Recent News, Awards, and Events
Browse my recent news, lectures, events, and awards below. This list is updated through about 2021; for previous news or a more comprensive list of happenings, see my curriculum vitae (coming soon).
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Invited Lecture at Kent State University
November 14, 2025 “The Harbinger is Home: Ambivalence and Accountability for Prospect New Orleans’s Local Community.” Part of Kent State University Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series. Read more here.
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News, Public Programs
“Allison Young Named SAAM Research Fellow”July 25, 2025 Article about my SAAM Fellowship on the LSU College of Art and Design website. Read more here.
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Spring 2025 Grantee of CAA Millard-Meiss Publication FundJuly 24, 2025 This publication subvention grant from CAA will assist with costs associated with the publication of my forthcoming book. Read more here.
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Awards, News
Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum2025 I have been awarded a Patricia and Phillip Frost Senior Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum for the 2025-2026 academic year. Read more here.
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Recipient of a Publication Subvention Grant from the New Foundation for Art History2025 This publication subvention grant from NFAH will assist with costs associated with the publication of my forthcoming book. Read more here.
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Awards
Recipient of 2025 LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award2025 The LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award recognizes faculty at the rank of assistant professor who have outstanding records of scholarship and published research. Read more here.
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“Allison Young Awarded 2025 LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award”March 24, 2025 Article about my Faculty Award on the LSU College of Art and Design website. Read more here.
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“Shades of Blue” re-printed in alia ali . . . one of many February 2025 The essay “Shades of Blue: Alia Ali’s INDIGO - Vision and Opacity” is re-published in the first volume of the artist’s three-part multigraph, published by Hatje Cantz. Read more here.
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Presentation at College Art Association Annual ConferenceFebruary 13, 2025 Presented a paper titled “Souvenirs of Earth: Catastrophe and Hope in the Art of Dawn DeDeaux” in the panel “Space Art in the Anthropocene” at 2025 College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY. Conference program.
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