Fine and Graphic Art

Pineville student artist win Borders Scholarship, Meraki Award

NATCHITOCHES – Skye Marie Dager of Pineville is the winner of the 2024 Meraki Scholarship presented to a student in Northwestern State University’s Department of Fine and Graphic Art.  Artist James Borders established the scholarship to honor the memory of his wife, Lisa Chesser Borders, who lost her battel with cancer in 2018 at age […]

Registration open for NSU summer art camps

NATCHITOCHES – Registration is open for Art Camp at Northwestern State University.  There will be two sessions for children, “Robots Everywhere!” and “Pirates and Sea Creatures” for children ages 5-11 and Advanced Projects for Teens for 12-18-year-olds.

“Robots Everywhere” will be June 3-7.  Students will revisit classical works of art with a robot twist and do […]

Hotter ‘N Hell cocktail party set to be a sizzling affair

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of Fine and Graphic Art and NSU’s Hospitality Management and Tourism program will partner to host a patron cocktail party to celebrate the annual “Hotter ‘N Hell” art exhibition.  The patron cocktail party will be from 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 in Orville Hanchey Gallery on NSU’s main campus.

“Chef […]

NSU hosts workshop for K-12 art teachers

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of Fine and Graphic Art hosted a professional development program for Louisiana K-12 art teachers.  A cohort of 13 teachers from Rapides, Caddo, Natchitoches, Calcasieu and St. Landry parishes attended six art workshops and the Natchitoches-Northwestern Folk Festival and enjoyed fellowship with each other while living in Varnado Hall, […]

Mickayla Love is 2023 recipient of Lisa Chesser Borders Scholarship

Love’s senior art exhibition is on display through Friday, April 28 in Gallery II

NATCHITOCHES – Mickayla Love of Cecilia is this year’s recipient of the Lisa Chesser Borders Endowed Scholarship and Meraki Award, established in 2019 by Natchitoches artist James Borders to honor his late wife.  Love is a graduating senior at Northwestern State University […]

NSU Mazda art car project, will be featured at Barksdale Air Show

NATCHITOCHES – Anna Kent of Shreveport is winner of the 2023 Mazda STEAM Art Car competition at Northwestern State University.  In addition to winning a $500 scholarship from the School of Creative and Performing Arts, her design, “Fired Up,” will be featured on a Mazda RX-8 with paint work currently underway.

“My design theme is centered […]

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