Lamar Dodd School of Art

Fall 2022 Shouky Shaheen Lecturer Tim Barringer Asks us to Revisit Victorian-era Art Critic John Ruskin

Post • Published November 3, 2022

The Lamar Dodd School of Art welcomes Paul Mellon Professor of Art History Tim Barringer of Yale University next week for the annual Shouky Shaheen lecture.

Julius Pommer (American, 1895 – 1945), “Ghost Trees,” 1938. Lithograph on paper. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Transferred from the University of Georgia Library. GMOA 1969.2490.

Students Andrew East and Catie Cook curate “Trick or Treat” pop-up and virtual exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art

Post • Published October 31, 2022

Celebrate Halloween with the “spooky, scary, and supernatural” virtual exhibition Trick or Treat, curated by Lamar Dodd School of Art students and Georgia Museum of Art fall 2022 art education interns Andrew East and Catie Cook.

Troy Lamarr Chew II, Ask ya Mama, 2021, Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in.

Visiting Painter Troy Lamarr Chew II Wields a Coded Visual Language to Project Black Culture Anew

Post • Published October 28, 2022

Another West Coast artist joins us next week as the third creative participating in the 2022-2023 Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series. Troy Lamarr Chew II is a Los Angeles-born and based painter who skillfully and subversively uses traditional European painting techniques "to reframe their exclusion of Blackness."

Art Librarian Lindsey Reynolds Attends and Selects Books from Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair

Post • Published October 27, 2022

Art librarian Lindsey Reynolds returned from Printed Matter's New York Art Book Fair last week conflicted about limiting her selection of art book purchases in a fair that boasts several floors of vendors. Nevertheless, she is happy to report an exciting variety of acquisitions for the UGA Art Library and the Athenaeum Lupin Reading Room!

Ridley Howard, Sea and Sky, 2022 Oil on linen, 24 x 34 inches. On view at Marinaro Gallery in New York City.

Director Joseph Peragine Attends Alum Ridley Howard’s Solo Exhibition Reception in New York City

Post • Published October 27, 2022

This past weekend, Ridley Howard's latest solo exhibition Forever opened at the New York City gallery Marinaro. Joseph Peragine was among various colleagues from the school and from the Athens area to attend the celebration.

Students and participants assemble the Linnentown Living Mosaic at the University of Georgia Memorial Hall Plaza on October 3, 2022.

Lynn Sanders-Bustle Constructs Living Mosaic for Linnentown with First Year Odyssey Students

Post • Published October 27, 2022

On Tuesday October 3rd, students in Sanders-Bustle’s course staged a five-hour installation and deinstallation of the Linnentown Living Mosaic at Memorial Hall Plaza at the University of Georgia.

Jewelry & Metals Students and Faculty Show Work at New York Jewelry Week in “Peaches in the Apple”

Post • Published October 18, 2022

Move over big apple, the peaches are back in town! The exhibition Peaches in the Apple, taking place during the fifth annual New York City Jewelry Week from November 14 – November 20, 2022, will highlight student and faculty work from the jewelry and metalwork program at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Exhibition Statement The relationship to the body is essential when thinking about jewelry. Jewelry has the ability to decorate and to extend and build from the body, which can be challenging and demanding. It’s a collaboration of sorts—asking the wearer to perhaps reinvent their world to accommodate this work. Exhibition Dates November...

Current MFA Candidate J Taran Diamond Featured in Duo Exhibition “Braided Subtleties” During New York City Jewelry Week

Post • Published October 17, 2022

Current MFA candidate J Taran Diamond is presenting work alongside New Paltz-based artist Funlola Coker in the two-person exhibition Braided Subtleties at Industry City as part of the fifth annual New York City Jewelry Week from November 14 – November 20, 2022. In this exhibition, artists Diamond and Coker ruminate on the complex roles occupied by hair and braids within black communities. Through jewelry, objects, and sculptures, Diamond and Coker reflect on hair as a tether to the past and present, a means of tactile meditation, and a marker of belonging and shared experience within black identity. Funlola is fascinated by the ways...

UGA students in the 2022 Lamar Dodd School of Art Maymester in New York exploring Andy Warhol: Revelation at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

School of Art Maymester Course in New York Immerses Students in an Epicenter of Contemporary Art

Post • Published October 17, 2022

The school’s New York Maymester course introduces a cohort of emerging artists, art historians, and art educators to celebrated contemporary artworks through a critical curatorial lens.

“Twin Realms” by MFA Students Katie Ford and Lindsey Kennedy Opens this Week in the Dodd Galleries

Post • Published October 17, 2022

Twin Realms is a collaboration between Dodd MFA candidates Katie Ford and Lindsey Kennedy. The artists come together to create a new, shared body of work that investigates dimensional illegibility and impermanence as ways of prompting an experience of instability.

Los Angeles Artist Ruby Neri is the Second Visiting Artist of the Year

Post • Published October 13, 2022

Los Angeles artist Ruby Neri carries West Coast street art into her ceramic practice through the interplay of bright glazes and bold, hand-crafted shapes. At the invitation of retiring professor and long-time ceramics area chair Ted Saupe, Neri will be visiting the Lamar Dodd School of Art.

Chandler Sherry's colorful reinterpretation of the beloved Georgia Bulldog has become popular in Athens.

Fabric Design Alumna Chandler Sherry’s Bulldog Artwork Featured in The Red & Black

Post • Published October 11, 2022

Fabric Design alumna Chandler Sherry was featured in an article in the The Red & Black UGA student newspaper titled “UGA alum recaptures the Georgia Bulldog through art”.

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Fall 2022 Shouky Shaheen Lecturer Tim Barringer Asks us to Revisit Victorian-era Art Critic John Ruskin

Students Andrew East and Catie Cook curate “Trick or Treat” pop-up and virtual exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art

Visiting Painter Troy Lamarr Chew II Wields a Coded Visual Language to Project Black Culture Anew

Art Librarian Lindsey Reynolds Attends and Selects Books from Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair

Director Joseph Peragine Attends Alum Ridley Howard’s Solo Exhibition Reception in New York City

Lynn Sanders-Bustle Constructs Living Mosaic for Linnentown with First Year Odyssey Students

Jewelry & Metals Students and Faculty Show Work at New York Jewelry Week in “Peaches in the Apple”

Current MFA Candidate J Taran Diamond Featured in Duo Exhibition “Braided Subtleties” During New York City Jewelry Week

School of Art Maymester Course in New York Immerses Students in an Epicenter of Contemporary Art

“Twin Realms” by MFA Students Katie Ford and Lindsey Kennedy Opens this Week in the Dodd Galleries

Los Angeles Artist Ruby Neri is the Second Visiting Artist of the Year

Fabric Design Alumna Chandler Sherry’s Bulldog Artwork Featured in The Red & Black