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Two Louisiana Tech School of Design students are part of a pair of lengthy group shows that open in Baton Rouge and New Orleans this summer.
Jennifer Robison, an MFA candidate in Photography, is currently in the group show
Iridescence at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum, 100 S. River Road in Baton Rouge. The show opened July 17 and is set to run through July 31, 2022.
Maryam El-Awadi, a senior Studio Art major, will be in the group show
Louisiana Contemporary at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St. in New Orleans. The show runs Aug. 7 – Oct. 10.
Iridescence is the latest fine art exhibition at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum and will explore the phenomenon of color shifting through the works of Robison and other artists. The Museum has partnered with Dr. Nathan Lord, Assistant Professor in the Department of Entomology and Director of the Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, and friends from Louisiana State University to make the show possible.
Architecture grad heads to Waco and internship with Chip and Joanna Gaines
Shelby Gifford is an Architecture student graduating with her master’s from Louisiana Tech University in Spring 2021. She has accepted a summer internship with Chip and Joanna Gaines at Magnolia in Waco, Texas – beginning right after this weekend’s commencement events.
Gifford, originally from Arkansas, came to Louisiana Tech searching for a way to combine her love for art and math into a career. After touring the Architecture department, she knew that pursuing a degree in architecture at Louisiana Tech was the perfect fit for her and her career aspirations.
Ruston visual artist and Louisiana Tech School of Design professor Frank Hamrick is the recipient of Argent Financial Group’s Fellowship for the 2021 Hambidge Center’s Creative Residency Program, which includes a $700 stipend and a two-week residency at the Hambidge Center in Rural Gap, Ga., in July.
Hamrick is a tintype photographer and book artist, inspired by objects, the surrounding environment and the human experience. Besides serving as a professor, he is also Tech’s Master of Fine Arts Graduate Program Coordinator. Hamrick has also taught at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina and the University of Georgia’s study abroad program in Cortona, Italy.
During the fall of 2019, three Louisiana Tech University architecture students worked on a plan to enhance the Poverty Point World Heritage Site, the largest and most complex settlement in North Louisiana. These students were recently able to present their project to Louisiana’s Lieutenant Governor, Billy Nungesser, who is looking to expand tourism in North Louisiana.
Miranda Sharp, Jakob Mier, and Traci Reyes took on the project under the direction of Kevin Singh, Professor of Architecture for Louisiana Tech’s School of Design. These students came together through their shared memories of visiting Poverty Point on elementary school field trips.