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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, stands at the cusp of the prestigious Heisman…

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Interior Design Students design for Tau Center for Behavioral Health

Interior design students in associate professor of practice Julie Elliott’s ID 3752 studio worked with Our Lady of the Lake (Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System) to create design proposals for the Our…

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Soo Jeong Jo Part of Solar Energy Research Team

Soo Jeong Jo, assistant professor of architecture, is part of the team of LSU researchers led by Arup Bhattacharya, LSU Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management assistant professor, researching solar power farming in…

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Annual Report 2022-2023

The College of Art & Design Annual Report 2022-2023 is live! Check out the digital publication with videos & links to stories from the year.

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Alumni Spotlight: Kelly M. Ward

Kelly M. Ward (MA in art history 2020) 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 relations…

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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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LSU Landscape Architecture Now a STEM Degree

The LSU landscape architecture program, offered by the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture (RRSLA), has been designated a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) degree. The degree change follows the U.S. Department of…

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In Memorium: Bruce Sharky

Professor emeritus Bruce G. Sharky, 82, of Baton Rouge passed away peacefully, with his family at his side on Saturday, September 16, 2023. He joined the LSU landscape architecture faculty in 1990. He served as…

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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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Brent Fortenberry Named Associate Dean of Research

The LSU College of Art & Design has named Brent Fortenberry the new associate dean of research and graduate studies. Fortenberry joins LSU from the Tulane School of Architecture, where he was the director…

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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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Meredith Gaglio a part of MoMA Exhibition Emerging Ecologies

Meredith Gaglio, assistant professor of architecture, collaborated on the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) exhibition Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism, which is dedicated to both realized and unrealized projects that address…

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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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New to LSU: Q&A with Huili Wang

Huili Wang is an assistant professor of interior design at the LSU School of Interior Design. She is an interdisciplinary researcher who investigates physical work environments, and designs learning environments. She was a key…

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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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Tara Titone the New Director of the LSU Hilltop Arboretum

Tara Titone has been named the new director of the LSU Hilltop Arboretum, a “living” museum of native plants in Baton Rouge, where students and faculty conduct research. “We look forward to working with…

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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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