Alumni Spotlight: Jonathan Mayers
Jonathan “radbwa faroush” Mayers, BFA 2007, artist and Baton Rouge poet laureate, has taken on a daunting challenge: continuing Kouri-Vini, the endangered creole language of Louisiana that many call Louisiana Creole. To this end,…
Read MoreBaton Rouge Airport Shows LSU Artists
Louisiana travelers can view art in the unlikeliest of places: the airport! The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport exhibition BRG@BTR, in partnership with the Baton Rouge Gallery, features works by LSU faculty and alumni, on…
Read MoreAlumni Spotlight: Blaire Brown Stroemple
Blaire Brown Stroemple, HSS & AD 2011, combined her love of art with an entrepreneurial spirit to launch Box of Art, a business that brings people together to make art while socially distancing – in…
Read MoreLSU Graduate’s Art Gives Thanks to Essential Workers
LSU art graduate Thomas Wimberly’s art work recently found a new, larger home when it was displayed on the side of a New York City hospital. Wimberly said the piece, called “Global Forefront,” gives…
Read MoreJustin Tyler Bryant Awarded 2019 Interchange Fellow
Justin Tyler Bryant, MFA 2018, has been awarded $20,000 as a 2019 Interchange Fellow, for his work exploring the role of art in social engagement. He is one of the sixteen inaugural grantees…
Read MoreAlumni Spotlight: Dominique Giordano, BFA 1992
“Most of my designs tell a story,” says Dominique Giordano (BFA 1992), New Orleans-based jewelry designer. “This story creates a connection with my customer. These connections become memories. I’m all about a memory.” Dominique…
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Read MoreExpanded Draught, “XII”
Five artists from Expanded Draught, an international artist collective, will present a School of Art Lecture titled “XII” at the LSU College of Art & Design at 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 6, 2018, in the LSU…
Read MoreNaomi Clement (MFA 2017) on Ceramics Monthly
MFA 2017 Naomi Clement’s work is featured on the cover of Ceramics Monthly magazine’s September 2018 issue. She won the Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist Award in 2017, and recently debuted a solo exhibition in…
Read MoreAlumni Spotlight: Yvonne Cao, MFA 2012
Yvonne Cao is a graphic designer, typographer, and educator who was born and raised in Hunan, China. She came to the United States for an honors exchange program at Middle Tennessee State University in…
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