LSU Museum of Art Summer Project Program
The LSU Museum of Art, in collaboration with LSU Discover, welcomes LSU undergraduates to apply to work on a summer research project in the museum archives.
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
Please direct questions about this project to lsudiscover@lsu.edu
Summer 2024 Recipient:
Name | Major |
Sydney Grafals | Mass Communication, conc. in Public Relations |
Applicant information
Leadership Team
Michelle Schulte, Chief Curator and Director of Programs, LSU Museum of Art
Marianna Luquette, Registrar, LSU Museum of Art
Sarah Ferstel, Director, LSU Discover Undergraduate Research Program