Emmanuel Schwartz, “Rebellion and Disobedience at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts”
Emmanuel Schwartz, curator and scholar, presented a Paula G. Manship Endowed Lecture at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 in the Student Union Theater. Emmanuel Schwartz, who holds the prestigious rank of a conservateur du…
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Doron Langberg Lecture
Artist Doron Langberg presented a School of Art lecture in partnership with the LSU Museum of Art at the LSU College of Art & Design at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 11, 2019.
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Professor Darius Spieth Presents Research in France
Art history professor Darius Spieth presented his latest research at two separate events in France this June. At the Festival of Art History at Fontainebleau Castle, near Paris, June 7-9, 2019, Spieth discussed low-end…
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Professor Desmond Presents at Architecture, Culture, Spirituality Symposium
Architecture professor Michael Desmond was a co-chair organizer of the Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality 2019 Symposium in May. His gave a keynote lecture entitled “Prairies as Prelude: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Idea of…
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Distinguished Faculty Awards 2019
College of Art & Design faculty members were honored for their achievements at the 2019 Distinguished Faculty Awards Presentation April 29, 2019. Art history professor Darius Spieth received the San Diego Alumni Association Chapter…
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LSU Research Symposium Crosses Borders
The LSU School of Architecture hosted the Bordering On Symposium on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at the Manship Theater, Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge. Organized by architecture assistant professors Kris Palagi and Angeliki…
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Bordering On Symposium
The LSU School of Architecture will host the Bordering On Symposium on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at the Manship Theater, Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge. The symposium, which brings together international scholars,…
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Reed Hilderbrand Designs for LSU Master Plan
Reed Hilderbrand, an award-winning design firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, collaborated with LSU on the university’s Comprehensive and Strategic Campus Master Plan, informing the landscape architecture plans. Doug Reed, FASLA, received a Bachelor of Landscape…
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Fonna Forman Named Nadine Carter Russell Chair 2018-19
The LSU College of Art & Design has named political science professor Fonna Forman the 2018-19 Nadine Carter Russell Chair in architecture. The four disciplines in the college share the rotating residency; this year’s residency…
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Tom Sofranko’s Essay Published in New Book Developing Creative Thinking in Beginning Design
“Blurry Target,” an essay by Tom Sofranko, College of Art & Design associate dean of academics, was published in the recently released book Developing Creative Thinking in Beginning Design (Routledge 2018). The chapter includes…
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Fonna Forman Lecture
Fonna Forman, political theorist, presented the Nadine Carter Russell Chair lecture titled “The Political Equator: Localizing the Global” at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 24, 2019, in the LSU Student Union Magnolia Room (301).
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Theo Bargiotas Wins Graduate Art Prize
DDES candidate Theodoros “Theo” Bargiotas received the ARTIQ Graduate Art Prize 2018 for his painting “Untitled,” awarded in London in November 2018. A first-year student in the Doctor of Design in Cultural Preservation program,…
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Malcolm McClay’s Swimming to Inishkeel Comes to LSU
Art professor Malcolm McClay’s exhibition Swimming to Inishkeel, which debuted in Donegal, Ireland in early 2018, opened at the LSU Museum of Art in Baton Rouge November 1. Swimming to Inishkeel is a body…
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CoAD CxC Studio Coordinator Anthologized in Best American Experimental Writing 2018
As studio coordinator for the College of Art & Design’s Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) program, Vincent Cellucci conducts writing feedback consultations for students, guiding more than their use of grammar. In addition to…
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LSU Researchers Collaborate for Smart City Project
During the summer of 2018, School of Art faculty members and students assisted with community outreach for the Smart, Safe, Connected Baton Rouge project. The interdepartmental project, led by School of Electrical Engineering &…
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LSU Art & Design Visits Hunan University in Changsha, China
This year, College of Art & Design faculty members visited Hunan University in Changsha, Hunan Province, China, to conduct workshops and hold lectures for Chinese students and faculty, and promote collaborations across the globe….
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Architecture Meets Literature: Professor Angeliki Sioli Co-Edited Book Reading Architecture
Angeliki Sioli, assistant professor of architecture, co-edited Reading Architecture; Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience, a collection of essays on architecture and literature published by Routledge in 2018. The volume is comprised of 18 compiled…
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Art History Professor Darius Spieth Presents Research at Louvre
Upon invitation by the Amis du Louvre, LSU art history professor Darius A. Spieth presented his research, on 18th-century art merchant Jean-Baptiste Pierre Lebrun, at the world-renowned Louvre Museum in Paris, France on May 28….
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Brendan Harmon co-authors new book Tangible Modeling with Open Source GIS
Brendan Harmon, assistant professor of landscape architecture, co-authored the new edition Tangible Modeling with Open Source GIS (Springer, July 2018), the first book to introduce a tangible interface for geospatial analysis and simulations. His…
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