Baton Rouge Library Designed by LSU Alumni Honored with National 2015 Landmark Library Award
The Main Library at Goodwood, which is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library System, has been recognized with four prestigious national design awards. The three-story, 126,000-square-foot building was designed by the Library…
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Brittany Sievers Wins International Sculpture Award and Art Melt
LSU School of Art MFA candidate Brittany Sievers of North Manchester, Indiana, was awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center’s (ISC) 2015 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award for her piece titled 10,656 Palms….
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Jeremiah Ariaz a Finalist for MPS Fund for Documentary Photography
Besides heading to Review Santa Fe this June 11–14, 2015, Jeremiah Ariaz, associate professor of photography at the LSU School of Art, has been selected as a finalist for a grant and his work…
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2015 OJ Baker Awards
On Friday, May 1, 2015, LSU architecture students received dozens of medals and awards at the LSU School of Architecture OJ Baker Awards & Crawfish Boil, sponsored annually by the Baton Rouge Chapter of…
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LSU Ceramic Students Receive Recognition and Accolades
There are several reasons to celebrate MFA ceramics students! Naomi Clement won the Kiln God Scholarship from the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine. Naomi is also an invited artist for a short-term…
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2015 Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Awards
Four LSU College of Art & Design faculty will be recognized at this year’s annual LSU Distinguished Faculty Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, May 5, from 3-5 p.m., at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. Each…
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Landscape Architecture Senior Erin Percevault Selected to Tiger Twelve Class of 2015!
Senior landscape architecture student Erin Percevault has been selected to the Tiger Twelve Class of 2015. Students selected to the Tiger Twelve hold themselves to the “highest standards of academic, personal, and social integrity;…
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Maria Muñoz Named Winner of 2015 Olmsted Scholars Program
The Landscape Architecture Foundation has announced that fourth-year LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture (RRSLA) student Maria Muñoz was selected as the undergraduate winner of the 2015 Olmsted Scholars Program, the premier national…
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LSU Graphic Design Students Receive Nine 2015 AAF Baton Rouge Student Awards, including Best in Show!
LSU School of Art students received nine 2015 American Advertising Federation of Baton Rouge Student Awards—three gold and six silver, including Best in Show. The American Advertising Awards, formerly the ADDYs, recognize and…
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Greg Watson Named ACSA Distinguished Professor
Greg Watson, undergraduate coordinator and associate professor for the LSU School of Architecture, has been named 2014–15 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Distinguished Professor. This award is among the highest honors an…
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Architecture Student Charlston Britton Jr. Named 2015 McNair Scholar
Charlston Britton Jr., a third-year undergraduate student in the LSU School of Architecture, is the second LSU architecture student to be selected as a Ronald E. McNair Research Scholar. The LSU Ronald E. McNair…
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Faculty & Alumni Named Forty Under 40 Honorees
The LSU College of Art & Design is proud to congratulate this year’s Forty Under 40 honorees named by the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. The 2014 honorees include Jeff Carney, associate professor of…
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LoPresti Award Winning Publication the Perfect Gift for Graduates of LSU
LSU School of Architecture Professor Michael Desmond’s book, The Architecture of LSU (LSU Press, 2013), has won the 30th Annual Mary Ellen LoPresti Art Publication Award for excellence in art publishing for the copyright…
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LSU Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Program Ranked #1 in Nation
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 November/December 2014 issue of “America’s Best Architecture & Design…
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Graduates Find Rewarding and Fulfilling Positions at Outstanding Design Firms
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, we often take time to recognize what we are thankful for in our lives. Two former LSU interior design students—Elena Proskurina and Kristen Fisher—are thankful to have found rewarding…
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LSU Students and Alumni Receive Prestigious, National Awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects
LSU and the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture will be well represented at the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Meeting and EXPO in Denver on November 21, 2014, when a mix…
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Alumni Honoree Carmon Colangelo to Give Commencement Address at Fall Ceremony
LSU College of Art + Design’s 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Carmon Colangelo will deliver the commencement address at the fall graduation ceremony on December 19. Colangelo received his MFA in printmaking from…
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LSU Professor Bruce Sharky a Member of Winning International Team for Chinese Wetland Restoration Project
Bruce Sharky, Reich Teaching Professor at the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, is a member of an international team that won a design competition for a greenbelt and river restoration project…
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Ceramics Professor Andy Shaw Selected for 2015 McKnight Residency
Andy Shaw, associate professor of ceramics at the LSU School of Art, was selected for a $6,000 2014 McKnight Residency for Ceramic Artists. Shaw is one of five ceramic artists selected for this national…
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LSU Team Places Second in National Peterson Prize Competition for HABS Documentation of Fort Pike
A student team led by A. Hays Town Professor Ursula Emery McClure placed second in the 2014 Peterson Prize student competition for their HABS documentation of Fort Pike. The project was undertaken in spring…
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