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Louisiana Tech University School of Design 3rd National Louisiana Biennial: Juried Exhibition Exhibition Dates: January 20, 2015-February 24, 2015 Tuesday January 20, Louisiana Biennial Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony, 6pm. 5pm, Juror’s Talk: Naima Keith, Assistant Curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem This event is free and open to the public. Reception... Read More

Bethea Gallery F Jay Taylor Visual Arts Center Tuesday December 9th, 2014 6pm Closing Reception, refreshments provided 5pm Panel Discussion with artists, VAC room 103 The School of Design invites you to a closing reception for Perspicacious Ninnyhammers, a group show featuring ​paintings and multi-media constructions by Alex Paulus, Isaac... Read More

The School of Design at Louisiana Tech University is hosting an OPEN HOUSE on Tuesday, November 11th from 6 pm – 8 pm. The event will be held throughout buildings and spaces of the School of Design on the university’s main campus: Hale Hall, the F. Jay Taylor Visual Arts... Read More

The School of Design invites you all to the opening reception and a related artist lecture by photographer Thomas Allen. Work courtesy of Foley Gallery, NY. Opening Reception: Moffett Gallery, F Jay Taylor Visual Arts Center 6pm Reception food by generous support of Ponchatoulas Tom Allen artist talk: 5pm VAC... Read More

Exhibition of New Quilted Works by Damon Caldwell (SOD Faculty) Thursday/October 23 (Opening Reception) 6:00-8:00pm Enterprise Center at Louisiana Tech UniversityStatement Regarding Creative Work I am intrigued by the parallels between quilts and walls: two outer layers with interior insulation; the “front” assembled as a complex composition of geometric elements... Read More

Associate Professor Frank Hamrick was interviewed on Light Leaked (http://www.lightleaked.com), an online photography journal. Be sure to check out Hamrick’s work and his insights on process, academia and the profession of photography.

The first show of the season at Louisiana Tech University’s Enterprise Center opens this Friday, September 26th. In Ephemera of World War I: The 100th Anniversary of The Great War, Professor Saul Zalesch chronicles the years before, during, and after the war through his extensive collection of ephemera of this... Read More

October 14, 2014 6:30PM VAC Room #103 Scott Marble Marble Fairbanks Brooklyn, NY October 21, 2014 6:30PM VAC Room #103 Meryati Blackwell Marlon Blackwell Architects Fayetteville, AR December 09, 2014 6:30PM VAC Room #103 Hazy Belzberg Belzberg Architects, APC Santa Monica, CA

Artist Lecture featuring Cig Harvey (via Skype) This Tuesday, September 23 11am VAC 103 http://www.cigharvey.com/ The photographs and artist books of Cig Harvey, MFA, have been widely exhibited and remain in the permanent collections of major museums and collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; the Farnsworth Art... Read More

Congratulations to Sarah Kathryn Delphin (’10) of Prevot Design Services for winning the 2014 American Society of Interior Designers South Central Chapter Excellence in Design Award for the St.Jude’s Catholic Church in Benton, Louisiana. Congratulations to Krista Scruton, a senior in Interior Design, for winning the 2014-2015 Robert “Bob” King Memorial Scholarship. Here... Read More

Professors Robert Brooks and Brad Deal’s third year architecture studio is participating in the Cross Bayou Corridor Workshop with Providence Engineering, Waggoner Ball Architects, the City of Shreveport and the EPA.      

Tuesday/September 16/6pm/Wyly Auditorium The School of Design is happy to host a showing of the documentary film Archiculture at 6:00pm on Tuesday, 16 September in Wyly Auditorium. Archiculture takes a thoughtful, yet critical look at the architectural studio. The 25-minute film offers a unique glimpse into the world of studio-based, design education through... Read More

Michael Petry: Kali Cig Harvey: You Look at Me Like an Emergency Opening Reception: Monday, September 15, 2014 / 6PM   Artist Lecture featuring: MICHAEL PETRY Monday, September 15, 2014 / 5PM / VAC 103 http://www.michaelpetry.net/index.html Michael Petry (b. Texas, 1960) has lived in London since 1981. He studied at Rice... Read More

September 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm All students of the SOD: We will have our all-School meeting to introduce you to our new School, new identity, new website and new opportunities. We will introduce you to your professors, including three new members of our faculty (provided they don’t lock themselves out of... Read More

Congratulations to Marla Emory (Interior Design) and Robert Brooks (Architecture) for receiving the 2014 Dean’s Research Award at today’s College of Liberal Arts Convocation. Their presentation, entitled “Muddy Boots and Black Shirts: An Alternative View from the Ivory Tower,” was presented at last Spring’s Liberal Arts Symposium. Also recognized was... Read More

Associate Professor Frank Hamrick is one of several artists exhibiting at The University of South Carolina’s Photography Invitational titled Pathways from August 28-October 4, 2014. PATHWAYS is invitational exhibition that explores historical photographic methods in use today. The photographers included have rediscovered some of the forgotten early processes, bringing a... Read More

Senior photography major, Hannah Merritt Johnston is published in the current September 2014 issue of The Sun. Way to go Hannah!

Louisiana Tech University, School of Design’s class ART464 will be hosting our Game Launch event which is the culmination of this quarters Game Design class. Students from both Computer Science and the School of Design have teamed up to explore game design and development. Come join us to hear brief... Read More

An MFA Thesis Show is the work of seven graduate students in the School of Design. Opening reception: Thursday, April 24th @ 6:00 pm Artist talks: Thursday, April 24th @ 5:00 pm: Jake Dugard, Peter Hay, Jaime E. Johnson Monday, April 28th @ 5:00 pm: Mary Catherine Davis, Brittany Spencer... Read More

Associate Professor Nicholas Bustamante will be interviewed tomorrow, April 17, 2014, on Channel 8 KNOE (5AM & 515AM) about the progress of The Monroe Mural. Tune in and check it out!    

Graduate student Casey Parkinson was awarded 1st place for the 2014 20”x20”x20”: A National Compact Competition and Exhibit for her artwork.  She was awarded an $1800 check for her ceramic installation, Fragile 1 – 21. The show was juried by Shana Barefoot, Collections and Exhibitions Manager at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta,... Read More

Musical extravaganza in the School of Art Gallery at Louisiana Tech on Tuesday at 7:30pm. Dr. Cain Budds of the Department of Music will perform works for guitar. Musical guests will include Dr. Gregory Lyons (marimba) and Karl Puljak (cello). Should be a fun evening of music in the acoustically wonderful F.... Read More