Associate Professors Malcolm McClay (sculpture) and Kelli Scott Kelley (painting & drawing) took several LSU School of Art students on a field trip to Houston, Texas, in late February. The group visited Devon Borden Gallery and attended a gallery talk by Clark Derbes, alumni of the School of Art whose solo exhibition, American Sculpture, opened on February 21. They also visited the Contemporary Arts Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Menil Collection, and they attended the Houston Performance Art Biennale.

LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture Lecture

Tonight! March 26, 2014, at 5 p.m.

LSU School of Art Lecture

Monday, April 7, 2014, at 5 p.m.

LSU School of Architecture Lecture

Hosted by NOMAS
Monday, March 24, 2014, at 5 p.m.

LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture Max Z. Conrad Endowed Lecture

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at 5 p.m.

Professor Elizabeth Mossop and Associate Professor Wes Michaels of the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture have received a $242,399 grant from the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) to implement alternative land management strategies in New Orleans. Read more

Ian Minich's Photographs Transcend Time

CSS Open House, April 4

The LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio is looking for a wide range of faculty perspectives to help build trans-disciplinary research teams that produce innovative solutions to the challenges facing our coast. CSS provides technical support and start-up funding to assist project and team development. Please join CSS for an open house on Friday, April 4, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in room 212, Design Building.  Read more

Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21, March 30

The National Building Museum in Washington, DC is screening the world premiere of From Sea to Shining Sea, a film by LSU landscape architecture alumnus Evan Mather (BLA '93). The museum is offering free admission to LSU alumni in the Washington, DC area. From Sea to Shining Sea traverses 11 states from the Chesapeake Bay to San Francisco through cities and towns and over a variety of geographical features to create a sense of the vastness and diversity within the United States. Read more

Ray Desselle (BLA '79) Leads Winning Projects at Caltrans

The Caltrans (California Transportation Agency) District 8 landscape architecture team, under the leadership of LSU landscape architecture alumnus Ray Desselle (BLA '79), has recently won numerous awards for the Interstate 215 widening project in San Bernardino, California. The awards from the San Bernardino Area Chamber of Commerce, the California State Assembly, the California State Senate, and the United States Congress concern sound wall art and are for beautification and excellence in stamped art. Read more

New Mural by Raina Wirta (MFA '13)

LSU MFA graduate Raina Wirta (MFA '13) has completed a wall mural for the LSU College of Art + Design Communications across the Curriculum (CxC) Studio. The mural is reminiscent of a topographical map-Wirta collaborated with landscape architecture graduate student Matty Williams-and features the LSU campus and some of its surrounding areas in both paint and collaged tessellations. The concept for the mural also encompasses the four modes CxC certifies in courses designated as communication intensive. This work is one of the Wirta's newest, celebrated community works. Read more