Art & Art History

CoA+A Receives National Scholastics Award for Excellence

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The College of Arts + Architecture has received the 2022 Dick Robinson Award for Excellence in the Field as the Mid-Carolina Regional Art Affiliate of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. The prestigious award is presented annually by the Alliance of Young Artists & Writers who manage the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards nationwide. The […]

Department of Art & Art History Announces New Faculty

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The Department of Art & Art History welcomes three new full-time faculty members in the upcoming academic year. Samira ShiriDevich will join the Department in August as Assistant Professor of Graphic Design – Motion Design. Lorraine Turi will join the Department in August as Lecturer in Digital Foundations/3D. Mallory Nanny will join the Department in […]

Mint Museum Series Features Work by Professor/Former Art Department Chair

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Professor of Art Lydia Thompson, former chair of the Department of Art & Art History, is the new Constellation CLT artist at the Mint Museum of Art. Constellation CLT is a solo exhibition series that features work by local artists. The installations rotate three times per year. Lydia Thompson: Travelers will be on view May […]

Memorial Recognizes Strength of Community After April 30

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It’s quiet in the garden where the new memorial stands tall among the trees. Sometimes sunlight filters through the leaves to illuminate a message of hope. You are strong enough. Always believe. We have each other. “It’s such an environment of peace, of seeking silence,” says senior art major Vannah Mobley. “It invites you into […]

Student Wins Purchase Award in National Juried Exhibition

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A work by art student Asia Hanon was selected for the 35th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition and received the Lucy Brown Winfree Purchase Award as one of just seven pieces to be added to the McNeese State University permanent collection. The exhibition, which includes 70 works by artists from across the Unites […]

Leah Amber McBride

Art Historian, Admissions Officer at the University of Glasgow, Scotland

CoA+A Announces 2022 Distinguished Alumni

The College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) will honor five Distinguished Alumni on Friday, March 18, in the eighth annual celebration of alumni achievement. The award ceremony will take place at 11:30 am in Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts and will be open to the public. The Distinguished Alumni Awards were created by the […]

Professor is New Mint Museum “Constellation CLT” Artist

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Thirteen paintings by Assistant Professor of Art Andrew Leventis will be in exhibition at the Mint Museum Uptown, January 14-May 8, in the museum’s Constellation CLT series. The series celebrates work by local artists, spotlighting three artists each year. The exhibition, Andrew Leventis: Contemporary Vanities, features work created since the pandemic began, photorealist still-life oil […]

Hamilton Ward

Photographer/Videographer and Gameplay Capture Artist for EPIC Games

Elizabeth Arzani

Professional Artist and Arts Educator