Basin Arts

Tim Stark has been a lighting designer, technical director, and production manager based in Lafayette, Louisiana, since 2005. He is a long-time staple at the Heymann Performing Arts Center. In 2024, Tim founded the production and lighting design company, Stark LX Design, LLC. Following the hiker's maxim of "leave it better than you found it,” he freely shares knowledge and help to anyone seeking to learn. He has developed a reputation for being collaborative, adaptable, and approachable on...

Sweet Tee is a Lafayette, LA-based DJ and self-proclaimed artist. Sweet Tee creates intentional music mixes so people can feel comfortable, be their authentic selves, and dance like no one is watching! Sweet Tee's main priority while curating is pure enjoyment! She enjoys blending music of all genres, creating an uplifting sound experience that helps the listeners really focus on the lyrics, rhythm, and the emotions that music is meant to evoke. That is what she likes to call, the Sweet Tee...

Jake Crawford is an abstract painter based in Lafayette, Louisiana. Jake experiments with the formal properties of painting, with texture and surface playing a major role within his work. In his paintings, he reflects his lived experiences within our society, mirroring his feelings and attitudes toward it through a process-based production of creating. Jake graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a BFA in Visual Arts, concentrating in Painting. Jake’s work has been...