The Bayou Culture Collaborative offers several workshops and presentations that explore the connections between art, tradition, and science to inspire advocacy and creativity in the face of land loss and cultural shifts. Some are for targeted audiences, such as Louisiana arts leaders or planners, while others are open to the public.  

If you would like a presentation for your group, see  https://slwdc.org/bcc-workshops 

Selected Workshops and Presentations

• Louisiana State of the Coast Conference, 2025 New Orleans. 
• PastForward Conference 2024, New Orleans
• SouthArts 2024. via Zoom. The Role of the Arts in Climate Adaptation and Migration. 
• National Assembly of State Arts Agencies 2022. Kansas City, MO
• American Folklore Society 2023. Portland, OR
• Louisiana Arts Summit via zoom. 2023. Part 1: Introduction to Climate Adaptation and Migration
• Appalachian Funders Network, via zoom. 2023
• Louisiana Preservation Conference 2023. Lake Charles, LA
• Louisiana Folklore Society 2023. New Orleans
• Main Street Now conference 2022. Richmond, VA 
• Louisiana Main Street Managers 2022. New Orleans
• Society for Applied Anthropology 2024 via zoom. Louisiana Folklore Society Responds to Louisiana's Environmental Changes.
• Goucher College 2025. Culture's Role in Understanding Climate Migration: Stories from the Bayou 
• Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. Coastal Leadership Institute, 2025. Houma
• Science + Art Collaborations: Engaging Communities in the Gulf, a pre-conference workshop at the Gulf of Mexico Conference, 2024, Tampa, FL. 

• Richardson, Grant, Jon Kay, Maida Owens, and Tim Frandy. 2023. Urgencies in the Field: Three Perspectives. "Climate Change Needs Folklorists." Journal of American Folklore. 136 (54): 181-198.
• Carter, Lucie Monk. 2024.  “Making Room,” featured Haley Blakeman, Jonathan Foret, and Maida Owens in the cover story for the 64 Parishes’ winter 2024 issue. 
• As climate change fractures communities, folklorists help stitch them back together: From Appalachia to the Bayou to the desert Southwest, here's how culture can teach us about adapting to a warmer world. Grist. March 7, 2024. Katie Myers.  
• Folkways of the Lost Lands: Maida Owens leads the way in preserving Louisiana culture in the age of the climate crisis. Article in Country Roads Magazine, September 2023. By Chris Turner-Neal.  Podcast of the interview, Detours Season 2, Episode 6, Louisiana Folklife Lady. November 1, 2023.   
• Fabric of Folklore podcast, Episode 20. Sustaining Louisiana Folk Traditions amidst Climate Migration, July 18, 2023.