Tag Archives | Sculpture

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

February 17, 2013 in Alumni, Art, Ceramics, Exhibitions, Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Student Spotlight, Student Work

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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Megan Singleton, MFA Sculpture ’12 awarded residency for wilderness science & art collaboration

February 11, 2013 in Alumni, Fine Arts, Honors & Awards, Printmaking, Research, Sculpture, Student Spotlight

Colorado Art Ranch and the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute are hosting one-month residencies in six different wilderness biomes throughout the United States. Three artists were chosen for each of six locations. Artists will be collecting data with researchers and creating their own work in response. The one-month residency for which Megan Singleton has been selected [...]

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School of Art profiled in Art Business Magazine, Fall 2012

January 26, 2013 in Alumni, Art, Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, Sculpture, Student Spotlight, Student Work

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 [...]

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

January 17, 2013 in A & D News, Art, Art History, Ceramics, Community Outreach, Exhibitions, Lectures, Painting and Drawing, Publications, Sculpture, Visiting Artists

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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