent programs in New York and Louisiana.
Andrea Dupree is an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. With over 20 years of teaching experience, an M.A. in Innovative Early Childhood Education, and a background as a Yoga teacher, her work bridges ecological art, mindfulness, and material-based inquiry, inviting reflection through tactile, process-based making.
The Bayouside Arts Collective brings together a diverse, intergenerational community of artists, young people, and cultural workers creating and learning together in the bayou region of South Louisiana.
The annual summer program is supported in part by the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center and the Terrebonne Waterlife Museum, organizations dedicated to preserving and sharing the ecological and cultural heritage of the region.