About the Art Department

Faculty

Ron Bechet
Chair & Victor H. Labat Endowed Professor of Art
Painting, Drawing Community Arts
Bldg. 39, Room 105
(504)520-7553
rbechet@xula.edu
MFA Yale University, School of Art

Dr. Mora J. Beauchamp-Byrd
Assistant Professor of Art History/
Curator of University Art Collections
Art History
Bldg. 43, Room 102
(504)520-5020
mbeaucha@xula.edu
PhD Duke University

Major Research Interests:

  • African American Art
  • Art of the African Diaspora
  • 18th century British art and visual culture
  • Contemporary British art with specialization in British artists of African, Asian and Caribbean descent

Augustus Jenkins
Part Time Instructor
Printmaking and Drawing
Bldg. 39, Room 101
(504)520-7555
ajenkins@xula.edu
MFA Southern Illinois University

MaPó Kinnord-Payton
Associate Professor of Art
Ceramic Sculpture
Bldg. 51, Room 101
(504)520-6760
mkinnord@xula.edu
MFA Ohio State University

Michelle Nkoyo Lavigne
Instructor

Bldg. 51, Room 102
(504) 520-7554
nkoyolavigne@yahoo.com

Edna "Eddie" Lanieri
Part Time Instructor
Color Digital Photography
Bldg.39 Room 106 & Bldg. 43 Room 113
(504)520-7556
elanieri@xula.edu
MFA Florida State University
Treschere Washington
Administration
Xavier University Art Village
Dept. of Visual Arts
Bldg. 43, Room 101
(504)520-7556
504-520-6723
twashi15@xula.edu
Illinois State University