Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Art Sculpture Garden*

Lafayette Plaza at the Shaw Center for the Arts*

Public Lobby at the Shaw Center for the Arts*

Manship Theatre and ACGBR Gallery Lobby*

Jade Gallery & LSU Museum of Art*

Shaw Center for the Arts*

North Gallery at LSU

Compact Storage in secure collections storage – LSU MoA

Ruffin Hall Gallery at the University of Virginia (UVA)*

Metal Casting at Ruffin Hall Work Court*

Roof Terrace & Sculpture Garden at Shaw Center for the Arts*

Glassell Gallery at LSU School of Art*

Chris Ingersoll has spent the majority of his career designing museums, cultural, institutional, and civic projects often with award winning results. With over three decades of experience leading important projects, he has a proven track record of guiding large diverse client groups and multiple stakeholders to successfully and consistently produce innovative design solutions. Chris cites civic engagement as a constant theme in his work, where he aspires to make dramatic and transformative impacts in the host communities.

Before joining Fennick McCredie Architecture, Chris and founding Principal Deborah Fennick crossed professional paths by way of the Heritage Harbor Museum, a 300,000 square foot museum and archive in Providence, Rhode Island, that included Smithsonian Institution Affiliated programs. The project was a joint venture between TAMS Architecture, where Deborah was serving as the project’s director, and Schwartz Silver Architecture where Chris was a Principal at the time.

During his many years with Schwartz/Silver Architects, Chris was responsible for some of the firm’s most challenging and recognizable projects. Chris was the lead architect for the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Upon completion, Archlnfo listed the Shaw Center #7 on it’s list of the “The World’s 12 Best New Buildings”. The Shaw Center won top honors in all the awards programs submitted and in 2008, the American Institute of Architects selected the Shaw Center for a National Honor Award, one of only thirteen projects so honored.

Chris’ passion for arts related projects extends to those that support the creation, storage as well as the display of art, with projects such as Ruffin Hall Studio Art Building at the University of Virginia, which includes the Ruffin Hall Gallery along with multiple studios and a sculpture work court. At Louisiana State University (LSU), Chris’ design work extends to The School of Art’s downtown multidisciplinary studios, including Digital Art, and the Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Exhibition Gallery. Also, as a part of the commission for the new LSU Museum of Art and Sculpture Garden, the program included a full conservation environment to protect the art along with, secure storage, research, curatorial and administrative spaces, in addition to the fifteen new galleries. Upon completion, the LSU Museum of Art received accreditation from the American Association of Museums, which allows the LSU MoA to engage in reciprocal lending agreements with all major art museums.

*Chris Ingersoll, Principal while with Schwartz/Silver Architects