New to LSU: Q&A with Robyn Reed
Assistant professor of landscape architecture Robyn Reed is a designer, educator, and advocate for the practice of landscape architecture. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Robyn is a licensed landscape architect…
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Art & Design Tailgate 2019
The annual College of art & Design tailgate party was Saturday, October 26, 2019.
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Traci Birch Awarded NASEM Fellowship for Coastal Research
Traci Birch, assistant professor of architecture and managing director of the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio (CSS), was one of 20 scientists awarded the 2019 Early-Career Research Fellowships by the National Academies’ Gulf Research Program….
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Andy Shaw Creates Mid-Atlantic Keramik Exchange in Iceland
Andy Shaw, associate professor of ceramics, envisioned and launched the Mid-Atlantic Keramik Exchange in Iceland, which held its inaugural meeting in June 2019 at the studios of Myndlistaskólinn í Reykjavík (MIR), The Reykjavik School…
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Johanna Warwick’s Photography Selected by The Washington Post
Between the Ground & Sky LSU College of Art & Design Assistant Professor of Photography Johanna Warwick’s photographic essay, Between the Ground & Sky, was selected as one of five winners in The Washington…
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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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Kevin Benham Conducts Research at Residency in Tuscany
This summer, Kevin Benham, assistant professor of landscape architecture, was invited to do an artist residency at Villa Lena in Tuscany, Italy, to advance his creative scholarship in the study of light movement. Benham…
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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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CoAD Awarded Grant for Architecture and Landscape Field Trip Program
The LSU College of Art & Design received a grant from the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) American Architecture and Landscape Field Trip Program to support LSU College of Art & Design-hosted field trips…
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Landscape Architecture Faculty Present at 2019 CELA Conference
Professors of the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture presented their research at the 2019 Council of Educators of Landscape Architecture (CELA) conference in Sacramento, CA at UC Davis March 6-9, 2019. The…
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LSU Art Wins 2019 ADDY Awards
Each year, the American Advertising Awards, also known as the ADDYs, the advertising industry’s largest competition, recognizes some of the best creative work in the country. The Baton Rouge American Advertising Federation annually recognizes…
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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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Swimming to Inishkeel Brings Art from Ireland 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, 2018. Swimming to Inishkeel presents recent multi-media, sculptural,…
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New to LSU: Q&A with Niloufar Emami
Niloufar Emami, Ph.D., LEED GA, is an assistant professor of architecture and holds the A. Hays Town Professorship at Louisiana State University. She is a researcher, educator, and designer looking for gaps, intersections, and…
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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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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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LSU Art & Design Visits France
Alkis Tsolakis, Dean of the College of Art & Design, and School of Architecture Director Marwan Ghandour visited France in the fall of 2018, touring the new Design Paris study abroad program. In their…
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LSU Landscape Architecture #1 Yet Again; Professor Max Conrad Named “Most Admired Educator”
The undergraduate and graduate programs at the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture (RRSLA) have once again received top rankings from DesignIntelligence magazine, the leading journal of design professionals. The 2018–19 issue of “America’s Best…
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