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The School of Design invites all faculty, staff and students, as well as the general public, to a visiting artist lecture with Deborah Luster. This virtual lecture will be held at 4:30pm on Wednesday, 9 March. ZOOM link: https://latech.zoom.us/j/97235136624?pwd=VUcvUkE2RDU3UG1JVlBhSElCQ3U0dz09 Deborah Luster is best known for her long-term documentary projects, One Big... Read More

Experiential Design (ExD) Studio Featuring the collaborative work of Interior Design and Graphic Design IDES 353 / ART 413 Monday, 21 February, 4:30-6:30pm, Prescott Memorial Library / 10th Floor

THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED. A FUTURE DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED.   The School of Design invites all faculty, staff and students, as well as the general public, to a visiting artist lecture with Brandan “BMike” Odums. Artist Bio: Brandan “BMike” Odums is a New Orleans-based visual artist who, through exhibitions,... Read More

Communicating Through Multi-Sensory Loss MFA Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition Pankita Patel February 21 – 25, 2022 Artist Talk: February 21, 5pm The Moffett Gallery FJ Taylor Visual Arts Center, 1 Mayfield Ave, Ruston LA 71272 The Louisiana Tech School of Design is pleased to announce the opening reception and thesis talk for... Read More

6th Louisiana Biennial: National Juried Exhibition Possible Impossible Worlds Juror: Rebecca R. Hart, Independent Curator January 25 | Juror Talk 5pm | Reception 6pm Juror’s Talk will be socially distanced in-person and available virtually. https://tinyurl.com/2p8j2jbw Exhibition Dates: January 25 – February 15, 2022 Juror is Rebecca R. Hart, an Independent... Read More

Congratulations to SOD Visiting Assistant Professor Vitus Shell for being recognized as one of five Louisianians of the Year by Louisiana Life Magazine! You can find his feature in the magazine here. Congratulations, Vitus!!

All current LATECH Students are invited to submit work to the School of Design Annual Student Exhibition. Our juror this year is David Wolske, a typo/graphic designer, artist, and educator. His interdisciplinary practice combines the traditions of letterpress and printmaking with digital tools and design thinking. Wolske’s work is exhibited and... Read More

The School of Design welcomes visual artist and songwriter Abe Partridge to the Louisiana Tech University campus as one of its Winter Quarter visiting artists. He will talk about his life’s journey, perform original songs, and exhibit a selection of his paintings. ABE PARTRIDGE Exhibition and Performance Thursday, 9 December... Read More

Cognizance MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition Paul Trichel October 26 – November 2 Tuesday, October 26 Artist Talk: 5 pm, Opening Reception: 5:30 – 7 pm The 2021 Thesis Exhibition “Cognizance” will feature work by Masters of Fine Art candidate Paul Trichel.  The photographs included in this exhibition explore the concept... Read More

MATTHEW PERSINGER, AIA, LEED-AP CURRENT WORK of DUVALL DECKER ARCHITECTS Monday, 18 October 2021 at 4pm in TVAC, Room 103   The School of Design has happy to welcome Matthew Persinger, AIA, LEED AP to the Louisiana Tech Campus. Matt is a Senior Project Manager at Duvall Decker Architects in... Read More

Cutting Edges: Collages by Retired Art Historian Saul Zalesch Tuesday, October 19 Artist Talk: 5pm, Opening Reception: 6pm Exhibition Dates: October 19 – November 2 The Louisiana Tech University School of Design invites all faculty, staff and students, as well as members of the community, to the opening reception for... Read More

CALL FOR ENTRY 6th Louisiana Biennial: National Juried Exhibition Louisiana Tech University SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 6, 2021   EXHIBITION DATES: January 25 – February 15, 2022   Louisiana Biennial: National Juried Exhibition is open to artists in the US making 2D, 3D and video works exploring any theme. Juror is... Read More

The Louisiana Tech University School of Design invites all faculty, staff and students, as well as members of the community, to the opening reception for a new exhibition in the Bethea and Moffett Galleries. The exhibition, The Phoebe Allen Mathys Collection: Featuring Work by Phoebe Allen Mathys, Mary Moffett, Kelly... Read More

Congratulations to the award- and scholarship-winners from the Studio Art Program!  

Congratulations to the award- and scholarship-winners from the Architecture Program!

The work of the Design/Build Studio (ARCH 335) will be dedicated on Friday, 21 May at MedCamps of Louisiana. Hero’s Origin, the new entrance to MedCamps will be unveiled at 2pm! Thanks to the leadership of Brad Deal and Robert Brooks, as well as the 26 third year architecture students... Read More

Congratulations to the award- and scholarship-winners from the Graphic Design Program!

Congratulations to the award- and scholarship-winners from the Interior Design Program!    

This year, Master of Architecture students were charged with imagining and comprehensively designing a new science building to replace Carson-Taylor Hall. Home for the School of Biological Sciences, the new building would sit at the intersection of Adams Blvd and Dan Reneau Drive, and provides educational spaces, research labs, and... Read More

The Director’s List recognizes students who have earned a Grade Point Average of 3.5+ in all studio-based courses taken over the past year (Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Winter 2020-21). Our students’ academic advisors compile this information, and it is our pleasure to share the Director’s List to you!

Over the next few days, we will recognize the outstanding achievements of our School of Design students with awards and scholarships, sharing the announcements of these awards via our School’s website and social media.   We will be most excited to have the SOD Awards back in a live, face-to-face... Read More

Relapse is a collection of Louisiana Tech’s Senior artists attempting to assert their identity within contemporary society while navigating difficult ideologies and beliefs. The show opens in the [TVAC GALLERIES] on May 3rd, 2021, and features works that question social norms to prompt introspection within the viewer. Each artist presents... Read More

How to Have Fun: A Little About Design Lecture by Bryce Wong Monday, 26 April at 4:00pm Via ZOOM – ID: 924 1101 0350   Passcode: sod2021 The School of Design is happy to host a Zoom conversation with designer, Bryce Wong. Bryce Wong is a footwear designer in the SB (skateboarding) Department... Read More

Please join the Louisiana Tech University School of Design Gallery for the Spring 2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Subterene: Operating Beneath the Surface. Featuring paintings, digital paintings and digital illustration from Hannah Fulton, Kaitlin Maloy, & Kayla O’Neal. Exhibition: April 12 – 20 Virtual Artist Talks: April 13, 5:00 PM via ZOOM... Read More

Congratulations to our award recipients! Student Show Awards: Best in Show MFA : Sublime, Jennifer Robison Best in Show BFA: Structure 420, Ben Wreyford Best in Studio 2D: Cyprus, Hannah Buillon Best in Studio 3D: Painting Wheel, Thomas Faulkner Best in Studio Photography: Ghost in the Road, Jacob Moffett Best... Read More

Unexpected Modernism   Film Viewing and Q/A Wednesday/March 24 4:00pm Wyly Auditorium The School of Design is proud to present the film Unexpected Modernism on the Louisiana Tech Campus. A story of innovation, education, exploration, modern architecture and love of Shreveport, the film documents the careers of Shreveport architects Samuel G. and William B. Wiener. Following... Read More

Exhibition Dates: March 23 – 30, 2021 Juror: Nick Peña, Visual Artist and Educator F Jay Taylor Visual Arts Center: Bethea and Moffett Galleries Virtual Juror’s Lecture and Award Ceremony: March 23, 5pm CST via Zoom Meeting ID: 975 0860 3958 Passcode: 532683   Please join the Louisiana Tech University School of Design... Read More

Lisa Klakulak works the medium of wool into figurative sculpture and body adornment through intensifying processes of wet felting, natural dyeing and free-motion machine embroidery. Her STRONGFELT work has been featured widely in print publications, fine craft exhibitions and acknowledged through American Craft Council Awards of Excellence. With a reputation... Read More

Charlotte Lee’s work in the Atlanta film and television industry as a set decoration buyer includes Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Suicide Squad and many others. Before establishing herself in Atlanta, Charlotte earned a BFA in Drawing & Painting from the University of Georgia and worked as... Read More