Creative on Purpose

Design student Shae Schouest (@ui.shae) captured the energy of Fri(YAY) 🙌—our recurring celebration of creativity that welcomes high school students to the School of Communication and Design for a day of inspiration and hands-on learning!

During this Fri(YAY), students from the Satellite Center explored our majors in Film, Design, and Communication—from telling powerful stories behind the camera, to bringing ideas to life through motion design, to stepping into immersive UX experiences, and diving into the fast-paced world of journalism.

A huge thank-you to our amazing faculty for creating such meaningful, engaging experiences for the next generation of creators.

📸 & ✍️: @ui.shae | Repost from @loyola_design

Our senior Filmmaking students are making movie magic! 🎥✨

Each weekend, one senior steps into the director’s chair to bring their thesis film to life—with a full cast and crew of talented Loyola peers behind the scenes.

🎬 Film directors featured in slides:

1-3: “Princes of Claiborne” by Lola Bessoff (@lola.bessoff) | 📸 Chloe Bergman (@_cbergman)
4-5: “NEWRED40” by Miles Caradine (@iwouldwalk500miles_) | 📸 @_cbergman
6: Diana Dominguez film | 📸 Dr. Miles Doleac (@miles_doleac)
7: Devin Clancy film | 📸 @miles_doleac
8: “I’ll Come Home” by Zach Van Zandt (@zach_van_zandt) | 📸 @miles_doleac
9: “Fallen from Grace” by Maxine Olson (@maxiolson) | 📸 @miles_doleac

🦌 CRITTERS—a brand-new play by Theatre Arts & Dance alum Emma Schillage—opens this Thursday! (🎟️ Ticket link in bio)

Set in a small patch of forest, CRITTERS follows a group of animals preparing for An Actual Birthday Party when Fawn reveals an Odd Feeling: that The World As We Know It might be ending. As they face the unknown together, the creatures discover what it means to change, adapt, and find hope in community.

📅 Nov. 13–15 & 19–22
🕢 7:30 p.m.
📍 Marquette Theater

Directed by Dr. Helen Jaksch (jakschie), Chair of Theatre Arts & Dance

Featuring the work of two Loyola alums:
✍️ Play by Emma Schillage (@emmaschillage)
💡 Lighting Design by Eduardo Ramirez (eduardoramkort)

🎉 Big News! We’ve launched Gasa U—an exciting new partnership between Gasa Gasa and Loyola University New Orleans!

The venue is now a living classroom where Music students get real-world experience booking artists, managing promotions, handling production, running shows, and working front-of-house.

Gasa U is now part of Wolf Moon Entertainment Inc., a new nonprofit from Loyola’s College of Music and Media that oversees seven student-run businesses—from a record label to a talent agency and design firm. Students earn credit (and sometimes a paycheck 💸) while gaining hands-on experience.

We’re thrilled for this huge level up in our student offerings.

Read more via the link in our bio!

📸: Michael Bauer (@michaelbauerphoto)

#LoyolaNOLA #GasaGasaU #WolfMoonEntertainment #HandsOnLearning #LiveMusicNOLA

We’re honored to be named one of Billboard Magazine’s 2025 Top Music Business Schools—for the fifth year in a row! 🎶🏆 Read more via the link in our bio.

This year, our Music Industry Program continues to raise the bar with hands-on innovation and real-world experience:

1) Wolfmoon Entertainment, Inc.—our new student-run entrepreneurship hub—is giving students income-generating opportunities in music publishing, sync licensing, label operations, design, booking, streaming, and more.

2) Students are now booking, promoting, and producing live shows and artist series at a beloved local music venue, Gasa Gasa.

3) We’ve welcomed two new powerhouse professors:
🌟 Tavia Osbey, artist manager for Tank and the Bangas, now leading our Music Management course.
🌟 Sami Slovy, who developed our hit new class, The Business of Live Entertainment.

Here’s to another year of creativity, collaboration, and chart-topping success! 🎵

#LoynoMusic #BillboardTopMusicSchools

Come out to Freret Fest tomorrow and catch talented Loyola students performing live on the Valence Stage, alongside Anjelika Jelly and special guest HaSizzle!

Behind the scenes, students from Professor Mike Twillmann’s Festival Production course have been getting hands-on experience with what it takes to run a large-scale music festival — from booking talent to managing back-of-house and production on the big day. 🎪

📅 Saturday, November 1
🕙 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
📍Freret Street from Napoleon to Valmont

Lineup:
➡️ 11:30 - 12:45 p.m. - Songwriter Showcase: Tuller (@tuller.music), Kai De Lua (@kaidelua), Joey Vesco (@joeyvesco), Lyle Hutchins (@lylehutchinsmusic), and Josiah Day (@day.josiah)
➡️ 12:55 - 2:15 p.m. - Hip Hop Showcase: Yung Senju (@senju.yung), Abstract (@abstracttheczar), Ja Fearce (@jafearce) Flow Mvnny (@flmvnny_), and MONTY! (@montey_music)
➡️ 2:30 - 3:15 p.m. - The Kissing Disease (@the.kissing.disease)
➡️ 3:20 - 3:40 p.m. - NOLA Capoeira
➡️ 3:40 - 4:25 p.m. - DIZZY! (@dizzytheband)
➡️ 4:45 - 6 p.m. - Anjelika Jelly Joseph (@getchasumjelly) w/ special guest HaSizzle (@hasiz_zle). A special guest horn section composed of current Loyola students will join Joseph and HaSizzle on stage!

#LoyolaMusic #FreretFest #Loyno

🎤 Justin Bieber’s latest two albums were produced by Loyola Music Industry alum Carter Lang—just one of many impressive Wolf Pack wins lately:

1) Carter Lang (@iam_c_lang) Produces Justin Bieber Albums SWAG and SWAG II
2) Shaneika Dabney-Henderson (@shaneikadabneyhenderson) Receives SBJ 2025 Game Changers Award
3) Jonathan Presson (@jonathanpresson) Screens Film at 2025 New Orleans Film Festival
4) Aimee Alleman (@aimee_alleman) Receives Michelle Gauthier Award
5) Kameron Lopreore (@kamerontenor) Receives Santa Fe Opera Award of Excellence
6) Jason Mingledorff (@jason_mingledorff) Releases New Album
7) Rachel Grissom Hosts Filmmaking Class
8) Preservation Hall Player Visits Class

Big things are happening on campus and beyond.

#LoyolaLately #LoyolaProud

💥 Our music students gave outstanding performances @NOLAFunkFest this past weekend!

Swipe through the incredible acts featured in the slides:

1) Azure Skyz (@azure_skyz) / 📷: Sophia Germer (@sophiagermer)
2) Vienna Notarianni / 📷: @tachizvisionz
3) .Spirit (@musicbyspirit) / 📷: Sophia Germer (@sophiagermer)
4) Left Hook (@lefthookband) / 📷: Chloe Bergman (@_cbergman)
5) Across Phoenix (@acrossphoenix)
6) Dewdrops (@thedewdropsofficial)
7) Montey! (@montey_music)
8) Fish Band! (@fishbandfishband)
9) .Spirit (@musicbyspirit)
10) Dizzy! (@dizzytheband)

Videos by @jonathanqmchugh
#LoyolaMusic #FunkFest

🎥 Next Monday is All College Film Day, culminating in a Loyola SuperForum celebrating four Loyola-affiliated films accepted into the 2025 New Orleans Film Festival!

All College Film Day events happening Monday at Loyola:

Learn from the Pros: Music for Film
📍 Nunemaker Auditorium | Monroe Hall
🕢 3:30 p.m.

SuperForum Presents: Celebrating Student Filmmakers & Creators
💡 Meet the filmmakers, poster designers, composers and music supervisors behind four New Orleans Film Festival Loyola-affiliated films
📍 Roussel Auditorium | Communications/Music Complex | 2nd Floor
🕢 4:55 p.m.

🎨 Great Ideas of Humanity, a poster exhibition, is coming to Loyola’s Diboll Design Center on November 6!

Originally launched by the Design Museum of Chicago, the exhibit was inspired by an iconic mid-century Container Corporation of America campaign that integrated modernist art into its advertising to promote philosophy and culture. This powerful poster series has been reimagined for the 21st century—and it’s still evolving.

👀 Swipe to Slide 3 to see work by Loyola Design Chair, Daniela Marx (@designerdmarx)!

🗓️ Opening Night: November 6 | 5-7 p.m.
📍 Diboll Design Center | Monroe Library

Poster artists + inspirational quote sources:
2) Gail Anderson on Marian Wright Edelman
3) Daniela Marx on Malala Yousafzai
4) Luc Weber on Timothy Snyder
5) Bob Faust on Buckminster Fuller
6) Marcus Norman on Lucy Larcom
7) Ivan Chermayeff on Oliver Wendell Holmes
8) Kevin Moreland on Howard Zinn

#GreatIdeasOfHumanity #DesignMuseumOfChicago #LoyolaDesign

What’s next for Louisiana’s energy future? 🌍 Tomorrow, join Dr. Bob Thomas, Director of Loyola’s Center for Environmental Communication, for a powerful panel discussion on the environmental impacts of the energy industry in Louisiana.

📍 Miller Hall | Room 114
📅 Thursday, October 16, 2025
🕢 6 - 8 p.m.
🎟️ Free and open to the public

Tomorrow night! 🎶✨ Experience an unforgettable evening of music and dance curated by Big Chief Juan Pardo (@bigchiefjuanpardo)—a rare opportunity to witness and gain an insider’s view into the powerful traditions of Black Masking Indian culture.

📍 Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall
📅 Thursday, October 16, 2025
🕢 7 p.m.
🎟️ Open to the Loyola community only
📩 Email scberger@my.loyno.edu to reserve your spot (RSVP required)

Photo by Justen Williams (@justenwilliams)

🎤 Catch Loyola artists in the spotlight at Funk Fest, October 17–19! ➡️ Slide to see the incredible student lineup.

NOLA Funk Fest’s ‘Passing The Torch Stage’ is a Loyola University New Orleans sponsored stage that provides a platform for young local musicians to perform—highlighting the importance of music education.

📅 Friday October 17 - Sunday October 19
📍 Spanish Plaza | 2 Canal St. | New Orleans, LA 70130
🎟️ Free and open to the public

Friday:
3:10 p.m. - .Spirit (@musicbyspirit), Mac NL (@macnl_), Azure Skyz (@azure_skyz), Ja Fearce (@jafearce)
5:10 p.m. - Dizzy! (@dizzytheband), Vienna Notarianni (@vienna.notarianni)

Saturday:
1:10 p.m. - Across Phoenix (@acrossphoenix), Fish Band! (@fishbandfishband)
3:10 p.m. - Dewdrops (@thedewdropsofficial), Left Hook (@lefthookband)
5:10 p.m. - Legacy Collective with Loyola Horns

Sunday:
12 p.m. - Montey! (@montey_music), lizette c.l. (@lizettecama)
1:55 p.m. - Josiah Day (@day.josiah), James Wyrtzen (@jameswyrtz)
3:40 p.m. - Hypno Nun (@hypno_nun), Surco (@surco.offical)
5:40 p.m. - Tony Testa Band (@theetonytesta) featuring Amanda Riley (@amandagriley), Aaniyah Anderson (@aaniyahanderson), Kai De Lua (@kaidelua)

Today, Pack News—our student-run newsroom—took over the Axios New Orleans daily newsletter with a Gen Z perspective on the upcoming election! 🗳️

Last month, editors from Axios, a national outlet known for its “Smart Brevity” format, visited our Journalism Hub to mentor students on the newsletter takeover.

The result? Thoughtful, insightful coverage of key election issues, written by four Loyola students representing the next generation of journalists.

Check out how Pack News made their mark on the local news scene [link in bio]: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-new-orleans