Artist and LSU School of Art Associate Professor of Painting Kelli Scott Kelley Receives $32,000 Atlas Award
Artist and LSU School of Art Associate Professor of Painting Kelli Scott Kelley recently won an Award to Louisiana Artists and Scholars (also known as an ATLAS Award) in the amount of $32,000 for…
Read Full StoryLSU School of Art Students Win Awards for Undergraduate Student Union Art Show
LSU School of Art Students won several awards at the recent Student Union Art Gallery’s undergraduate student art show. Jonathan Wagner, a ceramics major, took first place for his sculptures, Rattle and Twins. Wagner…
Read Full StoryCxC’s Sixth annual Digital Media Fest Announces Winners
This truly is the “Digital Age,” as new technology, especially in the realm of digital media, is being developed every day. LSU’s sixth annual Digital Media Fest, sponsored by LSU Communication Across the Curriculum,…
Read Full StoryFive LSU College of Art & Design Alumni Honored at Second Annual Celebration of Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses
Five LSU College of Art & Design Alumni will have their businesses honored at the second annual LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses hosted by LSU and the Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute (SEI) on Friday,…
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Fine Arts Graduate Program Leaps in U.S. News Rankings
LSU saw a 14-position improvement in the ranking of Best Fine Arts graduate programs since its last ranking in the 2013 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” released March…
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Landscape Architect Lake Douglas’s Book Wins the F. Kemper and Leila Williams Prize
“Public Spaces, Private Gardens: A History of Designed Landscapes in New Orleans” by LSU professor Lake Douglas won this year’s F. Kemper and Leila Williams Prize, offered by The Historic New Orleans Collection and…
Read Full StoryGraphic Design Student Derrick Lathan Named McNair Scholar
Graphic Design Sophomore Derrick Lathan was recently named a Ronald E. McNair Scholar. Named for the deceased astronaut, Ronald McNair, LSU’s Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program prepares first generation college students for doctoral…
Read Full StoryLSU’s Office of Community Design and Development Receives $25,000 Foundation for Louisiana Grant
The Foundation for Louisiana recently awarded $25,000 to the LSU School of Architecture’s Office of Community Design and Development, or OCDD, to conduct a 10-month public service project and pilot study, “Advancing Louisiana Small…
Read Full StoryLSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture Remains at the Top of DesignIntelligence Rankings in 2011
LSU’s football team isn’t the only top-ranked group on campus, as LSU’s Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture once again ranks atop lists of the best programs in the U.S., according to national rankings…
Read Full StoryArt Historian Susan Elizabeth Ryan Receives $50,000 Atlas Award
Art Historian and Art History Professor Susan Elizabeth Ryan, PhD, recently won an Award to Louisiana Artists and Scholars (also known as an ATLAS Award) in the amount of $50,000, for her proposal, “Critical…
Read Full StoryLSU Landscape Architecture Students Earn Five American Society of Landscape Architects Student Awards
Students in LSU’s Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture recently garnered five national awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects, or ASLA, Student Award program—the most of any other university with students who submitted work….
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Interior Design students and faculty win International Interior Design Association awards
Two LSU Interior Design students and two Interior Design faculty won awards at the International Interior Design Association’s (IIDA) Delta Regional Chapter Awards, RE:Awards 2011, in New Orleans last month. The Delta Regional Chapter…
Read Full StoryMarie M. Bickham and Nadine Carter Russell Chairs Named for 2011-12 Academic Year
LSU’s College of Art + Design has selected Architect Lori Ryker, executive director at the Artemis Institute in Livingston, Montana, as its Marie M. Bickham Chair, and Landscape Architect Gary Smith, of Toronto, CA,…
Read Full StoryArchitecture Professor Receives more than $75,000 in grants to investigate ruins of 19th century Louisiana Fort
Associate Professor Ursula Emery McClure recently received two grants for the upcoming academic year to investigate the ruins of Fort Proctor, a 19th century fort in St. Bernard Parish that has been engulfed by…
Read Full StoryLSU Interior Design Students Take First Place in 2010 Interior Design Education Video Competition
LSU Interior Design Students Leigh Hardy, Ryan Weilenman, Sarah Tull, Alyse Lambert, Colette DeJean won first place in the 2010 Interior Design Education Video Competition. The winners were announced on Saturday, March 19, 2011…
Read Full StoryMultidisciplinary Project Involving LSU, Princeton Personnel to Debut at Venice Biennale
A collaborative project of architects, landscape architects, engineers and coastal scientists from LSU and architects from the Princeton University School of Architecture will be unveiled this week at the Venice Biennale, the largest and…
Read Full StoryNCIDQ Appoints T.L. Ritchie to National Committee
T. L. Ritchie, director of the School of Interior Design, has been appointed to serve on the National Council for Interior Design Qualification’s (NCIDQ) Nominating Committee for 2010. The Nominating Committee is charged with…
Read Full StoryCollege of Art & Design Students Take Home Awards from CxC
The College of Art and Design is pleased to announce that several of its students have received awards from the Communications across the Curriculum program (CxC), including a Dean’s Award scholarship for excellence at…
Read Full StoryInterior Design Senior Named to Tiger Twelve
Christine M. Cangelosi, a graduating senior in the School of Interior Design, has been named to the LSU Dean of Student’s Tiger Twelve, which recognizes the twelve outstanding seniors who best demonstrate LSU’s commitment…
Read Full StoryLSU Faculty Awarded at National Conference
Faculty members from the LSU School of Architecture received two prestigious awards at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) conference earlier this month, exemplifying the kind of leadership for which the School…
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