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The School of Design is happy to welcome artist Jennifer Scheuer to the Louisiana Tech University campus. Scheuer will present a lecture in conjunction with a current show of her work in the School of Design Moffett Gallery.  Seeing and Healing Artist Lecture by Jennifer Scheuer Tuesday, 18 October at 5:00pm... Read More

Field Operations: The Highline and Beyond Lecture by Tatiana V. Choulika Monday, 17 October at 5:30pm FJ Taylor Visual Arts Center, Room 103 The School of Design is happy to welcome landscape architect Tatiana V. Choulika to the Louisiana Tech University campus. Ms. Choulika serves as Principal of James Corner... Read More

Brad Deal and Robert Brooks, architecture faculty in Louisiana Tech University’s School of Design, have won the Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award in the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) 2016 I Look Up Film Challenge for their inspirational short film titled, “Rebuilding MedCamps.” Deal’s production was selected as... Read More

Congratulations to Professor Robert Brooks, Professor Brad Deal  and the students of ARCH 335 (2014) for earning both a Merit Award and the Members Choice Award for the Larkin Gibbs Memorial Pavilion at the 2016 AIA Louisiana Design Awards. There are only a handful of awards given at this annual event... Read More

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Nicole Duet for being awarded the Dean’s Research Award and to Associate Professor Nicholas Bustamante for being awarded the Dean’s Teaching Award at the College of Liberal Arts 2016-17 Convocation.

The School of Design at Louisiana Tech University is pleased to announce the opening reception for new solo exhibitions in the Bethea and Moffett Galleries. Nearly West and Southern Kingdom, photographs by Walker Pickering, as well as Seeing and Healing, prints and installation by Jennifer Scheuer will be on view in the TVAC galleries from September... Read More

Louisiana Tech University School of Design Associate Professor Frank Hamrick traveled to Denton, Texas to teach a bookmaking workshop, critique work by photography students and attend a reception for his work included in the three person exhibition “Recalling” at the University of North Texas Art Galleries. Twenty of Hamrick’s tintype... Read More

Joey Slaughter, Associate Professor of Studio Art, exhibits a new series of works at Studio 301 (301 N. Trenton) in Ruston. The exhibit, titled Voices Carry, will be on display through 14 October. For more information, please call Studio 301 at 318-614-4057.

Raluca Iancu, Assistant Professor of Studio Art, is currently at a month-long residency at the The Vermont Studio Center, in Johnson, VT. The Vermont Studio Center is the largest international residency program in the US, hosting more than 50 visual artists and writers each month from across the country and... Read More

Kevin Singh, Associate Professor of Architecture, served a session speaker at the 2016 NCARB Licensing Advisors Summit held in Chicago from 5-6 August . The purpose of the Summit is to convene all US architecture licensing boards, all universities with architecture programs and the professional community to discuss the path to architectural... Read More

Kyle Triplett, Assistant Professor of Studio Art and the Clarece Harp Lyles Endowed Professor in Ceramic Arts, is midway through a month long ceramics symposium and residency in Bechyne, Czech Republic. The symposium includes eight artists from the US, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany and Austria, working at the Laufen Ceramics Factory and in... Read More

Guy W. Carwile, the Ken Hollis Endowed Professor in Liberal Arts/Architecture, will visit the Louisiana Humanities Center at Turner’s Hall (938 Lafayette Street in New Orleans) to discuss his recently co-authored book, “The Modernist Architecture of Samuel G. and William B. Wiener” on Friday,12 August from 12:15-1:00pm. Books will be available for purchase... Read More

Nick Bustamante, Associate Professor and Studio Art Program Chair, is featured in the current issue of Bayou Life Magazine. To see the article please click here. Even better, hunt down a printed version and see images of his artwork. Congratulations, Nick!

Assistant Professor Nicole Duet’s painting, “Vickie,” has been selected as Best in Show in Fusion Art’s Red, White and Blue Online Juried Exhibition. This work will be featured at the Fusion Art’s Palm Springs Gallery in November. Congratulations, Nicole!

Please join us on Friday, 20 May, from 6-8:30pm for the Master of Architecture Graduate Exhibition in the galleries of the Visual Arts Center of the Louisiana Tech University Campus. Sixteen students will show their Comprehensive Projects to culminate their graduate studies.   Lonnie Bennett Kaleb Bonvillain Darrell Burgess, Jr.... Read More

The School of Design is pleased to welcome designer Primo Orpilla to the Louisiana Tech Campus. “Workplace Evolved” / Monday, 9 May / 5:30pm / FJ Taylor Visual Arts Center, Room 103 Primo Orpilla, IIDA, is co-founder of Studio O + A, an internationally recognized design studio located in San... Read More

The School of Design presents the 2016 SOD Awards on Friday, 6 May at 3pm in the FJ Taylor Visual Arts Center, Room 103. Please join us as we recognize students from Architecture, Graphic Design, Interior Design and Studio Art. Hors d’oeuvres following awards ceremony.

The School of Design and AIGA Louisiana Tech is happy to welcome designer and illustrator Mirko Ilić to the Louisiana Tech Campus on Thursday, 12 May at 5pm in the University Hall Auditorium. Mirko Ilić Corp. was established in 1995 as a multi-disciplinary studio specializing in graphic design, 3D animation, motion picture titles, and... Read More

The School of Design is pleased to announce the opening reception for Uncommon Collective, Tuesday, May 3rd from 6 to 8 PM. This exhibition features work from senior Bachelor of Fine Arts students working in photography, sculpture, ceramics, drawing and painting. This event is free and open to the public.... Read More

It’s with sadness to inform everyone that Phoebe Allen Mathys, Professor Emerita of the School of Design, passed away Sunday (5/1) morning after a long illness. She left her imprint on our School through her decades of teaching and touched the lives of countless students during her tenure at Louisiana Tech... Read More

Congratulations to the School of Design students recently recognized at the 2016 College of Liberal Art Academic Excellence Luncheon on 19 April. These students were nominated by the faculty representing the very best of their respective programs. Well done! Our Honorees (left to right): Sarah Chenevert (Graphic Design); Katie Minyard... Read More

Buildings and Projects Lecture by Murray Legge Monday, 25 April at 5:30pm FJ Taylor Visual Arts Center, Room 103 The School of Design is happy to welcome architect Murray Legge to the Louisiana Tech University campus. Murray Legge, FAIA, is principal of Murray Legge Architecture located in Austin Texas. Projects... Read More

Performative Surfaces: Structural Solutions for a Changing World Lecture by Craig Schwitter Monday, 18 April at 6:30pm FJ Taylor Visual Arts Center, Room 103 The School of Design is happy to welcome Craig Schwitter to the Louisiana Tech University campus. Craig Schwitter is a structural engineer and principal of BuroHappold... Read More

Associate Professor of Studio Art and Graduate Coordinator Joey Slaughter was recently featured in the publication Fresh Paint, an international, independent bi-monthly magazine. He was selected by artist Andrew Salgado for inclusion in its International Issue, Volume 12. Professor Slaughter was also selected from almost 1,000 applicants for inclusion in New American Paintings,... Read More

The Louisiana Tech School of Design is pleased to announce the second of two opening receptions and thesis presentations for our 2016 graduating MFA candidates. These exhibitions and presentations are presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for completion of the Masters of Fine Arts Degrees in Studio Art and Graphic... Read More

Congratulations to Associate Professor Nicholas Bustamante and the students of his ART 320 digital painting class. An excellent article  highlights the collaborative work between art and science in the School of Design. Please join us on Thursday, 14 April, 6-8pm at the Louisiana Tech University Enterprise Center to seek the work... Read More

Congratulations to Assistant Professors Marla Emory (Chair, Interior Design) and Tom Futrell (Chair, Graphic Design) for presenting their co-authored paper, “Breaking Academic Silos: Interdisciplinary Teaching Methods and Collaborations,” at the 2016 Interior Design Educators Council held in Portland, Oregon (9-12 March). The paper describes teaching pedagogy over a two-year design studio collaboration... Read More

The Louisiana Tech School of Design is pleased to announce the first of two opening receptions and thesis presentations for our 2016 graduating MFA candidates. These exhibitions and presentations are presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for completion of the Masters of Fine Arts Degrees in Studio Art and Graphic... Read More

Assistant Professors Liane Hancock, Brad Deal and Miguel Lasala presented papers at the 2016 National Conference on the Beginning Design Student in San Luis Obispo, California. This conference has developed into the most significant venue to discuss foundation design pedagogy in architecture. This year’s conference explored the role and value of 1:1 (full... Read More

Congratulations to students of the School of Design for being selected to represent Louisiana Tech University at the 2016 University of Louisiana System’s Academic Summit to be held on 14-15 April on the campus of Nicholls State University. This celebration of academic excellence at UL System Universities will encompass the system-wide... Read More