-Summer Project Program-

Project: The Role of Ivory in Art for the Export Trade before 1950

This project will examine how Asian and African ivory was used to craft small art objects for export to Europe and the Americas, detailing the history, techniques, imagery, and impact of this practice. The researcher will analyze a minimum of ten pieces from the LSUMOA collection, providing a comprehensive examination of each. The findings, along with high-resolution 3D imagery of the artworks (created by undergraduate students in the previous semester), will be featured in an online exhibition on the museum’s website.

The student selected to work on the project will receive up to $3,000 in wages ($15/hour for 20 hours/week for 10 weeks) to work on the project during the Summer 2025 semester.  

Project supervisor: Museum Registrar Marianna Luquette

Please direct questions about this project to lsuour@lsu.edu  

 

LSU Museum of Art WWII Sketchbook Project

This project will use primary source research to document and develop interpretive history for artwork made by Edward Millman (1907–1964). The LSU Museum of Art owns a collection of wartime sketchbooks documenting the artist’s tour as a United States Navy combat artist in the Pacific theater during WWII from 1944–1945. The drawings relate scenes of combat, military life, and the surrounding civilian community. During the project, the student will digitally archive the sketchbooks, as they are fragile and in a state of deterioration, and research the activities and/or scenes related in at least fifteen of the works. The resulting findings will be combined with the digital imagery and presented as an online exhibition via the Museum’s website.

The student selected to work on the project will receive up to $3,000 in wages ($15/hour for 20 hours/week for 10 weeks) to work on the project during the Summer 2024 semester.  

Project supervisor: Museum Registrar Marianna Luquette

 

Summer 2024 Recipient: