Renowned Artist Kara Walker to Visit LSU

(Baton Rouge) – Critically acclaimed artist Kara Walker, widely recognized as one of the most significant young artists in the country, will spend the next week visiting the LSU School of Art, where she…

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LSU Professor Defining New Field of Wearable Technology

(Baton Rouge) – Imagine a plumed hat with feathers that react to the radio waves emitted by cell phone activity. Or an arm band that administers a pin prick to its wearer each time…

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LSU Art History Professor Selected for Prestigious Fellowship

(Baton Rouge) – The LSU College of Art and Design is pleased to announce that Justin Walsh, an assistant professor of art history, has been selected for the Institute for Classical Architecture and Classical…

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LSU Photography Professor Showcases Katrina Photos in New Book

(Baton Rouge, LA) — The LSU College of Art and Design is pleased to announce the publication of a new book of Hurricane Katrina photographs and essays by renowned photography professor Thomas Neff. Published…

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LSU Interior Design Student Gets National Award for Store Design

(Baton Rouge) – Third-year Interior Design student Lane Schofield recently received a third-place award in a national student design competition for her design of a children’s store. She was one of five LSU students…

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Building Green at LSU

In LSU’s Atkinson Hall, fifth-year architecture students are designing a building for downtown Baton Rouge that will cut down on carbon emissions and use a fraction of the electricity it takes to power comparable…

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Lynne Baggett Wins Silver in Create Awards

(Baton Rouge) – Lynne Baggett, an associate professor of graphic design in the LSU School of Art, is a silver winner in the 2007 Create Awards competition. Baggett received the award in the category…

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New Study Names LSU’s Robert S. Reich School of Landscape Architecture Among Best in U.S.

(Baton Rouge) – For the third consecutive year the LSU Robert S. Reich School of Landscape Architecture is ranked among the top five schools in the nation by Design Intelligence, the leading journal of…

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LSU Art Historian’s New Book Examines Rituals of Secret Society in Napoleon-Era France

(Baton Rouge, LA) – In a fascinating new book, LSU Art Historian Darius A. Spieth brings to life the world of secret Masonic societies that existed in Napoleon-era France and discusses the obsession these…

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Landscape Architecture Grad Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship

(Baton Rouge) – The School of Landscape Architecture is pleased to announce that graduate student Keera Pullman has been selected to receive a 2007 Dangermond Fellowship, a highly competitive award jointly sponsored by the…

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Graphic Design Student Receives Honorable Mention in International Competition

(Baton Rouge) – The College of Art and Design is proud to announce that graduating senior Isral Duke has received an honorable mention award in an international poster design competition to promote study abroad…

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Philanthropist Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Endows Scholarship for LSU School of Art

(Baton Rouge) – The LSU College of Art and Design is pleased to announce that renowned philanthropist and LSU alumnus Alfred C. Glassell Jr., has agreed to underwrite the endowment for a new scholarship…

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Architect Alumni Endows Scholarship

(Baton Rouge) – LSU Alumni and architects Percy E. “Rebel” Roberts and Leigh Ann Roberts have made a generous commitment to the School of Architecture by funding a scholarship that will benefit future students….

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School of Architecture Holds Symposium

The LSU School of Architecture held the “Symposium on Architecture for the 21st Century” in February at the LSU Design Building. The event was designed to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas,…

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LSU Ceramics Program Nationally Ranked by U.S. News and World Report

(Baton Rouge) – The graduate program in ceramics at the LSU School of Arts is ranked fifth in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, which annually ranks the country’s colleges and universities…

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LSU Students to Exhibit Schoolyard Design Plans at CAC

(Baton Rouge) – A new exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Center showcases more than a dozen designs by LSU landscape architecture students for three long-neglected New Orleans schoolyards. The exhibit, “Rebuilding New Orleans One…

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LSU Students Design News Studio for WVLA TV

(Baton Rouge) –WVLA NBC 33 has selected a set designed by two LSU interior design students as the model for its new studio, which will debut next month when the station launches a nightly…

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New Survey Ranks LSU School of Landscape Architecture First in U.S.

(Baton Rouge) – The LSU School of Landscape Architecture has the top-ranked undergraduate degree program in the nation, according the results of a 2007 survey released this week by Design Intelligence, the leading journal…

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College of Art+Design CXC Studio Now Open

(Baton Rouge) – As part of its commitment to LSU’s Communication Across the Curriculum (CxC) initiative, the College of Art+Design is pleased to announce the opening of its communication studio, which is among the…

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Jim Sullivan, Matt Dunn Receive College of Art + Design New Initiative Fund

(Baton Rouge, LA) – The College of Art + Design is pleased to announce that Jim Sullivan, associate professor in the School of Architecture, and Matt Dunn, assistant professor in the Dept. of Interior…

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