LSU School of Art will present Britt Ransom: Sticky January 14 through February 28, 2025, in Glassell Gallery. Integrating local history, ecologies, and research, Sticky, features 3D-printed ant raft sculptures carrying candy oil barrels made of sugar down an abstract model of the Mississippi River. Ants and sugar serve as metaphors for the complex journey of sugar from production to consumption connecting it to troubled ecologies of exploitation and extraction. Today, sugar’s dominance in the food landscape masks its exploitative history. Sticky invites reflection on these entanglements, urging us to confront the sweetness of consumption and its bitter legacy.

A free, public reception is scheduled for February 8, 2025 from 6–8 p.m. at Glassell Gallery. Britt Ransom will give a public lecture Monday, February 10, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. in LSU West Howe Russell Hall room 130. In addition to public programming downtown, visiting artist Britt Ransom will spend several days on campus with LSU School of Art students with a focus on sculpture and digital fabrication. Programs including 3D scanning and printing will be announced in January 2025.

This exhibition is supported in part by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council, as administered by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.