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Ed Smith Exhibits Paintings in Solo Show at Cape Cod Museum of Art

Associate Professor of Painting Ed Smith currently has a solo show, Avian Dreams: 10 Years on the Gulf, at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis, MA. There will be a reception Friday, February 8, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, a gallery talk by Curator Michael Giaquinto Wednesday, February 20, 2 pm, and the show will [...]

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Artist, Peter Shire Speaks January 30 at 5:00 p.m. College of Art + Design Distinguished lecture

The LSU College of Art + Design Distinguished Lecture Series presents Peter Shire, Wednesday January 30, at 5:00 p.m. in the first floor lecture hall (RM.103) of the Art + Design Building. Peter Shire graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. His work crosses over the boundaries between sculpture, ceramics, furniture and interior [...]

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Retrospective of Works by Visiting Artist, Designer Peter Shire

For the first time ever, a trio of LSU’s art galleries will join forces to present a three-part retrospective featuring the works of internationally renowned artist and designer Peter Shire. The LSU Museum of Art, the LSU School of Art’s Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Exhibition Gallery and the LSU Student Union Art Gallery – working [...]

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Associate Professor Ed Smith’s paintings profiled in Garden & Gun magazine

Associate Professor of Art Ed Smith’s paintings are profiled in the current issue of Garden & Gun magazine. A lifestyles magazine in Charleston, South Carolina, Garden & Gun covers art, architecture, gardening, music and the sporting life, among other topics. In the piece, author Mike Grudowsky calls the birds in Smith’s paintings “brilliantly plumed” and says they look ill at [...]

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Art Melt 2012 second place winner; "The Intersections of Influence," by Courtney Barr

LSU School of Art Well Represented Among Winners of Art Melt

The School of Art was well represented among the winners of the ninth annual Forum 35 Art Melt at the Shaw Center for the Performing Arts in Baton Rouge last month. Alumni Kellye Eisworth (Photography, ‘12) won 1st place. Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Courtney Barr won 2nd place. Alumni Kimberly Bates (Painting, ‘09) won [...]

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Mixed-Media Artist and Poet Jacqueline Dee Parker to Exhibit Work in Solo Show in Old Lyme, CT

Baton Rouge, LA: Mixed-Media Artist and Poet Jacqueline Dee Parker, an instructor in the College of Art & Design, will have a solo show, “Dream Houses,” at the Diane Birdsall Gallery, 16 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT, June 23-July 21, 2012. The opening is June 23, 6-8 p.m. and the artist will be present. Gallery [...]

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