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PFSL01 (Port Futures and Social Logistics 01): Earth Day 2022

Post • Published April 12, 2022

Coinciding with Earth Day (Friday, April 22), the UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art and College of Environment + Design will host Port Futures and Social Logistics 01: A virtual research summit and online exhibition of works. The summit and exhibition will explore the port city as a platform for furthering global cultural dialog through art and urbanism. The event focuses on environments, histories, and materials of production, extraction, and circulation in the age of energy transition. The exhibition uses the 4-D medium to document fixity and flux, and the virtual platform unites the works amidst distance and separation. PFSL01...

Photo/Expanded Media Instructor Chris Cogan at Gallery Maurits van de Laar, The Hague Netherlands

Post • Published April 12, 2022

Instructor Christopher Cogan will be showing new video work in the exhibition: “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” at the Gallery Maurits van de Laar, The Hague Netherlands in April. Cogan will have two works in the show, both from 2022. One is a video projection titled Occurrence and the other is a video collaboration with the Dutch artist Pierre Tol, which will be shown on a Tube/CRT monitor. The show is curated by the artist Folkert de Jong and includes works by Jockum Nordström, Irene de Boer, Jan Dietvorst, Delphine Courtillot, Christopher Cogan, Folkert de Jong, Sven’t Jolle, Jantien...

Carnival of Sorts presents “Life on Mars” group art exhibition

Post • Published April 6, 2022

Carnival of Sorts presents Life on Mars, a one night only group art exhibition on April 21st at Southern Brewing Company.

Dr. Mira Kallio-Tavin Wins 2022 Manuel Barkan Memorial Award for Art Education

Post • Published April 2, 2022

The National Art Education Association (NAEA) has granted Winnie Chandler Distinguished Professor of Art, Dr. Kallio-Tavin, the 2022 Manuel Barkan Memorial Award. The prestigious award recognizes an outstanding NAEA member who, through their published work in either Art Education or Studies in Art Education, has contributed a product of scholarly merit to the field of art education. The award was presented at the NAEA National Convention in New York on March 5, 2022. The award was granted for Dr. Kallio-Tavin on her Studies in Art Education publication titled “Art Education Beyond Anthropocentricism: The Question of Nonhuman Animals in Contemporary Art...

Misplacement: A Symposium, Athenaeum, April 1-2, 2022

Post • Published March 22, 2022

The School of Art, in conjunction with The Georgia Review, is hosting a two-day interdisciplinary conference organized around the theme of misplacement. Visual artists, writers, and leading scholars in the fields of art history, literature, media studies, race, and queer theory will present recent work at the newly opened Athenaeum. Events will include an exhibition, keynote address, lectures, and readings. This event is supported by the School of Art, The Georgia Review, the Athenaeum, the Willson Center, and a State-of-the-Art Conference Grant from the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Misplacement: A Symposium The Athenaeum, Athens, GA, April 1-2, 2022...

Photo/Expanded Media Instructor Christopher Cogan new video work at the Biennale d’Art Aix-en-Provence, France

Post • Published March 9, 2022

Christopher Cogan will show his recent single-channel video work “Extraction” in France during the Biennale d’Art et Culture d’Aix-en-Provence on March 26th. This is a work that combines video with 16mm film Cogan shot in 2016. The work will be hosted by Provence Art Contemporain [PAC], an association dedicated to the dissemination and promotion of contemporary art to the public. Over the years, PAC has become the largest territorial network of contemporary art structures in France. About the Biennale d’Aix-en-Provence: After two years of pandemic, Aix-en-Provence is launching its biennial of art and culture on March 26, 2022. “This...

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Jennifer Steinkamp and the Technology of Nature

Post • Published February 24, 2022

Gallery Talk GMOA Thursday March 17th 4-5PM on Zoom. Jennifer Steinkamp masterfully uses digital animation to examine the boundaries between reality and illusion, nature and technology and the natural and artificial. Led by curator of American art Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, this Zoom panel discussion will feature Dr. Kim Coder, professor of tree biology and health care and University Hill Fellow for Distinguished Public Service & Outreach, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia; Christopher Cogan, instructor, Art X: Expanded Forms, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art, UGA; and Dr. Alan Stewart, weather and climate...

Call for Ethnic Minority Artists

Post • Published February 22, 2022

Please submit your work to be featured at the 2022 Legacy Ball Gallery!

Alumni News | Sacred Heart University’s Discovery Science Center Presents Abstractions: Anne Marchand

Post • Published January 31, 2022

Sacred Heart University’s Discovery Science Center presents Abstractions: Anne Marchand. On display November 15, 2021 to May 15, 2022. Inspired by the Hubble Space Telescope photographs, Anne Marchand’s work is an exploration of the surprisingly colorful and frequently fluid-like state of the universe. Her mixed media pieces combine texture, color, and negative space to convey the dichotomy between the chaos of entropy and cohesion of nature. Discovery Science Center’s mission is to engage, excite, and educate young learners through experiences and programs that inspire wonder and ignite creativity as the foundation for a lifetime love of science, technology, engineering, arts,...

UGA Mentor Program

Post • Published January 31, 2022

Networking with your Bulldog family can help you get ahead in life and career, but where do you even start? The UGA Mentor Program narrows down the world of possibilities to meaningful connections. We are personalizing the networking experience; connecting you with experienced UGA mentors (staff, faculty, and alumni) that are just right for your commitment. Getting started is easy. Simply create a profile on our digital platform, complete a webtraining, then instantly begin searching for a mentor using a variety of search criteria including: identity, industry, major, location and more. If you’re not sure where to start, there are...

New Faculty Spotlight: Art Education Welcomes Dr. Mira Kallio-Tavin as the Winnie Chandler Distinguished Professor of Art

Post • Published January 24, 2022

The Art Education faculty in the Lamar Dodd School of Art is thrilled to welcome Dr. Mira Kallio-Tavin as the Winnie Chandler Distinguished Professor of Art. Mira’s research can be described as belonging to issues of social justice in art education. Her research concerns critical artistic and arts-based research, particularly on decolonialism, disability studies, and animal studies. Her current research project, Disabling Institutions focuses on identifying and disrupting ableism as a long-surviving “standard” in art and cultural institutions, including arts schools, arts organizations, and museums. Mira is a World Councillor of InSEA (International Society for Education Through Art), and the...

Dodd Grad, Patric Dicaprio, a New York-based fashion designer and creative director of Vaquera, shares Top Ten in January issue of Artforum

Post • Published January 18, 2022

Patric Dicaprio is a New York–based fashion designer and a cofounder and the creative director of Vaquera, a ready-to-wear label focused on redefining luxury fashion. Vaquera is in partnership with Comme des Garçon’s incubator program, Dover Street Market Paris, and shows collections two times a year. The label is known for its concept-driven clothing, keen cultural analysis, and energetic runway shows. Vaquera’s designs are in the collections of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of London and are sold by thirty-six retailers worldwide. See the article here: https://www.artforum.com/print/202201/patric-dicaprio-shares-his-top-ten-87443

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