Faculty

The Sculpture faculty members enjoy teaching and have studios in the facility. Students have excellent access to the faculty for technical assistance and individual critiques of their work. The faculty actively bring in visiting artists and organize special events within the Sculpture Area and the School. They are committed to maintaining a high energy program that acknowledges the traditions of sculpture while incorporating the developments of the contemporary art world.

Malcolm McClay

Assistant Professor of Sculpture
248 Old Engineering Shops
225.578.6831
mmcclay@lsu.edu

Born in Derry, Northern Ireland and raised in Donegal, Ireland, Malcolm studied at the University of Ulster in Belfast where he received his BA honors degree in Three-Dimensional Design. Growing up close to the border with Northern Ireland and attending university in Belfast at the height of “The Troubles,” Malcolm became interested in political forces and how they affect people’s lives. This theme recurs throughout his work. He came to the US in 1986 where he received his MA in Sculpture from New Mexico State University, returning to Ireland after he graduated.

He came back to the US after a year and a half in Australia and Asia to attend the graduate program at The Ohio State University where he earned his MFA in Sculpture and Performance. There he co-founded Crisus, a performance company. For the next ten years, Crisus wrote, produced and toured large-scale multimedia performances coast to coast throughout the US and abroad.

In 1999, Malcolm moved away from performance to concentrate on site-specific installation and kinetic sculpture. In his most recent work, the viewer becomes the performer as he or she moves through the space triggering kinetic elements of the installation. Malcolm moved from San Francisco to Louisiana in 2002 and began teaching at LSU in the fall of 2003.

http://www.malcolmmcclay.com/

Loren Schwerd

Assistant Professor of Sculpture
248 Old Engineering Shops
225.578.6191
lschwerd@lsu.edu

Loren was born in NYC. She received her BFA in Studio Art from Tulane University, and her MFA in Sculpture from Syracuse University. Her research includes sculpture, site-related installation, video, and wearable art. Loren’s diverse body of work reveals an inclination for paradoxical and metaphorical representations, a love of craft, and a sense of humor and empathy. Her recent work has been exhibited at the Southeastern Contemporary Art Center, NC, the Mobile Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum of Art, GA, the State Museum, SC, Grounds for Sculpture, NJ, the Owensboro Museum of Art, KY, the Car Art Museum in TX and the Spaces Gallery, OH. She has received fellowships from the Southeastern College Art Conference, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Millay Colony for the Arts. Loren taught at the College of Charleston, SC for several years before joining the LSU faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2005.

"Loveseat #1" 2004	"Loveseat #4" 2004
"Body of Water" 2003	Video Still from "Dixie" 2006

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