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Artist collective with 13 Art MFA alumni members crowdsources funding for exhibition in Galway, Ireland

In less than a month the group Expanded Draught, which includes 13 MFA alumni of the School of Art at LSU, raised 2,052 Euros through the crowdsource site :fund:it. Sixty one funders from around the world agreed to assist with the cost of materials, installation, an exhibition opening, and promotion costs. Starting March 9th 2013 they will [...]

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Print from the Grad Student Curated Exhibit

LSU School of Art Printmaking Graduate Student Curates Exhibit

James Kimura-Green, a second year graduate student in printmaking has curated a group exhibition, “Pounds of Pressure: Contemporary Prints in Large Format,” at the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge. “There are plenty of small prints shows like the ‘Delta National Small Prints’ exhibition and the Washington printmakers’ ‘National Small Works’ exhibition,” says Kimura-Green, a [...]

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Black & White Peter Shire Headshot

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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Demo of the 3D scanner

Board of Regents Grant Provides LSU College with State-of-the-Art 3D Scanner and Fabrication Unit

A recent $70,000 Regents grant has provided the College of Art + Design with a state-of-the-art scanner and fabrication unit currently in use by students and faculty to produce three dimensional (3D) models in a variety of materials. This grant was a collaboration with the Communication Across the Curriculum (CxC) Program and the equipment is [...]

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Snippet from a Robert Williams piece

Artist, Robert Williams Speaks November 13 at 5:00 p.m. and exhibition presented at the LSU Union Art Gallery

Artist, Robert Williams presents “Underground Art” on, Tuesday, November 13, at 5:00 p.m. in LSU Union Theatre. Robert Williams, founder of Juxtapoz Magazine, is one of the most influential American artists alive. From the 1970s and 1980s, Williams metamorphosed from being the author of scandal-prone underground comics to a fine artist with an international cult [...]

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