VISITING ARTIST LECTURE-ALEC SOTH

This Thursday, November 19, at 5pm, LSU will host a visiting artist lecture with Alec Soth in 103 Design. Alec joins LSU this semester as an Endowed Russell Chair where he and I have hosted a conversation concerning ideas of "place" in an interdisciplinary studio course.

This visit is in conjunction with programming for "Invisible Populations", a series of exhibitions, lectures, teach-ins, digital-media displays, and service-learning activities, which are all based on the premise that art has the power to make individuals and groups living on the fringes of society visible, to encourage social change, to inspire hope, and to transform not only our experience of ourselves, but also our understanding of the human condition.http://invisiblepopulations.com/About.html

For more information please visit:http://www.design.lsu.edu/art/index.html

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ROBERT REICH SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND DEAN OF ART AND DESIGN RANKED AMONG BEST IN U.S.
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Dean David Cronrath of the College of Art and Design has been named one of the Most Admired Educators of 2010 by Design Intelligence, the leading journal of the design professions. In its annual issue, the magazine also ranked the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture among the top five schools in the nation, the sixth consecutive year it has done so.

“We are proud to once again be recognized for excellence in this field, and I am honored to be included on the list of admired educators” said Cronrath, who has been dean of the College since 2005, and was previously director of the School of Architecture. “One of the criteria for the LSU Flagship Agenda is to have our academic units recognized by national organizations for exceptional quality. Since this survey began our programs have consistently been recognized so this is truly significant.”

Cronrath was one of 25 on the list of educators and education administrators who exemplify excellence in design education leadership, according to DesignIntelligence. The 2010 class of education role models was selected by the staff of DesignIntelligence with extensive input from hundreds of design professionals, academic department heads, and students. Educators in the disciplines of architecture, interior design, industrial design, and landscape architecture were eligible for inclusion.

The magazine also ranked the Reich School’s undergraduate program as No. 2 in the nation, and its graduation program as No. 3. Those rankings are unchanged from 2009. More significantly, the School’s programs have been ranked in the top five since the survey began.

While U.S. News and World Report has established a nationally recognized ranking system for universities and many university programs, the magazine does not rank design schools. To fill that void, Design Intelligence began its own ranking of accredited programs in architecture, landscape architecture and interior design several years ago. Since then, the Design Intelligence survey has become the established ranking system for design programs across the U.S.

Rankings in the Design Intelligence survey are based on statistical information, professional surveys and academic surveys. Practitioners at leading U.S. landshem which schoopast five years.  

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LSU ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS FACILITATE “THANKSGIVING IN THE PARK” FOR GENTILLY NEIGHBORHOOD IN NEW ORLEANS
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The LSU Office of Community Design and Development (OCDD) and a group of fourth-year students from the LSU School of Architecture will help facilitate a neighborhood community visioning day in New Orleans’ Indian Village in Gentilly. “Thanksgiving in the Park,” will be held this Wednesday, November 11, from 2-7 PM under a large tent in the park at the corner of Iroquois and Hiawatha streets.

In addition to creating an opportunity for residents to share in a community-wide social event, Thanksgiving in the Park will focus on developing momentum for a resident-led planning and visioning process that addresses both the current and future needs of the neighborhood.

LSU students will help facilitate this planning process in several ways. They will conduct informal digital interviews with residents to hear stories about the neighborhood, discuss with residents their ideas for the future of the neighborhood, create a visual inventory and assessment of properties throughout the neighborhood, and share preliminary design ideas for a community center in the heart of the neighborhood. They will also create an archive of historic events, people and places for the neighborhood association, and participate in neighborhood tours given by long-time residents

"This outreach activity introduces students to a grassroots, resident-led process for neighborhood development at the intersection of community and the built environment,” says OCDD Director Marsha Cuddeback, who is leading the project. “It gives students an opportunity to cultivate their skills in the field and reflect on the value of civic engagement."

The event's hosts are Bethel Colony South and the Indian Village Neighborhood Association. Bethel Colony South is a long time service-learning partner of OCDD and the School of Architecture.


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