From Sketches to Pastries: LSU Alumna’s Unexpected Journey to Louis Vuitton
An Unexpected Canvas: LSU Alumna Brings Design to Louis Vuitton By: Emma Hess Before LSU College of Art & Design alumna Amelia Aleman begins creating a dessert, she reaches for the same tools she…
Read Full Story
MArch Students Awarded AIA Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning and Design
Master of Architecture students Fransis Lopez Bustillo, Dorna Jokar, and Mehrnaz Pasokhi were awarded the 2026–2027 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Arthur N. Tuttle, Jr. Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning and Design. The…
Read Full Story
Printelligence Conference at LSU
The LSU School of Art will host the 2026 Mid America Print Council (MAPC) Conference Printelligence October 7-10, 2026 at LSU. Led by printmaking faculty organizers Leslie Koptcho and Lauren Cardenas, the national annual…
Read Full Story
Kurt Culbertson Winner of ASLA Design Medal 2026
Kurt Culbertson, FASLA, Director of the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, has been awarded the ASLA Design Medal from American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Culbertson is a landscape architect, planner, educator, and…
Read Full Story
Quad Magazine 2026
Read the Quad magazine 2026 issue Creating for the Future: QUAD 2026 pages
Read Full Story
Steele Scholars Program Announced for the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture
The LSU College of Art & Design announces the launch of the new Steele Scholars Program, a scholarship to support LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture students funded generously by LSU landscape architecture…
Read Full Story
Phillip Tebbutt Named Interim Director of the School of Interior Design
Phillip Tebbutt has been named the Interim Director of the School of Interior Design as of July 2026, following the retirement of former director Marsha Cuddeback. Tebbutt, Associate Professor of Interior Design, is originally…
Read Full Story
Kurt Culbertson Named Director of LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture
LSU has named Kurt Culbertson, FASLA, FAICP, FCELA, an internationally recognized landscape architect, planner, educator, and LSU alumnus, as the new director of the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture. Culbertson begins his…
Read Full Story
A Global Reach of Scholarship: Six New Publications in Five Countries and Three Languages by Professor Darius Spieth
Over the past academic year, art history professor Darius Spieth has finalized publications from Baton Rouge to Bordeaux and Florence, and from London to Brussels, writing about subjects as diverse as the history of…
Read Full Story
LSU Researchers Digitize Art & Artifacts for All
The Future of Heritage: Why Digitizing Art and Cultural Artifacts Matters In an era defined by rapid technological evolution, the way we preserve and engage with human history is undergoing a profound shift. Museums…
Read Full Story
Kevin Enriquez Named National Olmsted Scholar Finalist 2026
Master of Landscape Architecture candidate Kevin Enriquez is a 2026 Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) National Olmsted Scholar Finalist, one of eight graduate students selected nationwide. Kevin Enriquez is a graduate student in the LSU…
Read Full Story
Courtney Barr Turns DNA into Art
Where DNA Becomes Art: Visualizing the Code That Connects All Living Things Watch video:
Read Full Story
Jeremiah Ariaz Awarded a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship
Jeremiah Ariaz, professor of art/photography, has been awarded a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship in Photography, as part of the Guggenheim Foundation’s 101st Class of Fellows of trailblazing artists, scientists, and scholars across 55 fields. Read…
Read Full Story
Remy Cantrelle, NASA Intern & Space Artist
Remy Cantrelle, BFA/digital art major, has been interning for NASA – and the experience has been out of this world. Remy is one of 16 talented undergraduate artists selected by NASA from across the…
Read Full Story
Art & Design Faculty Pilot STEM “Big Ideas”
LSU College of Art & Design faculty researchers lead and collaborate on 4 out of the 7 “Big Ideas in STEM and Social & Behavioral Sciences” projects of selected 2026 Provost’s Fund for Innovation…
Read Full Story
Yao Wang Awarded 2026 Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award
Yao Wang, assistant professor of landscape architecture, was awarded the Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award. LSU’s Faculty Awards honor faculty who exemplify excellence in teaching, research, and community engagement. “Yao’s critical work with…
Read Full Story
LSU Interior Design Students Bring Research-Driven Design to Our Lady of the Lake Emergency Department
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Hospital partnered with LSU School of Interior Design, where students were given the opportunity to redesign the hospital’s emergency department, not as an exercise, but to…
Read Full Story
Designing Louisiana’s Future: LSU Landscape Architecture Students Tell Community Stories Through Public Spaces
Across Louisiana, cities are growing faster than they are being planned. New developments rise, traffic increases, and communities struggle to define public spaces that reflect who they are — and whom they want to…
Read Full Story
Kristen Mauch Presented with Meeting Students’ Needs Award
Kristen K. Mauch, NCARB, Associate Dean of Student Services and Associate Professor of Practice of Architecture, has been presented with the LSU Online Innovation Series 2026 Meeting Students’ Needs award, recognized for her dedication to LSU students. “These…
Read Full Story
Huili Wang Explores How Built Environments Can Better Support Sensory Needs
Interior design assistant professor Dr. Huili Wang is leading research that rethinks how the built environment can better serve individuals with diverse sensory processing needs. Her work centers on a simple but powerful idea:…
Read Full Story