Lamar Dodd School of Art

Melissa Harshman to display work at the Mid-America Print Council Conference

Post • Published September 15, 2022

Printmaking Professor Melissa Harshman will display a large paper installation titled Hope at the Mid-America Print Council Conference, The Power of Print: Resistance, Revolution, & Resilience, from October 13-16, 2022 at Kent State University. The Mid-America Print Council Conference is second largest professional printmaking organization in the United States. The reception for the artwork will be held on Thursday October 13 from 1:30 – 3:30 PM. Artwork Statement Several years ago, I was motivated by the work of artist Michelle Samour to investigate pulp painting. I had been working with floral imagery in my prints and wanted to research how to use the...

Melissa Harshman presents “Growing Over” at IMPACT 12 International Printmaking Conference

Post • Published September 15, 2022

Printmaking Professor Melissa Harshman and Ohio University professor Melissa Haviland will present the exhibition Growing Over at the IMPACT 12 International Printmaking Conference at The Centre for Print Research, at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK from September 21-25, 2022.

First-year Graduate Students Featured on School of Art Social Media

Post • Published September 5, 2022

The Lamar Dodd School of Art has welcomed an exciting new cohort of graduate students this fall in studio art, art history, and art education. A few select students participated in a takeover on the school's Instagram account last week to introduce themselves and share background on their practice and research.

In Memoriam: The Distinctive Artistry and Music of Professor Emeritus Art Rosenbaum (1938-2022)

Post • Published September 5, 2022

For thirty years, the late professor emeritus Art Rosenbaum instructed a generation of painters at the Lamar Dodd School of Art with an eye toward bold, layered compositions that highlighted the interiority of his subjects and the dynamic landscape of folk traditions and personhood in the South.

Andrea Elliott receives her PhD in Art Education at the Start of the Fall Semester

Post • Published September 3, 2022

Dedicated South Carolina educator Andrea Elliott commuted regularly to the Lamar Dodd School of Art from Spartanburg for the first few years of her doctoral studies in art education. The onset of the pandemic in 2020 prompted a shift to completing her degree virtually.

Federal Work Study Positions Open for the 2022-2023 Academic Year

Post • Published August 30, 2022

The Lamar Dodd School of Art has a variety of federal work study positions open for the upcoming 2022-2023 academic year. Interested students are encouraged to apply to a range of roles below! Checkout for Audiovisual Equipment (CAVE) Assistant The Lupin Foundation Technology and Research Kiosk- CAVE is an audio/visual equipment checkout center at the Lamar Dodd School of Art’s main building. The CAVE serves the technology needs of School of Art students, faculty, and staff. CAVE Associates work under the guidance of the Art Studio Technician and will be responsible for maintaining and organizing the equipment check-out center, and assisting students,...

Fall Athenaeum Exhibition Presents Visiting Artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Post • Published August 30, 2022

Next week, the Lamar Dodd School of Art is excited to welcome our first Visiting Artist of the 2022-2023 academic year, Kameelah Janan Rasheed. Students, faculty, and the public are invited to our downtown gallery the Athenaeum on September 1st at 6 PM to hear Rasheed discuss her practice against the backdrop of her solo exhibition SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTH OPERATOR. Join us directly after the talk for an exhibition opening with refreshments and continued conversation. In tandem with Rasheed’s three-day visit, lecture, and exhibition opening, the UGA Art Library has published a list of books currently inspiring the artist in their most recent...

Art Supplies Micro Grant Program Featured in The Red & Black

Post • Published August 24, 2022

The Red & Black student newspaper at the University of Georgia featured the Micro Grants for Art Supplies program at the Lamar Dodd School of Art.

MFA Alumna Amanda Burk’s Flat File Print Shop Featured in the Athens-Banner Herald

Post • Published August 24, 2022

Amanda Burk, who received her MFA in Printmaking at the Lamar Dodd School of Art in 2007, opened the Athens print studio Flat File Print Shop this past summer. The Athens-Banner Herald published a feature on the new studio on August 9th.

2022 Fabric Design BFA students Awarded First and Second Place in Virginia Jackson Design Competition

Post • Published August 24, 2022

Two spring graduates of the School of Art's Fabric Design program were awarded first and second place in the print category of the Virginia Jackson Design Competition by the International Textile Alliance.

Demi Thomloudis Featured in “LOCATION SERVICES: JEWELRY PERSPECTIVES ON TIME & PLACE”

Post • Published July 29, 2022

Artwork by jewelry and metals associate professor Demi Thomloudis is featured in the CRAFT IN AMERICA exhibition Location Services. On view from June 25th through September 10th, the show presents perspectives on place through the lens of contemporary jewelry and objects. Exhibiting artists Furuhashi, Quick, and Thomloudis share a common interest in site, place, and origin. Coming to these shared subjects from three distinct perspectives, the artists construct a holistic view through crafted responses which are unequivocally individual. The exhibition demonstrates an explicit view where the artists observe place/site within historical and contemporary contexts of craft and the inseparable bond place has...

Alum Stephanie Calabrese Premieres Documentary Feature Film UNSPOKEN at 17th Annual Macon Film Festival

Post • Published July 29, 2022

Lamar Dodd School of Art alum Stephanie Calabrese (BFA, 1991) has written and directed a documentary feature film, UNSPOKEN, which will premiere at the 17th Annual Macon Film Festival in Georgia on Saturday, August 20th at 10 am and Sunday, August 21st at 4 pm. UNSPOKEN traces the journey of Monroe resident Stephanie Calabrese, who picks up an iPhone camera to uncover buried truths and explore how the community has been impacted by its racial divide through the lens of her own whiteness. This is Stephanie Calabrese’s first documentary feature film. The film is also an official selection for the...

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Melissa Harshman to display work at the Mid-America Print Council Conference

Melissa Harshman presents “Growing Over” at IMPACT 12 International Printmaking Conference

First-year Graduate Students Featured on School of Art Social Media

In Memoriam: The Distinctive Artistry and Music of Professor Emeritus Art Rosenbaum (1938-2022)

Andrea Elliott receives her PhD in Art Education at the Start of the Fall Semester

Federal Work Study Positions Open for the 2022-2023 Academic Year

Fall Athenaeum Exhibition Presents Visiting Artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Art Supplies Micro Grant Program Featured in The Red & Black

MFA Alumna Amanda Burk’s Flat File Print Shop Featured in the Athens-Banner Herald

2022 Fabric Design BFA students Awarded First and Second Place in Virginia Jackson Design Competition

Demi Thomloudis Featured in “LOCATION SERVICES: JEWELRY PERSPECTIVES ON TIME & PLACE”

Alum Stephanie Calabrese Premieres Documentary Feature Film UNSPOKEN at 17th Annual Macon Film Festival