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March 2014 - In This Issue:
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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.
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DesignIntelligence Rankings for Professionals and Firms
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DesignIntelligence has asked us to reach out to our professional contacts and invite them to fill out these surveys in an effort to strengthen the rankings in America's Best Architecture and Design Schools 2015. Please use the following links to complete the survey(s) that apply to your office, and help increase the LSU College of Art + Design's rankings for its architecture, landscape architecture, and/or interior design programs - and increase the value of your degree! Read more
Links to surveys:
Architecture
Landscape Architecture
Interior Design
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Shannon Nichol, "Repair Works"
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Gia Wolff, "Floating Cities: Community Based Architecture of Parade Floats"
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Jonathan Brilliant, "Have Sticks, Will Travel"
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Now - 3/28, 2014
Foster Gallery
MFA Thesis Show
Courtney Wilburn Marse
Yvette Creel
Jeremy Grassman
Kelly Mullins,
Closing reception: 3/28, 6-8 p.m.
3/31 - 4/4/2014
Foster Gallery
MFA Thesis Show
Jenny Hager
Closing reception: 4/4, 6-8 p.m.
Now - 4/5/2014
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art
Civil War Battlefields and National Parks by LSU Professor Emeritus A. J. Meek
4/7 - 4/11/2014
Foster Gallery
MFA Thesis Show
David Contreras
Closing reception: 4/11, 6-8 p.m.
4/21 - 4/25/2014
Foster Gallery
MFA Thesis Show
James Kimura-Green
Closing reception: 4/25, 6-8 p.m.
4/22 - 4/25/2014
Glassell Gallery
MFA Thesis Show
Jimmie Nord
A K M Jabed Rashel
Closing reception: 4/26, 6-8 p.m.
Sponsored by Michael D. Robinson and Donald J. Broutte
4/28 - 5/2/2014
Foster Gallery
MFA Thesis Show
Nathan Pietrykowski
Amanda James
Closing reception: 5/2, 6-8 p.m.
4/30 - 5/4/2014
Glassell Gallery
Autumn Higgins
Forrest Gard
Closing reception: 5/3, 6-8 p.m.
5/6 - 5/11/2014
Glassell Gallery
Andrea Barbier
James Osborne
Closing reception: 5/8, 6-8 p.m.
5/13 - 5/18/2014
Glassell Gallery
Sarah Kolac
Georgia Godwin
Closing reception: 5/17, 6-8 p.m.
Now - 8/10/2014
LSU Museum of Art
Rooted Communities: The Art of Nari Ward
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CSS Wins APA-Louisiana Excellence Award
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The LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio has won the 2014 State Planning Award - Excellence Award for Education or Advocacy from the American Planning Association's Louisiana Chapter. The award honored CSS's work in developing the Louisiana Resiliency Assistance Program (LRAP) in collaboration with the Louisiana Office of Community Development - Disaster Recovery Unit. Read more
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Mossop and Michaels Receive Grant to Implement Alternative Land Management Strategies in NOLA
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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
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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
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Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21, March 30
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 On Sunday, March 30, at 3 p.m., at the School of Music Recital Hall, the School of Art and the School of Music will present Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21, a performance with video accompaniment, based on the melodrama Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 - a setting of 21 selected poems from Otto Erich Hartleben's German translation of Albert Giraud's cycle of French poems by the same name. Tickets are $10 general admission; $5 for seniors and LSU faculty, staff, and students. Read more |
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National Building Museum Screens Film by Evan Mather (BLA '93)
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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
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Ray Desselle (BLA '79) Leads Winning Projects at Caltrans
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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
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New Mural by Raina Wirta (MFA '13)
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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
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About LSU College of Art + Design
The LSU College of Art + Design supports programs in studio art, art history, architecture, graphic design, interior design, and landscape architecture. The college brings together a focus on creativity and expression, talented faculty, specialized concentration areas, outstanding studio and gallery spaces, and a connection to the community to create a dynamic program. For more information, visit design.lsu.edu.
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GIVE TO THE COLLEGE OF ART + DESIGN The College of Art + Design alumni, friends, and other supporters are critical to the success of our college. We are grateful for the generous gifts we have received and continue to receive in support of our academic programs. The College offers many gift opportunities for alumni and friends, individuals or private organizations, to support our student and faculty efforts underway and planned in the future. Scholarships, fellowships, professorships, chairs, and annual fund are just a few examples. Give now
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