The Dodd occupies two separate buildings on Broad Street in downtown Athens. Broad Street Two comprises our highly rated Interior Design Area. This space was designed by and for the Interior Design area and functions as a self-contained design program.

257 West Broad Street Athens, GA 30602

Located within walking distance from downtown Athens is the Lamar Dodd School of Art Thomas Street Art Complex. Thomas Street has a woodshop, metal fabrication shop, foundry, and jewelry studios with enameling, raising room, soldering stations and casting facilities.

215 S. Thomas Street Athens, Georgia 30602

The Lamar Dodd School of Art’s Main Art Building is housed in a spacious, eco-conscious building located on east campus in close proximity to other facilities dedicated to the arts on campus. The Dodd’s facilities and equipment are state-of-the-art with studio faculty and graduate students generously accommodated—all with their own dedicated studios.

Hours
Monday – Friday 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Closed on weekends, University holidays, and game days

Address
270 River Rd, Athens, GA 30602

The graduate ceramic studios are housed in a new, spacious 15,000 sq. ft. building built in 2012 adjacent to the main School of Art building. All undergraduate studios, faculty studios, and kilns are in this space.

Address
270 River Rd, Athens, GA 30602

The Dodd‘s output and fabrication labs support students in creative making and innovative use of tools and technology

Address
Lamar Dodd School of Art, Main Art Building | Room S184

The Flat Lab is an Open Access lab for students enrolled in art classes, faculty and staff. The lab is stocked with computers, printers and scanners for educational, non-commercial purposes.

Address
Lamar Dodd School of Art, Main Art Building | Room S205

The Object Lab at Lamar Dodd School of Art is a digital design and fabrication output space available exclusively to School of Art students, faculty, and staff for the purpose of creative practice and academic research.

Address
Lamar Dodd School of Art, Main Art Building | Room 180

Housed in the Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Building on east campus and the Broad Street complex on north campus the Painting and Drawing area occupy over 17,500 sq. ft. of floor space. Nearly all of our studios offer natural lighting and excellent ventilation.

The Printmaking and Book Arts program at Lamar Dodd offers world-class facilities and resources enabling research in a variety of print, paper, and book arts media. The graduate program has private studios for up to eight MFA candidates.

Science Illustration has two 500 square foot classrooms. One is a studio with 18 drawing tables for students. The second classroom is a digital laboratory with 13 large screen iMacs with Wacom tablets.

The adjacent main studio is generously equipped with: small hand tools, an extensive selection of metalsmithing hammers, acetylene and natural gas torches for soldering and welding, rolling mills, a variety of shears, 20-Ton Bonny Doon hydraulic press, sand blaster, grinders, belt sanders and more.

Housed in the main art building of the Lamar Dodd School of Art, the Photography area occupies over 7,000 square feet, spanning two floors.