The Artistic Spirit of Mardi Gras 2021
Though traditional Mardi Gras parades were cancelled across Louisiana for the 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New Orleans residents are keeping the Mardi Gras spirit alive through the Krewe of House Floats…
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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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Studio Arts Building Renovation Underway
Renovations of the LSU Studio Arts Building are underway. The renovations were approved for Priority I funding in the state’s capital outlay budget during the 2019–20 legislative session. Formerly called the Old Engineering…
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“Trenton Doyle Hancock: A Year Later”
Artist Trenton Doyle Hancock presented a virtual lecture titled “Trenton Doyle Hancock: A Year Later” on Monday, February 1, 2021, at 5 p.m. CT via Zoom.
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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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“Migrations” by Kelli Scott Kelley
Art professor Kelli Scott Kelley shares her series “Migrations” and explores her recent practice in Passage. Read piece.
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Frank Hayden Lecture by Darius Spieth
Art history professor gave a talk on artist Frank Hayden at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum on Thursday, Oct. 1.
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From Every Angle: LSU MFA Student Show
From Every Angle: LSU MFA Student Show is on display September 23-October 23, 2020. LSU Student Union Gallery Mon/Wed/Fri 12-5 p.m. All exhibits are free of charge and open to the public.
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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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MFA Virtual Grad Walk 2020
Check out the LSU School of Art’s 2020 MFA Grad Walk virtual exhibition “Reconnecting.”
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Letter From the Director of the School of Art
Message from LSU School of Art Director, Rod Parker Words can often ring hollow when we try to express our anguish and our sense of human solidarity in times like these, but the words…
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Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Photography & Preservation
Interdisciplinary collaboration is a key aspect of LSU art & design faculty research, and now student curriculum, with numerous courses offered that span across disciplines. Johanna Warwick, assistant professor of photography, collaborated with landscape…
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Alumni Spotlight: Blaire Brown Stroemple
Blaire Brown Stroemple, HSS & AD 2011, combined her love of art with an entrepreneurial spirit to launch Box of Art, a business that brings people together to make art while socially distancing – in…
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Art & Design 2020 LSU Distinguished Communicators
During the May 2020 graduation celebration, eight College of Art & Design graduates received the LSU Distinguished Communicator Medal. LSU Communication across the Curriculum, or CxC honored 44 graduates across six colleges with the medal in 2020….
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