Painting & Drawing at LSU


School of Art profiled in Art Business Magazine, Fall 2012

Excerpt from story in the Fall 2012 issue of Art Business Magazine which features work by recent LSU alumni: Painting and Drawing student Leonardo Madriz with Reflection, part of a senior project installation, and Tide Proof Garden, located in a Mississippi River flood plain, created by Sculpture student Josh Berkley for a senior-level class “What [...]

Santiago Pineda, Painting and Drawing Graduate Student, exhibits at Bridgette Mayer Gallery

Emerging Colombian artist, and LSU School of Art Graduate Student Santiago Pineda exhibited at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, November 6 – November 30, 2012. In the Vault: Santiago Pineda SUPPOSED HYBRIDS The interrelationships between vision, desire and language are the elements that drive my artistic practice. What is seeing? How is seeing related to desire? These questions are [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Ed Smith Exhibits Paintings in Solo Show at Appleton Museum

Associate Professor of Painting Ed Smith currently has a solo show, The Nature of Things: The Art of Ed Smith, at the Appleton Museum in Ocala, Florida, part of the College of Central Florida. The 21 large scale oil paintings in Smith’s show depict wild life’s struggle to survive with the modern world and technology. [...]

LSU School of Art Printmaking in Florence summer studio program

Printmaking in Florence will take place at the world-renowned Santa Reparata International School of Art, which is located in the heart of the historical center of Florence. The program will be led by Printmaking Professor Leslie Koptcho and Painting/Drawing Professor Denyce Celentano. Located on the River Arno in the Italian region of Tuscany, Florence is considered [...]