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2021 College of Art & Design Diploma Ceremony
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To the Moon & Beyond: LSU Students Design Tiger Eye I Mission Logo
When LSU art and religious studies senior Katie Hostetler was in fifth grade, she entered an art competition to design a flag that would be sent to the Moon for a space mission. “I…
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Graduate Student Spotlight: Nubia Nurain Khan, MA Art History
“I want to explore and shed light on the art world’s untapped areas from different perspectives as an art historian one day.” Read Q&A
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Art History Professor Allison Young on Exhibition Team Honoring Breonna Taylor
Allison Young, assistant professor of art history, is on the National Advisory Board of exhibition Promise, Witness, Remembrance — which opens April 7 at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, KY. The exhibition is a tribute…
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Mark Boyer Named to 2021 CELA Academy of Fellows
Mark Boyer, professor and director of the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, was inducted to the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Academy of Fellows during the 2021 CELA Conference on…
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LSU Animation Ranked Top 25 in Nation
Animation Career Review named LSU’s animation program the 25th best public university or college animation program in the nation. LSU was also ranked first in Louisiana, and the 11th best animation program in the…
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Honoring Sue Turner
The LSU College of Art & Design is saddened by the passing of Sue Turner, a devoted preservationist and philanthropist who supported LSU and the Louisiana arts community for many years. She was 93….
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LSU Architecture Students Win Earth Made Competition
LSU architecture students in associate professor Robert Holton’s class won the Earth Made Competition, an international design challenge to plan buildings using earth materials. “Last semester my studio participated in an international competition focused…
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Darius Spieth Voted “Favorite Professor” 2020
The LSU Reveille The Mag‘s “Best of Campus Guide 2020” named art history professor Darius Spieth “Favorite Professor” of the year. The course ART 1001: Intro to Fine Arts, which Professor Spieth teaches, won…
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New to LSU: Q&A with Meredith Gaglio
Meredith Gaglio is an assistant professor in the LSU School of Architecture. She is a historian of modern and contemporary architectural technology, urbanism, and the environment, with previous experience in professional practice. Her dissertation…
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LSU Design Week 2021 an International Challenge
The LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture held Design Week January 11-15, 2021, in which landscape architecture students tackle a contemporary design challenge. Guest experts visited in-person and virtually to give final critiques…
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Alumni Spotlight: Ivan O’Garro (BArch 2012) on Society’s Cage Team
Peering through the bars of the cage on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., onlookers are greeted with a powerful message: white society has oppressed people of color for centuries and continues to do…
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LSU Art & Design Commits to Inclusion
The College of Art & Design has been working to address systematic racism on campus and throughout the fields of architecture, art, landscape architecture, and interior design, to promote inclusivity for LSU students, faculty,…
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Jeremiah Ariaz Debuts We Hold These Truths
Jeremiah Ariaz, professor of photography, debuted his exhibition We Hold These Truths, a selection of photographs he made across the U.S. during the Trump presidency, on display October – November, 2020, at Zeitgeist, in Nashville,…
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LSU Art Students “Get Out the Vote”
With the November 2020 U.S. election looming, LSU art students are engaging potential voters through an online exhibition with an empowering message: Get Out the Vote. Art students in Applied Topography: ART 4527 designed…
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New Doctor of Design Distinguished Fellow Kit Matthew
Kathryn “Kit” Matthew has joined the LSU College of Art & Design administration in the newly created role of Doctor of Design Distinguished Fellow. Distinguished Fellows are appointed by the Dean of the College…
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Andrew Wright Won 2020 ASLA Student Award
Andrew Wright, MLA 2020, received a 2020 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Student Award for his project titled “The Siltcatcher: A Sediment-Capture System for Wetland Creation and Coastal Protection in Western Lake Pontchartrain.” Brendan…
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LSU Art & Design Prepares For On-Campus Instruction
The return to on-campus instruction in the fall 2020 semester has required LSU administrators to collaborate to ensure that social distance measures are enforced in classrooms across all disciplines. This has presented a unique…
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Kevin Benham Won Rome Prize 2020-21
Kevin Benham, assistant professor of landscape architecture, has been awarded the prestigious Rome Prize 2020–21 fellowship to advance his research on transhumance. The American Academy in Rome (AAR) awards the highly competitive fellowships to support…
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