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Painting & Drawing Undergraduate BFA

“What counts is that the artist should be the kind of person to whom existence is the manifestation of life and death, love and violence, harmony and disharmony, order and disorder in whatever he sees and is and does.”

— Rudolf Arnheim.

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Rachel Taylor, ART 4800 Senior Project

ART 1847 Drawing and Composition

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Undergraduate BFA Painting & Drawing The painting and drawing area is a comprehensive program that recognizes and is informed by the deep roots of its history.

It is equally aware of the significant role painting and drawing continues to play in contemporary culture. The painted or drawn image remains a basic tool of self-definition and understanding of the human condition.

ART 1849 Introduction to Painting

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Undergraduate Admissions The LSU School of Art seeks motivated, enthusiastic students regardless of previous background in the visual arts. However, admission into the BFA in studio art program is a selective two-part process that begins when a student who has been accepted by LSU’s admissions office indicates a preference for studio art.

Foundation Year The first part of the admissions process occurs when a student who is accepted by LSU indicates a preference for studio art as their major. The primary tool for identifying candidates to enter the studio art Foundations Program is a review of their high school academic GPA and ACT or SAT scores. Students who feel they would be better represented by a personal interview to present their portfolio should contact the School of Art office to schedule an on-campus meeting. Students who have been accepted for admission into the Foundations Program will be notified in writing. Students who are not accepted into one of the major concentrations may complete the minor in fine arts.

ART 4880, Figure Painting, Norman Faucheaux

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ART 1011, 2D Design

Painting & Drawing studio space

ART 2882, Abstract Painting, Molly Perrault

ART 1848, Beginning Figure Drawing

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Portfolio Guidelines The second phase of the admission process for the BFA in studio art takes place upon completion of the freshman year. Students submit a portfolio of work created in their first-year foundation courses. Students who successfully pass this review may pursue the three-year concentration in Painting & Drawing and any studio art minor concentration listed in the LSU General Catalog.

The painting faculty will consider for selective admission to the program those students who have:

»» Completed prerequisite courses »» Met the minimum GPA requirements »» Submitted a portfolio and application form Include work from the following classes (a minimum of two pieces from each class): •ART 1011 •ART 1847 •ART 1848 •ART 1849

*You may enter one additional piece of your choice, but it is not required

ART 1849, Introduction to Painting

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ART 1849, Introduction to Painting

ART 4886, Landscape Painting

ART 1849: Introduction to Painting

Figure Drawing critique

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About the Curriculum The LSU Painting and Drawing curriculum provides an intellectual and creative environment that addresses an awareness of traditional conventions in the context of current forms, methods, and issues. It stresses both breadth and depth.

The first step to successful work in painting and drawing is a firm basis in the fundamentals of drawing and design (2D and 3D) that are essential components of the School of Art Foundations curriculum. After completing foundation core courses that encourage students to explore other disciplines, undergraduate students continue through intermediate and advanced drawing and painting courses that build technical proficiency and a contextual understanding of artistic practice. The painting and drawing program offers a wide array of artistic experiences ranging from figure and landscape painting to courses that address subjects such as abstract painting, water media, and performance and installation art. During the senior year students are provided with individual studios. The culmination of the undergraduate program is the Senior Project where students develop an individual aesthetic direction and body of work that is exhibited to the public in the BFA exhibition.

ART 2879, Figure Drawing II

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Taylor Pauly

Six full-time faculty members in painting and drawing represent a varied range of approaches and areas of expertise. Faculty share a commitment to building a strong awareness of the power and transcendence of visual images and their ability to communicate ideas and understanding across cultural boundaries.

Class time is divided between in-class projects, either assigned or independent—where instructors move from easel to address practical and technical issues—and individual and group critiques: how to do what you want to do is balanced by the unending question of what does what you do mean? Interaction with visiting artists and critics provides alternate perspectives and reinforces a sense of professionalism.

ART 1847, Introduction to Drawing

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Other Aspects of the Curriculum Art history The goal of the art history curriculum is to make artistic traditions relevant and to celebrate the masters of both past and the present in a way that enables students to develop an understanding of the history and criticism surrounding the studio area(s) in which they practice. The course work enables students to understand their own place in the continuum of culture and to use their knowledge of past periods and styles to inform their analysis of present and future projects, problems and practices. A total of five courses (15 credits) comprise the art history requirement of the digital art curriculum.

Liberal arts and sciences In the 39-hour general education curriculum, students learn to think for themselves in new ways about age-old questions of existence that touch upon each of our lives and find their way into every work of our creative expression. Students become more inquisitive, inventive and productive artists in the process.

The general education requirement represents a conviction on the part of the faculty that all students need to reason logically, communicate effectively and relate to the world around them. While courses completed in studio art develop specific knowledge and skills in a chosen profession, general education courses not only enhance awareness of the world and the people in it, but also foster an appreciation of the arts and humanities and provide a basic understanding of mathematical and scientific principles.

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ART 4880, Figure Painting

Foster Hall

ART 4886, Landscape Painting

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Learning Outcomes Students graduating with the BFA in Studio Art demonstrate that they have developed:

»» a portfolio of original work suitable for either the pursuit of graduate study or professional practice in their area of concentration;

»» an ability to conduct research and to synthesize solutions to artistic, technical and conceptual problems within their area of concentration;

»» an understanding of art and design principles and skill in artistic, technical and conceptual decision making;

»» the experience to evaluate work in their field, including their own work, using professional language;

»» an eye for significant historical and contemporary cultural trends and styles that affect their work;

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skills to communicate their ideas professionally and connect with their intended audience using relevant visual, oral and written presentations;

»» the professional and social behaviors necessary to cooperate and compete successfully.

Foster Hall studio

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ART 4889, Advanced Drawing Workshop

Student Organizations Art history and general education courses are designed to produce students who have developed:

»» an effective command of written and spoken English,

»» an informed appreciation of the roles of the arts and the humanities,

»» a familiarity with the nature and function of the social sciences,

»» an appreciation of the methods

The Painters’ League is an independent student-run organization that provides an opportunity for students to conduct group critiques amongst themselves. They attend gallery and museum exhibitions together and also sponsor artists’ presentations.

They hold an annual exhibition and a separate painting sale.

– Haley Jensen, President.

of critical inquiry,

»» an ability to deal with moral and ethical issues,

»» a reasoned basis for selecting a career path,

»» an understanding of other cultures and other times,

»» and a comprehension of how knowledge is acquired and applied.

BFA show

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Facilities Painting and drawing classes are held in Foster Hall and the Studio Arts Buildings.

Foster Hall has three large well-equipped painting studios with storage racks, taborets and easels, three drawing studios with model stands, easels and drawing benches. The Studio Arts Building is one large room, approximately 7,000 square feet, currently used for senior projects and students have access to studios seven days a week.

For MFA students, generous private and semi-private studio space is available. Primary studios and workshops are equipped with a wide range of equipment and computers.


Murphy J. Foster Hall

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ART 4800, Senior project Alyssa Matthews (Detail)

The LSU School of Art has all the facilities of the large, comprehensive school of art that it is, computer labs, photo labs, a foundry, extensive printmaking facilities, etc. There are four exhibition spaces on campus available to students for projects and exhibitions.

In downtown Baton Rouge the Shaw Center for the Arts houses galleries, theaters, a rooftop restaurant and more. The Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Exhibition Gallery is on the ground floor, the LSU Museum of Art is on the 5th floor.
 Art books are housed in Middleton Library and in the Rare Book Room of the Hill Memorial Library.

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About the Faculty Scott Andresen is an assistant professor in foundations at the LSU School of Art. He has a significant record of shows and awards such as the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, Jacob Javits Fellowship, and the New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship.

Andresen leads the foundations area for the School of Art and the graduate teaching seminar. His work is a balance of two-

Scott Andresen

dimensional and three-dimensional design that utilizes historic,

Assistant Professor

handmade forms of creation, such as metalworking and quilting, along with more contemporary technologies including AutoCAD and Rhino. He earned his BFA in sculpture at Hunter College and his MFA in painting and printmaking at Yale University.

Denyce Celentano is an associate professor of painting and drawing at LSU and the associate director of the LSU School of Art. She received her BA from Boston College and her MFA from East Carolina University and has studied painting and drawing at York University School of Visual Arts in Ontario, Canada. Her

Denyce Celentano

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paintings have been exhibited in various venues throughout the United States, including Seattle; Washington, DC; New York; North Carolina; Massachusetts; and Tennessee. Her work is included in several public and private collections.

Scott Andresen “Brown”

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Denyce Celentano, “Everyone at the Beach Drives the Same Car”

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Kelli Scott Kelley is a professor of painting at the LSU School of Art. Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Kelley received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from LSU and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She lived in the San Francisco Bay area and in Houston, Texas, for 15 years before Kelli Scott Kelley

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returning to Baton Rouge with her husband to raise their son and teach at LSU. Since 1987, her work has been primarily comprised of mixed-media narrative paintings, drawings, and objects. She has also collaborated with her husband, composer Bill Kelley, on surreal performances and video pieces. Kelley’s paintings have been exhibited in many venues including the Mesic Ve Dne Gallerie in Czeske Budejovice, Czech Republic; Bangalore University in India; the Contemporary Arts Museum and the Hooks-Epstein Gallery in Houston, Texas; the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in Colorado; and Taylor Bercier Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2012, Kelley was awarded a $32,000 ATLAS grant (Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars) to complete her project Accalia and the Swamp Monster. The traveling exhibit, Accalia and the Swamp Monster opened in August 2014 at the LSU Museum of Art in a joint event with LSU Press, which published Kelley’s book of the same name in April 2014.

John Malveto is an associate professor of painting and drawing at the LSU School of Art. He holds an MFA in painting and sculpture from Arizona State University. Malveto taught at several universities prior to joining the faculty at Louisiana State University in 1983. He has been represented by numerous

John Malveto

Associate Professor

galleries and has participated in solo and group exhibitions, earning multiple awards. Presently he is showing with the Kodner Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri.

“LaJolla Sunset”

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About the Faculty Frederick Ortner was trained in New York City at Pratt Institute, the New York Studio School, and New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts. His painting has been supported by grants from the Skowegan School, the Royal College of Art in London, the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, the E. J. Noble Foundation, and the MacDowell Colony. His work has been exhibited in New Frederick Ortner

York at the Bowery Gallery, the Blue Mountain Gallery, and the

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Prince Street Gallery. He has also exhibited in public and private galleries in Connecticut, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Texas, Iowa, Norway, and France.

Jacqueline Dee Parker was born in New York City and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. She holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA in creative writing with a secondary emphasis in painting and drawing from Louisiana State University.

Parker has served as an instructor at LSU since 1993—she taught

Jacqueline Dee Parker

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in the Department of English before joining the School of Art in 2003. Ann Connelly Fine Art (LA), Diane Birdsall Gallery (CT), and Hooks-Epstein Gallery (TX), represent her work, and she is an artist member of the Baton Rouge Gallery center for contemporary art. .

Frederick Ortner, “Valmiletta”

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Ed Smith is a professor of painting and drawing at Louisiana State University. Smith was born in Naples, Italy. He received his BFA in painting from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his MFA in painting from Brooklyn College at the City University of New York. After working at Queens College in New York for 10 Ed Smith

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years, Smith came to teach at LSU, where he became fascinated by the Louisiana landscape. He was also interested in the work of John James Audubon and intrigued by the intersection of wildlife and industry in South Louisiana. His paintings are about the clash that occurs where nature and man collide. In 1979, Smith was an original crew member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Environmental concerns have played an important role in his work ever since. Smith’s work has been exhibited at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire; Islip Museum in New York; North Carolina Museum of Natural History in Raleigh; Huntsville Museum in Alabama; Walter Anderson Museum in Ocean Springs, Mississippi; Contemporary Art Center in Mobile, Alabama; Redbud Gallery in Houston, Texas; Dome Gallery in New York; Sylvia Schmidt Gallery in New Orleans; Clark Gallery in Southampton, New York; and Whitney Art Works in Portland, Maine, among others. He has had solo exhibitions at Cape Cod Museum of Art in Massachusetts and the Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala, Florida. He is currently represented by Soren Christiansen Gallery in New Orleans and Erdreich White Fine Art in Boston.

Jacqueline Dee Parker, “Graphite”

Ed Smith, “Raft”

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