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Art & Activism in new Digital Media Research Studio

How can an art student learn to make cutting edge presentations, become proficient on high tech equipment and give back to the community at the same time? Take ART 4020, Assistant Professor Derick Ostrenko’s, Art & Activism class, where as of fall 2012, students have had the benefit of working in a $150,000 Media Research [...]

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Digital Art History: Older Than You Think

Some may think the Digital Age began in the 90s as America Online seeped into many American homes, but Dr. Susan Ryan’s Digital Art History course reaches as far back as the 19th century when Ada Lovelace, reportedly the world’s first computer programmer, was born. Ryan, PhD, an authority in the emerging field of digital [...]

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Digital Art instructor Evan Smith’s firm PixelDash, student interns, featured in WAFB news segment

Kevin Dupuy and Claire Fontenot, both students in the school’s Digital Art programare featured in WAFB news segment on Digital Art instructor Evan Smith’s firm PixelDash. Computer Science professor, Brygg Ullmer, is interviewed about employment prospects for LSU graduates in the region’s growing digital media market. Link to video

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Susan Elizabeth Ryan, Professor of Art History, lectures on Robert Indiana

On Sept. 25 Susan Elizabeth Ryan, Professor of Art History at LSU and author of Robert Indiana: Figures of Speech, The Art of Robert Indiana, 1958-73, Yale University Press, 2000, presents a lecture Robert Indiana: Decade 1960s in conjunction with the exhibition Love and Fame: Works by Robert Indiana and Andy Warhol from Indiana State University’s Permanent Art Collection. On display [...]

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SPACES: An Interactive Art Show, Foster Gallery, September 7—14, 2012

The exhibit in Foster Gallery runs September 7 – 14, and features artists Tom LaPann, Nick Hwang, Meg Scuderi, David Williams, James Kimura-Green, TahJah Krauss, and Sarah Jones. Coelocyte is an environment of light, sound, and texture. A responsive organism made from natural and industrial materials, the interactive installation invites visitors to explore and reacts with lights, [...]

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Introduction to New Media Art: Frederick Ostrenko

What is new media art? Join the conversation with Frederick Ostrenko, a new media artist and assistant professor of digital art at LSU. Learn how artists are mining the unique capabilities of computer technology to make art, and how these new art forms both challenge and support fine art tradition. This program is being held [...]

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