Photos, videos: Walking through LSU Museum of Art's imaginary galaxy in 'Fierce Planets'
The LSU Museum of Art is showing the space-themed, textile art exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates,' through July 28.
Show show is composed of 42 quilts and fiber art pieces inspired by the theme of planets and outer space. It was curated by the Studio Art Quilt Associations of Hebron, Connecticut, from entries submitted from throughout the world.
LSU's museum is the first stop for this traveling exhibit, which also is supplemented by mineral samples from the LSU Department of Geology and Geophysics and an installation by students in the LSU College of Art + Design.
Hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 for ages 13 and older; and free for children age 12 and younger, university students with ID and veterans with ID and their families.
For more information, call (225) 389-7200 or visit lsumoa.org.
To read more about "Fierce Planets," click here.
Margaret Abramshe's 'A Sense of Wonder' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Jennifer Coghill's lab coat art, 'Inner Core/Outer Space,' hangs in the center of the gallery with mineral samples from LSU's Department Geology and Geophysics departments as its backdrop in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Marie Jeanne Welsch's 'Volatility Exposed' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Mary Tyler's 'Bang' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
A walk through the LSU Museum of Art's quilt, textile and fiber art space-themed exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.' Staff video by Robin Miller
Kathy Nida's 'I'm Floating in the Most Peculiar Way' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Misty M. Cole's 'The Big Bang' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, "Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates."
The LSU Department of Geology and Geophysics included a small vial of regolith, in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Dolores Miller's 'Pale Blue Dot 2' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Claire Passmore's 'Hot Stuff' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
A gallery view of Claire Passmore's 'Hot Stuff,' featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Claire Passmore's 'Hot Stuff' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
A quick sweep of the LSU Museum of Art's space-themed, textile exhibit, "Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates," running through July 28. Staff video by Robin Miller
Carolina Oneto's 'Imaginary Places IV' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Paula Rafferty's 'Storm' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Julie Coffman's 'Rabbit in the Moon,' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Jody B. Larson's 'Aurora Borealis Dance' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, "Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates."
Ann Harwell's 'Jupiter's Red Spot' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, "Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates."
Kathleen Decker's 'Marsquake!' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Debra Shaw's 'Exoplanets' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Anne Bellas' 'Soleil et Lunes (Sun and Moons)' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Joan M. Huffman's 'Postcard from Space, The Largest Planet,' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Geneviève Attinger's book-style, planetary 'The Improbable Modeling' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Geneviève Attinger's book-style, planetary 'The Improbable Modeling' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
The back of Geneviève Attinger's book-style, planetary 'The Improbable Modeling,' featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Dianne Firth's 'Saturn Observed' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Alicia Merrett's 'Unchartered Worlds' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Mieko Washio's 'Cosmos' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
LSU Art and Design students in Associate Professor Loren Schwerd's classes designed the installation, 'Corridors,' to complement the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
LSU Art and Design students in Associate Professor Loren Schwerd's classes designed the installation, 'Corridors,' to complement the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
LSU Art and Design students in Associate Professor Loren Schwerd's classes designed the installation, 'Corridors,' to complement the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
LSU Art and Design students in Associate Professor Loren Schwerd's classes designed the installation, 'Corridors,' to complement the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
LSU Art and Design students in Associate Professor Loren Schwerd's classes designed the installation, 'Corridors,' to complement the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
A walk through the site specific installation, "Corridors," designed by LSU College of Art + Design students to complement the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, "Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates." Staff video by Robin Miller
Mary Louise Gerek's 'Restless Layers' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Laurie Mutalipassi's 'Molten Fire' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Jennifer C. Solon's 'Untamed Fury' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Maria Eugenia Corbella's 'The Beauty of Chaos' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Sarah Lykins Entsminger's 'Golden Valley' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Libby Williamson's 'Buried Treasure' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Cecelia G. Mason's '671 Million MPH' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Dorothy Raymond's 'Dragon's Playground' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Gail J. Higenell's 'Earth Reframed: The Seen and the Unseen' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Miranda Renard's 'Storm on Jupiter' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Rosanna Lynne Welter's 'Craton' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Betty Busby's 'Coriolis' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Judith Content's 'Nebulae' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Laurie N. Fagen's 'Sun with Mercury' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Shin-hee Chin's 'Cosmic Threads: Connections of Neurons and Galaxies' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Cathy Calloway's 'Jovian Winds' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Eileen Searcy's 'Valles Marineris' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Gisha Wogier's 'Earth. Water. Fire.' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Lisa Flowers Ross' 'Titan Swath' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Helen Scheffer's 'Kumulipo: Source of Darkness' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
Gwyned Trefethen's 'In the Beginning' is featured in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates.'
The LSU Department of Geology and Geophysics supplemented the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit, 'Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates,' with a display of mineral samples.