Gerald Bower
Adjunct Professor
225-578-8749 | 215 Art Building
gbower@lsu.edu
MA Louisiana State University
MFA Louisiana State University
Gerald Bower has been associated the School of Art since 1974. He has a BA Advertising Design degree from the University of Louisiana, and both an MA and MFA degrees from LSU. He is a Professor Emeritus from the School of Art and teaches in the graphic design concentration. His work, research and teaching has concentrated mainly in print and publication design.
He has been recognized for his work as an educator in the field of advertising and graphic design. He served on the board of the American Advertising Federation of Baton Rouge, and is a past president of the organization. Along with a number awards he is recipient the Pete Goldsby Award, the Baton Rouge advertising industry’s highest award.
Most of his work has been in the field of publication design. He has worked with a variety of clients, but my most interesting body of work has been in book publishing with Pelican Publishing of New Orleans. “I have worked as a designer with a number of children’s book series which remain as my favorite due to the levels of interaction with the authors, illustrator through the publishing process. They provided new insights into the creative process that I had not experienced in other design activities. They also coincided with the movement from hand rendered work to digital art and production.”
He serves as an adjunct professor of graphic design in the School of Art.
Courses
ART 1551 Basic Graphic Design
ART 2554 Intro to Graphic Design
ART 2555 Graphic Design Honors
ART 2564 Graphic Abstraction
ART 4524 Graphic Design Production
ART 4551 Intermediate Graphic Design
ART 4574 Graphic Design Internship