Averi is a creative communicator and visual artist working at the intersection of art and design. Based in Lafayette, Louisiana, Averi recently earned a BFA in Visual Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Averi approaches every project with an ambitious, thoughtful hand, blending strong design principles with a fine art sensibility. For Averi, good design extends far beyond aesthetics, it is a visual language that tells meaningful stories, invites connection, and transcends words. Through her work, she seeks to bridge disciplines and create pieces that communicate with clarity, care, and a sense of wonder.

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Bailey Karr is a multimedia artist from Baton Rouge who has been selling work under the name Out of Habit for the past seven years. A 2023 graduate of LSU with a degree in Studio Art and minors in Theater and Printmaking, Bailey specializes in screen printing and often produces merchandise for local bands from a home studio. Since college, Bailey has continued designing, making, and selling merchandise for the DJ collective Frequency.

Bailey’s passion lies in mixed media, working with collage elements—magazine clippings, vintage clothing patterns—combined with paint, chalk, and ink to render images filled with whimsy. Nature, childhood, and spirituality are central inspirations. Now based in Lafayette, Bailey is excited to begin this new chapter with Scrappie and looks forward to creating alongside the community.

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Brianna is a multi-media artist who also goes by the alias MacgyverBarbie. Originally from Houma, Louisiana, she is now based here in Lafayette after five years in Denver! She obtained a BFA in New Media and Digital Art from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder. In her art practice, she often focuses on self-investigation, personal experiences, and heavy topics such as assault and abuse. Much of the work is deeply personal, but she feels it is important to share. Often the radical vulnerability of one allows others to feel seen and maybe even safe enough to be vulnerable themselves. Although she deeply believes art is a place to play and explore, she also believes that art is an invaluable tool to discuss more serious and difficult topics. In addition to her art practice, she has been an art educator at the college level for the last four years. Her experience includes teaching both online and in person courses on intro to fine art, video art and other time-based media, and photography. 

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Carley Dupré is an interdisciplinary artist from Lafayette, Louisiana, whose work explores themes of memory, connection, and home. Rooted in ceramics, her practice extends into painting, metalwork, and textiles. Through symbolic narratives, she examines personal and collective experiences, often incorporating sewn elements and natural motifs. Her work invites reflection on relationships, nostalgia, and the passage of time.

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Eliza Mai Hinrichs was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her mother was the first person to put a paintbrush in her hand, introducing her to the arts at a very young age. Since then, Eliza has had many creative endeavors, and ultimately, painting became the major force in her creative language. She is driven by curiosity and inspired by all the colors and textures existing within the small intricacies of the world. Beyond painting, Eliza works as a pattern designer and studio assistant. She is a NOCCA alum, currently earning her BFA in painting at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her work has been shown in the Contemporary Arts Center, the Acadiana Center for the Arts, University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Fletcher Hall, The Hallway Gallery, Tulane's Newcomb Art Center as well as other galleries and publications.

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Hope Simpson is a ceramicist originally from New Orleans and now living in Lafayette, LA while studying Anthropology at UL. Her ceramics practice is rooted in exploring ideas of grief, nostalgia, and memory through whimsical forms and imagery. She finds hand building and intricately glazing her pieces to be deeply meditative and grounding practices. She is most fulfilled through creating wall hangings and sculptures, but spends the majority of her practice making wearable and functional pieces, such as jewelry and mugs.

Hope is deeply influenced by her personal experience with grief, and her ceramics practice has made it possible for her to work through these difficult emotions while keeping them close to her heart. In a similar vein, she is greatly influenced by the wide variety of cultural uses of altars as focal points of ritual, ceremony, and expression. Utilizing both of these sources of inspiration has allowed her to create altars as a form of personal exploration and a site for individualized ceremony. Hope believes that anyone, regardless of skill level, is capable of getting to know themselves in this way through ceramics, and she is so excited to explore this in class!

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Jaden Broussard is a photographer whose work centers around black and white film photography, particularly portraiture. Through her thought provoking storytelling and documentary photography, Jaden explores themes of grief, human connection, and womanhood, often capturing intimate moments of family members. Her work serves as a visual narrative of personal and universal experiences and emotions. Jaden hand develops and prints all her work, through this hands-on approach, she is constantly connected and in control of the story she is telling.

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Born and raised in Natchitoches, Louisiana, Julia Ferrell is a mixed-media artist who has been practicing from a very young age. She is currently exploring clay and metal as media to express her personal lived experiences in universally relatable and embraceable themes. 

As a teaching artist, Julia introduces her students to a variety of media and techniques to foster creativity, build confidence, with greater emphasis on the process than the finished product. Julia is pursuing a BFA in ceramics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She enjoys sharing her art and connecting with fellow artists and art enthusiasts at art shows and festivals across Louisiana.

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Kaylin Anderson is a fine artist and graphic designer from Lafayette, Louisiana. Her creative journey began over 14 years ago when she was accepted into Lafayette Parish’s selective TalentED Visual Arts program. In 2016, Anderson relocated to Georgia, where she earned her high school diploma in Visual Arts from the Stilwell School of the Arts in 2020. During this time, she expanded her practice across multiple mediums and developed a deep interest in mixed media. In 2022, she returned to Lafayette to debut her first solo exhibition, The Essence of Us—a collection of mixed-media works incorporating sculpture, photography, and painting.
Anderson recently earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Communications from Kennesaw State University, where she served as President of the Graphic Design Club. Now back in Lafayette, she continues to pursue and evolve her creative practice while working as a freelance graphic designer.

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Madelyn’s artistic journey started in her childhood, from a very young age she spent her time sketching and drawing. She pursued a formal art education starting at Saint Thomas More Catholic High School, where she received two art scholarships from the George Rodrigue Foundation. Having her art showcased in multiple museums all throughout the state of Louisiana for two years. Her studies were  further enriched at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, earning a BFA in Visual Arts with a concentration in printmaking. Also, recently having her art displayed in the 2025 Juried Art Exhibition at ULL.

Madelyn’s theme explores the relationship between her own humanity and nature, the beauty of the natural world, and the power of color to invoke emotion. She often uses layering and texture to create depth and complexity in her work, inviting viewers to explore the nuances of her abstract prints. Nature and the way life works has always been important to her, growing up in the Bayou has inspired many aspects of her.

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In need of a calming refuge from the stress of college, Neva Powers picked up cross stitching. She quickly fell in love with the gentle rhythm and meditative nature of the craft. Her heart has always been drawn to the soft charm of grandma-core aesthetics. In cross stitching, she embraces the slow art philosophy, celebrating imperfect stitches, vintage inspiration, and the simple pleasure of making something by hand.

The designs she teaches are selected to invite creativity and calm, encouraging students to savor the process rather than chase perfection. Neva’s mission is to show how relaxing and restorative stitching can be. It’s a quiet joy that stitches peace back into busy lives. Whether you’re threading a needle for the first time or rekindling a forgotten pastime, her work welcomes you into a world where creativity meets comfort.

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