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School of Art Galleries: Studio BFA Exhibition Exhibition dates: May 10 – 17, 2012 Opening reception: Thursday, May 10th, 5 – 7 pm Louisiana Tech University School of Art Studio BFA Exhibition 2012 is hosting their opening reception in the F. Jay Taylor Visual Arts Center from 5 – 7pm.... Read More

Point of Advent: MFA Thesis Exhibition Exhibition dates: April 19 – May 3, 2012 Thursday, April 19th 5 pm: graduate lectures by Ashley Feagin and Dan Snow, VAC room 103 5.30 pm: exhibition reception Please join the Louisiana Tech University School of Art for the show Point of Advent: MFA... Read More

Please join Jes Schrom for her artist lecture, Process, Performance, Needles, and Guns on Wednesday, April 18th at the Enterprise Center in conjunction with her exhibition, Connective Gestures. Lecture begins at 7 pm. Exhibition runs through April 20th. Gallery hours are Monday- Friday 8 am – 5 pm. The Enterprise... Read More

2012 FACULTY RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM featuring our very own JAY GOULD ! Wednesday, March 28 from 6:30PM to 8:00PM in G.T. Madison Hall, room 105.

THE ANNUAL ART STUDENT SHOW, Thursday, March 29 in the F. Jay Taylor  Visual Arts Center Galleries. 5:00P – Juror Talk, KELLI CONNELL, VAC 103 6:00P – Opening Reception and Awards Presentation The exhibition will run fro March 29 – April 10, 2012

Please join us for a reception for Connective Gestures,  art work by Assistant Professor of Photography Jes Schrom  Friday, March 30th at the Enterprise Center. The reception for Connective Gestures will be held on Friday, March 30th from 6-8 pm. The show runs through April 20th. Gallery hours are Monday-... Read More

You will want to check out the Homermural site (http://homermural.wordpress.com/) and keep up with this terrific project lead by Associate Professor of Art Nick Bustamante. This is a great opportunity for our students to learn new skills while giving back to our community. Well done!

Join the Louisiana Tech University School of Art next week for the opening of our Annual Student Show, along with a lecture and book signing by juror Kelli Connell. When: Thursday, March 29 5 pm: lecture by Kelli Connell, juror (room 103) 6 pm: exhibition reception and awards (gallery) -Kelli... Read More

Louisiana Tech communication design majors have participated in the 2012 American Advertising Competition, sponsored by the American Advertising Federation of Shreveport-Bossier (AAFSB).  Five undergraduates and one graduate student majoring in communication design have won a total of eight awards with their entries, and most of them featured designs created as... Read More

Frank Hamrick, an assistant professor of art and photography area coordinator at Louisiana Tech University, has been included in the article “ – As Selected by Their Peers” in issue 76 of Oxford American Magazine. Hamrick was nominated to be on the list by Jim Sherraden, curator at Hatch Show... Read More

Printmaker, Jim Sherraden from Hatch Show Print in Nashville, TN visited the Louisiana Tech University School of Art this week for a series of lectures and letterpress workshops, which coincided with a major exhibition in the School of Art’s Main Gallery. Hatch Show Print is a letterpress design and print... Read More

Unveiling/ Reception: Thursday, February 16, 3 p.m. free and open to the public work will remain installed at locations after the reception for at least 1 month Location: The entrance to the playground at AE Phillips School on Mayfield Street in Ruston, Louisiana, across the street from the Louisiana Tech... Read More

Join the Louisiana Tech University School of Art next week for two new exhibitions. When: Tuesday, February 7 5 pm: lecture by Jim Sherraden, Director of Hatch Show Print (room 103) 6 pm: exhibition reception free and open to the public, refreshments served at reception What: Main Gallery: Hatch Show... Read More

Today we had a very nice group of students taking art classes from MaryAnn Wiloughby at Cedar Creek High School. They were here to view the Art Faculty Exhibition currently showing in our School of Art Galleries. Tech art professors Marie Bukowski, Mary Louise Carter, Frank Hamrick, and Todd Maggio... Read More

Assistant professor and photography program coordinator, Frank Hamrick has a portfolio of his work included in the revised textbook “The Elements of Photography”. The portfolio focuses on Hamrick’s choice of presenting his photography via handmade books as a way to join it with his writing and other creative outlets. In... Read More

Art classes at A. E. Phillips are participating in a public art installation with a group of art students taught by Jes Schrom from the Louisiana Tech School of Art. This is an amazing opportunity for them and they are very  excited! We are in need of plastic Shopping bags... Read More

A selection of the artists from the MFA Show currently on display at the Enterprise Center Gallery will conduct a gallery walk-through and talk on Wednesday, January 25th at 7pm. The Masters of Fine Arts students will discuss their individual projects and answer questions. MFA students participating in this are... Read More

It is indeed with a grateful heart that we are pleased to announce the Lenora McDonald Neel and Oliver Fulton Neel School of Art Endowed Scholarship. Dr. Reba K. Neel created this $100,000 scholarship in memory of her parents. This scholarship will help art undergraduates with their college expenses. Dr.... Read More

It is time to gather up your year’s best work for the Annual Student Show. The deadline for entries is Sunday, February 5 at 11:59PM. This show is opened to all current Tech art students. Instructions for submitting work can be found by clicking here. Cash awards and prizes will... Read More

Louisiana Tech University Assistant Professors in our Photography program, Jay Gould and Jes Schrom currently have some of their work on display at the University of Louisiana at Monroe Bry Art Gallery. This gallery is a part of the School of Visual and Performing Arts on the Monroe campus. This... Read More

Assistant Professor Frank Hamrick has had one of his photographs selected to be published in the upcoming issue #26 of Creative Quarterly Magazine, which will be in stores later this winter. The accepted image was one of the photographs Hamrick included in his exhibition this past fall at the Enterprise... Read More

Louisiana Tech University photography major, Ciara Futch, has had one of her photographs selected to be published in an upcoming issue of The Sun Magazine. Futch submitted a portfolio of her photography this past fall quarter as part of the final for her digital photography course, Art 171, with Assistant... Read More

Posted on January 7th, 2012 by Dave Guerin The Division of University Advancement at Louisiana Tech has released Giving Back, Moving Forward, the 2011 edition of its Tech Report, which highlights the university’s academic and research accomplishments during the past year as well as the contributions it has made to strengthening the... Read More

The Louisiana Tech University School of Art MFA students will hold an exhibition of their work from Friday, January 13 through Thursday, February 2 in the Enterprise Center Gallery. Gallery hours are from 8:00AM until 5:00PM. MFA students participating in this show are Mary Chatherine Davis, Jake Dugard, Joni Dollar,... Read More

Join the Louisiana Tech University School of Art for a reception of the School of Art Faculty Exhibition. Where: School of Art Galleries, located in the F Jay Taylor Visual Arts Center 1 Mayfield Street, Ruston (next to Natatorium and across from AE Phillips school) When: Tuesday, January 10,  5... Read More

John Oles, a New Orleans area ceramist will be demonstrating his work on Thursday, January 5 in the Art Annex ceramics area.  A slide presentation and demonstrations will begin at  8:00 am.  In the afternoon, John will continue with additional throwing and assembling demos. All are welcome to attend!

Posted on January 4th, 2012 by Dave Guerin Kiplinger, one of the nation’s most popular and respected personal finance publications, has named Louisiana Tech University one of the Top 100 Best Values in Public Colleges for 2011-2012. This year’s rankings list Louisiana Tech along with LSU as the only public... Read More

Exhibition Reception: School of Art Faculty Show Tuesday, January 10th at 5 pm (free and open to the public) Louisiana Tech University School of Art (F Jay Taylor Visual Arts Center) located at 1 Mayfield Street, Ruston, LA 71272 (between Tech Drive and Mayfield Street, next to the Natatorium, and... Read More

Artist Talk: Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman, Geolocation: Mapping the Data Stream Thursday, December 8th at 5 pm (free and open to the public) Louisiana Tech University School of Art (Visual Arts Center), room #103 Visual Arts Center is located at 1 Mayfield Street, Ruston, LA 71272 (between Tech Drive... Read More

The best new museum of American art to open in 25 years just opened in November in Bentonville Arkansas.  The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the lifelong project of Walmart heiress Alice Walton, houses a sensational collection of American painting from colonial days to the present in a building... Read More