News + Events

The School of Design celebrates the outstanding accomplishments of our students at the annual SOD Awards on Friday, 17 May at 3:30pm in the George T Madison Auditorium (room 105). A reception follows at the Ruston Artisans (203 W Alabama Ave) at the opening of the Senior Exhibition of the Graphic Design Program... Read More

The School of Design is excited to invite everyone to the opening reception of the 2019 BFA Studio Art Senior Exhibition: MERAKI. This group exhibition represents the culmination of a body of work that each student has developed over the course of the Studio Art Program and includes paintings, sculpture,... Read More

EXPORT 2019   The SOD proudly invites you to a reception to celebrate the Louisiana Tech University Graphic Design class of 2019.   Join us at:  Ruston Artisans 203 W Alabama Avenue, Ruston, LA 71270 May 17, 2019 5-7:00pm   *Food and drinks will be served*

The College of Liberal Arts hosted its 2019 Academic Excellence Luncheon for outstanding students at the Davison Athletic Complex on 18 April. The School of Design is proud to have these six great students (and excellent humans!) representing us so very well for the event. From left to right: INTERIOR... Read More

The School of Design is happy to welcome back Architecture Alumna, Lindsay Carlisle (BSAS 2010, M.Arch 2011), as part of our ARCH50 Lecture Series, celebrating 50 years of architecture at Louisiana Tech University. Her lecture, entitled Starting from Scratch, will take place in Wyly Auditorium on Monday, 15 April at 4:30pm. Lindsay is currently a... Read More

The School of Design is happy to welcome back Architecture Alumnus, Michael McCune (BSAS 2007, M.Arch 2008), as part of our ARCH50 Lecture Series, celebrating 50 years of architecture at Louisiana Tech University. His lecture, entitled Design-Technology-Imagineering, will take place in Wyly Auditorium on Monday, 1 April at 4:30pm. Michael is currently an Imagineer... Read More

Interested in designing video games? Are you a developer or an artist/designer or just interested in games? This is the event to attend!! —> 4rd Annual 48hr LaTech Game Jam Where: School of Design – FJ Taylor Visual Arts Building, 1 Mayfield Ave., Ruston, LA 71272When: March 29 (5pm) – March 31 (4pm)  –... Read More

SETH DAULTON Monday, 18 March at 5pm FJ Taylor Visual Arts Center, Room 103 Seth Daulton is a Texas artist who makes prints and drawings. Seth believes in the power of travel and the enjoyment, fear and excitement when one is suddenly immersed in a place that is entirely unknown. Seth... Read More

The School of Design was shocked and heartbroken to learn that Jonathan Donehoo, Professor Emeritus and former Director of the School of Art, passed away suddenly on 28 February 2019. Jonathan Edward Donehoo was born on January 22, 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up in San José, Costa... Read More

Extreme Happiness and Excitability 15 February – 15 March, Louisiana Tech University Enterprise Center Opening: Friday, 15 February from 6p-8p The Enterprise Center Gallery is honored and humbled to host an exhibition of paintings by Whitney Trisler CauseyAssistant Professor of Art at Louisiana Tech University. The exhibition is an ongoing... Read More

ExD Studio Featuring the collaborative work of Interior Design and Graphic Design IDES 353 / ART 413   Wednesday, 20 February, 4:30-5:30pm, Hale Hall First Floor Gallery

The School of Design is happy to welcome back Architecture Alumnus, Jeff Spikes (B.Arch 2001), as part of our ARCH50 Lecture Series, celebrating 50 years of architecture at Louisiana Tech University. His lecture, entitled Brand Loyalty, will take place in Wyly Auditorium on Monday, 11 February at 4:30pm. Jeff is owner of... Read More

PRINTMAKING DEMONSTRATION:  LITHOGRAPHY FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8 @ 1pm Art & Architecture Workshop South Campus (1350 Agriculture Drive)   What is lithography? Great question!  Studio Art Printmaking faculty Raluca Iancu will demonstrate the stone lithography process from start to finish.  Demonstration free and open to the public. Contact Raluca Iancu for... Read More

Exhibition Dates: January 15 – February 7, 2019   Misappeared and Reconstructed Michael Lorsung Jason Tanner Young Closing reception and Visiting Artist Lecture, Thursday February 7, 10 am, TVAC 103. THIS THURSDAY MORNING! Join us for the closing reception of Misappeared and Reconstructed, an exhibition of contemporary sculpture by Michael... Read More

#latechMFA Pop-up Exhibit 5-9pm, Thursday, February 7 Downtown Gallery Crawl Downstairs Gallery 137 North 2nd Street – Art Alley Monroe, Louisiana Louisiana Tech University School of Design MFA Candidates: Rebecca Clements Hannah Fulton Kaitlin Maloy Srdjan Marjanovic Kayla O’Neall Pankita Patel Hannah Taylor Paul Trichel Dellanee Dello Wade

The School of Design is happy to welcome back Architecture Alumni, Samantha Sam Markham and Michael Markham, as part of our ARCH50 Lecture Series, celebrating 50 years of architecture at Louisiana Tech University. Their lecture, entitled Processing Architecture: Life Five Years After School, will take place in Wyly Auditorium on Monday,... Read More

Kevin Singh was appointed to the State Board of Architectural Examiners by Governor John Bel Edwards. Singh is a registered architect and associate professor of architecture at Louisiana Tech University. As required by statute, he will serve as an architect employed full time in architectural education. The State Board of... Read More

The Ruston Lincoln Convention & Visitors Bureau is proud to announce the 2018 Hospitality Award will be given to Nicholas Bustamante and Whitney Trisler Causey for their design and implementation of three murals in Ruston. The award will be presented at the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet on Tuesday,... Read More

The School of Design at Louisiana Tech University is pleased to announce the opening of the group exhibition COVEN, featuring new works of the 2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts degree candidates. COVEN will open at Upstairs Gallery in Monroe (135 Art Alley) on February 7th, 2019 with a reception from... Read More

Associate Professor Joey Slaughter was recently announced as one of 32 artists who have been awarded residencies at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans for the coming year. All of the artists will be provided with private studio space at the Center, which sits on a two-acre campus in the... Read More

Exhibition Dates: January 15 – February 7, 2019 Brown Heu Moffett Gallery Ceramics and Sculpture by Jeff Brown Benjie Heu Thursday January 17, 5pm TVAC 103: Artists Lectures, and Q and A with audience Reception follows, 6-7pm The School of Design invites everyone to the opening reception for current exhibitions in the... Read More

An architect and associate professor in the School of Design, Louisiana Tech’s Kevin Singh is more interested in designing students than buildings. This fall the Louisiana chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), dedicated to building green buildings and communities worldwide, presented Singh its Innovation Champion Award for 2018... Read More

Exhibition Dates: October 30 – December 4, 2018 Moffett Gallery, F Jay Taylor Visual Arts Center   POWER David Emitt Adams   David Emitt Adams is an artist whose current practice engages historical media in order to create an informed contemporary dialogue about photography’s past and present. For the series POWER, Adams traveled cross-country and... Read More

Exhibition Dates: October 30 – December 4, 2018   5th Louisiana Biennial: The Art of the Poster National Juried Exhibition Bethea Gallery, F Jay Taylor Visual Arts Center   Juror: Celene Aubry, Associate Director & Manager, Hatch Show Print   Juror’s Lecture: Monday, November 5, 2018 5pm TVAC 103 Reception... Read More

Louisiana Tech’s School of Design continues to build something special. The biggest winner — and with the smallest budget — in the prestigious annual design competition conducted this fall by the American Institute of Architects Louisiana Chapter (AIA LA) for architecture firms across the state was a project by the... Read More

The Dedication: An Exploration of a People Vitus Shell, Painting Visiting Artist lecture: Thursday, October 11, 5pm, TVAC 103 Reception 6-7 pm The School of Design invites all faculty, staff and students to the closing reception for current exhibitions in the Bethea and Moffett Galleries at the F Jay Taylor Visual Arts... Read More

Shift Tressa Jones, Printmaking Artist lecture: September 25, 5pm TVAC 103 Reception 6-7pm   Artist Statement As time passes distance forms and that something becomes harder to reach, blurry, less physical. I am interested in visually translating this distance; expressing abstraction as a concrete form. My artistic research focuses on... Read More

EXHIBITION DATES SEPTEMBER 18 – OCTOBER 16, 2018   TRESSA JONES, PRINTMAKING Shift Moffett Gallery September 25, 2018 Artist Talk 5pm, TVAC 103 Reception 6–7pm   VITRUS SHELL, PAINTING The Dedication: An Exploration of a People Bethea Gallery October 11, 2018 Artist Talk 5pm, TVAC 103 Reception 6–7pm   GALLERY... Read More

Call for Entry Submission Deadline: September 28, 2018 11:59 (Central) Louisiana Tech University School of Design 5th Louisiana Biennial: The Art of the Poster National Juried Exhibition Exhibition Dates: October 30 – December 4, 2018 This exhibition is Louisiana Tech University School of Design’s first juried show to focus on... Read More

Henry Stout, former professor and Director of the School of Architecture, was a mentor to so many at Louisiana Tech University. He touched the lives of hundreds of students who are now professionals in the field of architecture. Our thoughts and sympathy are with his family. Henry was a graduate... Read More