Lauren Cardenás Wins 2024 LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award
Lauren Cardenás, assistant professor of art/printmaking, was awarded a 2024 LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award for her research exploring the experience of navigating her bifurcated identity as a Mexican American, the fading…
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LSU Graphic Design Students Named 2024 American Advertising Award Winners
LSU School of Art graphic design students won awards at the 2024 AAF-BR American Advertising Awards. Lucy He (BFA senior) won Student Best of Show, while Emma Sanderson (junior) received the Special Judges’ Award….
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Luisa Restrepo Pérez Named 2023–24 C-I Teaching Fellow
Luisa Restrepo Pérez, assistant professor of graphic design, was named one of the inaugural cohort of the Communication-Intensive (C-I) Teaching Fellows at LSU. Ten faculty were selected university-wide for their ongoing commitment to teaching…
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Malcolm McClay’s “Literary Layers” at LSU Libraries
Malcolm McClay, Pliner professor of art/sculpture, created sculptures “Literary Layers,” which are permanently exhibited in the LSU Libraries’ main library. Read more. Watch installation video.
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Professor Doubleday Collection on Graphic Design at Hill Memorial Library
Richard B. Doubleday, professor of art/graphic design, has donated the “Richard B. Doubleday Collection on Modern Graphic Design” to LSU Libraries Special Collections. Doubleday worked with Dr. John Miles, Curator of Books and Head…
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Liz Lessner the 2024 Nadine Carter Russell Chair
Artist Liz Lessner has been named the 2023-24 Nadine Carter Russell Chair of the LSU College of Art & Design. Lessner’s work combines traditional fabrication techniques and emerging technologies to create novel sensory experiences….
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Kelli Scott Kelley Awarded Provost’s Fund for Innovation in Research Grant
Professor of Art Kelli Scott Kelley received an Emerging Research Faculty Grant from the LSU Provost’s Fund for Innovation in Research to support her interdisciplinary research pursuing a visual art project “on emptiness, or…
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Alumni Spotlight: Malaika Favorite
“Always believe in your magic,” advises Malaika Favorite (BA 1971 & MFA 1973), LSU art alumna and Louisiana-based artist. Her latest project is nothing short of magical: Favorite, a mixed-media artist and writer, was…
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Hye Yeon Nam Awarded Anonymous Was A Woman Grant
Hye Yeon Nam, associate professor of digital art, was selected as a recipient of the Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grant for her project Ec(h)o exploring the intersections of technology and nature. The Anonymous…
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Crafting the Heisman Campaign: Behind the Scenes with LSU Football and LSU School of Art
In the electrifying world of college football, certain moments transcend the field and become iconic campaigns. This year, LSU’s very own #5 quarterback, Jayden Daniels, has won the prestigious Heisman Trophy. But how…
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Alumni Spotlight: Kelly M. Ward
Kelly M. Ward (MA in art history 2020) is a Brazilian-American art historian and public relations practitioner originally from Shreveport, Louisiana. She has a bachelor’s degree in mass communication with a concentration in public…
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Mitoloji Latannyèr | Mythologies Louisianaises Exhibition Curated by LSU Art Alum Mayers
The Mitoloji Latannyèr | Mythologies Louisianaises exhibition, on view at Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge October 2023 – December 2024, was curated by LSU School of Art alum Jonathan Mayers (BFA 2007). Art…
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Her Research Holds Water: Meet Art + Design Senior Kayla Dearman
Dearman is the first in her family to go to college and the first to come up with a new technique to emulate water for stop motion animation, using non-toxic and biodegradable hydrogels, with…
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Art History Faculty Release Robert Williams: Conversations
Robert Williams: Conversations, edited by LSU art historians Joe Givens and Darius Spieth, has been published by the University Press of Mississippi. Exploring the works of prolific artist Robert Williams, the book includes interviews…
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Rod Parker Named Interim Dean of the College of Art & Design
Rod Parker, Director of the LSU School of Art, has agreed to serve as Interim Dean of the LSU College of Art & Design following the announcement that Alkis Tsolakis is stepping down as…
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Photography Professor Ariaz Published in Washington Post
Jeremiah Ariaz, professor of photography, took a sabbatical in 2022 to photograph newspaper offices across his home state of Kansas, “thinking of them as beacons of democracy in a divided America.” “The photographs celebrate…
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Courtney Barr Named New Associate Director of the LSU School of Art
Courtney Barr, professor of art/graphic design, has been named associate director of the LSU School of Art. Barr has been a faculty member at LSU for 15 years, and a manager of the Graphic…
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Courtney Taylor Named the Director of Galleries for the LSU College of Art & Design
The LSU College of Art & Design has named Courtney Taylor the Director of Galleries for the college. The newly created role will manage the galleries, which display art & design exhibitions featuring work…
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Allison Young Receives 2023 ATLAS Grant for Book on South African Artist
Allison Young, assistant professor of art history, is a 2023 recipient of an Award to Louisiana Artists and Scholars (ATLAS) grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents for her current book project on the…
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Nam Wins 2023 TDC Award for Living Typography
Hye Yeon Nam, associate professor of digital art, won a TDC Award in Lettering for “Living Typography,” a robotically seeded living interface for collective music making. Living Typography is composed of a microcontroller, capacitive…
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