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Art in the Field: UGA students explore mining and ecology in Georgia

Mines in Southeast Georgia can conjure many images — swamps, pits, pines, machinery. A band of artists may not be at the top of this list. Nevertheless, University of Georgia Professor of Art Michael Marshall and 14 students were invited to don hardhats and visit the Chemours Mission Mine in the Altamaha River Basin this past September to contemplate the setting through different eyes and tell a greater story of this region.  …


Intern Appreciation: Pearl Lin

The Franklin College office of communications was very fortunate to have two terrific interns during the 2023-24 academic year. We had the chance to speak with each of them about their UGA experience – and their experience working with us. Our graphic design intern Pearl Lin (BFA '24) shares some thoughts in this video. Thanks, Pearl! We enjoyed working with you.    

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Quinn named director of Dean Rusk Center

Congratulations to our UGA colleague and Franklin alumna Sarah Quinn who has been appointed the director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center, a nucleus for global research, education and service for the University of Georgia School of Law since 1977. Quinn, who has directed the center on an interim basis since June 2023, previously served as associate director for global practice preparation and managed the school's Global Governance…

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Divisional Spotlight: Fine & Performing Arts

Like the five food groups necessary for good health and wellbeing, the Franklin College is organized in five divisions that together power the robust, intellectual learning environment of the University of Georgia. We welcome 2024 by highlighting the divisional nature of our organizational structure and the academic units contained in each division. Today we highlight the FINE & PERFORMING ARTS Connecting our campus community with a wide…

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Visiting artist exhibition & lecture: Masako Onodera

The Lamar Dodd School of Art and the Ann Orr Morris Memorial Fund, in partnership with ATHICA, present a public lecture by visiting artist in jewelry and metalwork Masako Onodera. Onodera's visit coincides with an exhibition of her work in tandem with associate professor of Jewelry and Metalwork Mary Hallam Pearse titled Onodera & Pearse: Contrasts and Correlations, on view from January 13 - February 11, 2024 at ATHICA. An artist talk will…

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Alumni Profile – Rachael McCampbell

Rachael McCampbell has found true freedom following her dreams.   The Franklin, Tennessee-based artist has always loved to paint, but never expected to make a career out of it.   “My parents' thinking was Depression-era oriented, very practical. They wanted me to have a job that was marketable and encouraged me to study graphic design, which I did,” said McCampbell. “The only part that really excited me was the illustration side…

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Interdisciplinary artist seeks inspiration through education after years in industry

Shana Jackson is a fourth-year textile design major in the Lamar Dodd School of Art from Philadelphia by way of Brooklyn. She’s seeking to supplement her history of first-hand work experience in the design world with the artistic refinement and development of a college education. She specifically wants to grow herself as an artist through her degree. “I’m doing this for my nineteen-year-old self,” the forty-seven-year old said. “Being in school…

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2023 Dodd Market

The Lamar Dodd School of Art Dodd Ambassadors present the third annual Dodd Market Friday Nov. 17, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Courtyard and First Floor atrium of the school of art. The Dodd Market’s mission – to provide valuable selling experience to art students and to engage the UGA and Athens community with student artists – creates a wonderful opportunity to showcase the talent at the Dodd. And just in time for the holidays. Shop from over…

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Kudos, October 2023

In the campus community, across the state and around the nation, we applaud the outstanding work by Franklin College faculty and students announced during October. A sample of the awards, grants, performances, and milestones: Organizers of this year’s Atlanta Art Week invited nine M.F.A. students at the Lamar Dodd School of Art to present the group exhibition “Unlisted” at The Works in Atlanta’s Upper Westside. The discipline of dance:…

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MFA students curate group exhibition for Atlanta Art Week

Organizers of the 2023 edition of Atlanta Art Week invited nine MFA students at the Lamar Dodd School of Art to present the group exhibition Unlisted at The Works, a mixed-use development in Atlanta’s Upper Westside, from October 3 through October 7, 2023. Atlanta Art Week partners with over 20 galleries, museums, and arts institutions in the metropolitan region to spotlight a rich variety of cultural…

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Back to School Exhibition Opening Reception

To celebrate the start of the Fall 2023 semester, the Lamar Dodd School of Art welcomes friends and members of the community to the Back to School Exhibition Opening, an occasion to meet six new faculty members and an incoming cohort of graduate students in studio art, art education, and art history while enjoying four exhibitions on view in the Dodd Galleries. The exhibition opening, on Friday August 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Lamar…

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Four students named Cora Nunnally Miller Fine Arts Scholars

Four University of Georgia students have been selected as the 2023 cohort of Cora Nunnally Miller Fine Arts Scholars in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The purpose of the scholarship, made possible as part of a $17 million gift to the university upon Miller’s passing in 2015, is to recognize exceptional artistic talent, to foster interdisciplinary collaborations in the arts, to promote the arts on the UGA campus and beyond and to give…

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School of Art presents MYSTERIUM

The Atlanta-based artist Craig Dongoski's interest in probing the innate origins of human expression through experiments in layering basic marks through electronic and acoustic instrumentation is the focus of a 36-hour durational art and music event from 6 p.m. June 20 to 6 a.m. June 22 at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. The 36-hour durational art and music event involving dozens of artists and performers is part of the school's Visiting…

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Mary Ruth Moore, 1936-2023

It is with great sadness that we share the news that beloved Professor Emerita of Photography Mary Ruth Moore has passed. Mary Ruth was, according to dear friend and former colleague Senior Lecturer Ben Reynolds, “unpretentiously and purely an artist.” She is remembered as a deeply enthusiastic beacon who centered encouragement in the studio and classroom to help students hone in on their strengths. During her retirement party, solo exhibition…

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Paradigm Shift: Paintings by Margaret Morrison

The Lyndon House Arts Center presents the opening of Paradigm Shift: Paintings by Margaret Morrison, on June 8, 2023.  The exhibition, on view through September 1, 2023, includes a reception on Thursday, June 8 at 6 p.m.  Morrison, professor of art and chair of Painting and Drawing in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, received a 2022 Willson Center Faculty Research grant for her proposal, “Paradigm Shift - A Theory of…

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Athenaeum awarded $60,000 from the Andy Warhol Foundation

The Athenaeum, the University of Georgia’s downtown contemporary art space, was awarded a $60,000 Fall 2022 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support the exhibition Fabienne Lasserre: Listeners, marking the gallery’s first time receiving this prestigious award. Premiering in January of 2024, the exhibition will feature a series of sculpture/painting hybrid works by the Canadian-born, New York-based…

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Alumna gifts largest graphic design endowment in the School of Art's history

University of Georgia alumna Kelly Layton made a significant investment in the future of the program that gave her her start with a $500,000 gift to create the Layton Graphic Design Endowment. “Georgia has a great graphic design program, and more people need to know about it,” said Layton. “If you want to pursue art, UGA presents such a great opportunity: a quality program, a rich campus community and a well-rounded, liberal-arts education.” The…

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Athenaeum presents first Kara Walker solo exhibition in Georgia

The Athenaeum presents Kara Walker: Back of Hand, the first solo exhibition to be held in Georgia of the work of this internationally renowned artist. The exhibition displays a series of new works on paper by Kara Walker that examine themes such as complicity, racism, misremembered histories, and the violence that undergirds the legacy of the South. Walker moved to Stone Mountain from Stockton, CA when she was 13 and attended…

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UGA's rich pageant – Spotlight on the Arts

The 2022 UGA Spotlight on the Arts festival showcased more than 60 events and exhibitions throughout November. Now in its 11th year, the festival began with Student Spotlight on Nov. 1, featuring acts such as Young Choreographer’s Series dancers, Improv Athens, Next Act, classical music soloists from the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, performances by the Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir, University Theatre’s…

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Art Education Research Symposium

UGA and the Franklin College welcome guests and presenters to the 2022 Art Education Research Institute Annual Symposium Oct. 27-29 at the Lamar Dodd School of Art: The Art Education Research Institute (AERI) supports critical, systematic, empirical, and theoretical research and scholarship, which addresses key intellectual and practical issues in the field of art education.  AERI seeks to promote a broad range of rigorous research…

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UGA study away programs frame a global mindset

At the conclusion of the spring semester, many University of Georgia students and faculty will take a greatly earned break from classes and enjoy a more relaxed time, but others will begin new chapters in new places.   Facilitated through the Office of Global Engagement, nearly 3,000 UGA students study abroad each year, selecting from hundreds of programs, including about 100 faculty-led programs. Due to the pandemic, many…

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Peragine named Director of the Lamar Dodd School of Art

After a national search and great anticipation, the Lamar Dodd School of Art announced the appointment of Joseph Peragine to the position of director, effective August 1, 2022. Professor Peragine, an accomplished practicing artist, is an alum of the school (BFA, '83), and brings a wealth of experience to this position through his committed work as faculty and director of the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design at…

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Crafting a career through nature and art

Colorful leaf patterns imprinted on fabric, along with the wool fibers that create its structure, weave the story of Franklin College/Warnell School double major Jay Reddish. Kristen Morales of the Warnell School shares the story: The blending of art and nature on the dress represent how Reddish is also combining aspects of their dual major at UGA: parks, recreation and tourism management at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources…

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UGA illustration programs merge hard science with fine art

UGA’s Bachelor of Fine Arts in scientific illustration is housed in the Lamar Dodd School of Art in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The program has produced decades of alumni who have gone on to pursue careers and graduate study in the field, including Christian, Pederson and its very own Chair of Scientific Illustration, Gene Wright. Like all art majors, scientific illustration students learn about perspective,…

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DOWNSTREAM: MFA Exit Show runs through May 14

Downstream opens with a fountain. Created by Luka Carter and placed at the entrance to the courtyard of the Athenaeum, the fountain announces our annual MFA exhibition, featuring nine students connected by their studies at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. The fountain, punctuated by a goofy guppy and a friendly alligator made from clay, gushes forth not with water, but instead Gatorade, a urine colored energy drink favored by athletes. It is a…
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