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Thomas Street Art Complex

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. The studios contain a wide range of tools and equipment both contemporary and traditional. The labs and work spaces encourage experimentation in new and emerging medias while providing a solid foundation in traditional and contemporary techniques of making.

215 S. Thomas Street Athens, Georgia 30602

Thomas Street Studio Equipment

  • 2 Project Space/Galleries
  • Wood Shop
  • Metal Fabrication Shop
  • Jewelry Metals Shop
  • Foundry
  • Computer Labs and Classrooms
  • Faculty, Graduate and Undergraduate Studios

Monitored Open Studio Hours

Fall 2018 Schedule

Open Studio Reminds

  • Open Studios are communal making spaces, as communal spaces all faculty, staff, and students are asked to leave the studios in better (cleaner) condition then they found them.
  • Never use a tool you were not trained on by an instructor at UGA. Outside knowledge is great but does not count as training.
  • Always read the signage carefully, review the signage on the shop entry doors about appropriate clothing and proper PPE BEFORE ENTERING SHOPS.
  • NO projects or materials should ever be stored in Wood Shop or Metal Shop, ask your instructor where you should store your materials.
  • Respect Lab Monitors, they are there to help assist you and monitor safety, what they say goes!

Last updated: April 7, 2025

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