Lamar Dodd School of Art

Jewelry and Metalworks Alumni Earn Recognition by SNAG

Post • Published May 18, 2021

Two recent alumni of the Jewelry and Metals area at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, Guadalupe Navarro and Laurel Fulton, have been recognized for their accomplishments by the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG). Both Navarro and Fulton have been invited to participate in SNAG’s 2021 Virtual Conference, Inspire/Aspire: A SNAG Virtual Convening taking place June 24 – 27, 2021. Fulton will be moderating a Virtual Workshop Panel that will include artists Curtis Arima and Barbara Minor focusing on Tips and Tricks for Virtual Teaching. In the Virtual Workshop Panel, moderator Laurel Fulton will lead a discussion with instructors Curtis Arima and...

Graduate Student Charlotte Gaillet Named Dallas Museum of Art McDermott Intern of American Art

Post • Published May 18, 2021

The School of Art is pleased to share that MA student Charlotte Gaillet has accepted a paid yearlong internship at the Dallas Museum of Art as the McDermott Intern of American Art. Gaillet will be working with the Museum’s curator of American art, Sue Canterbury on special exhibitions. This accomplishment is reflective of the Art History area’s recent successes in career placement and grad school acceptances related to American art. Charlotte Gaillet is a second year MA student in art history. She received her BA from the University of Georgia where she double majored in Art History and Political Science. Gaillet is interested...

MFA Thesis Exhibition “Whistling in the Dark”

Post • Published May 14, 2021

MFA Candidate Chad Hayward included in Exhibition at Georgia Tech

Post • Published May 13, 2021

The School of Art is pleased to announce that MFA Candidate Chad Hayward currently has works on view at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. The exhibition titled “Ruminate” was recently featured in Travel Magazine as one of Atlanta’s top ten exhibitions this Spring, and highlights pulp paintings by Lea Basile-Lazarus, Andrea Peterson, and Chad Hayward. Three artists experiencing and ruminating on their surroundings, utilizing pigmented paper pulp as medium. This thought-provoking exhibit invites viewers to explore the idea of situation, region, and circumstance through the distinct lenses of each artist. This grouping of works cover a unique...

Undergraduate Student Selected for International Textile Alliance Show Guide Cover

Post • Published May 13, 2021

Twice a year the International Textile Alliance (ITA) Showtime Market Show Guide is printed and distributed worldwide with a circulation of 6500. The ITA’s Educational Foundation provides students the opportunity to gain exposure in the home furnishings industry through the ITA Showtime Market Show Guide Cover Competition by selecting a design and it is then applied to the cover. Undergraduate Student Julia Urrea’s digital print has been selected as the winning design for the Spring 2021 Cover Competition! Her design will be featured on the cover of the Show Guide for our May 2021 trade show. Additionally, she will be...

Assistant Professor Demi Thomloudis Named 2021 Michael F. Adams Early Career Scholar

Post • Published May 7, 2021

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Demi Thomloudis who was recently named as recipient of the Michael F. Adams Early Career Scholar Award for 2021. Established by the UGA Research Foundation, the Michael F. Adams Early Career Scholar Award recognizes junior faculty whose research, creative and scholarly achievements indicate a trajectory toward an exceptional, sustained research career and an imminent rise to international stature in their field of study. Named in honor of the University of Georgia’s 21st President, this awards denotes outstanding accomplishment and evidence of potential future success in scholarship, creative work or research by an early career faculty members in the...

Alumna Hannah Duggan Included in 2021 National Juried Exhibition

Post • Published May 6, 2021

Alumna Hannah Duggan (2018) was recently included in the The Delaplaine Arts Center’s 2021 National Juried Exhibition. Duggan received the first place prize for her work, Misprints. The Delaplaine’s Art Center’s 2021 National Juried Exhibition features works by artists from around the nation. The exhibition’s juror Margaret Winslow currently lives and works in Wilmington, DE, where she is the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Delaware Art Museum. She has curated for the Neuberger Museum of Art and The Delaware Contemporary, and assisted with exhibitions for the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. A virtual overview of the exhibition can be found here and a discussion of...

Graduate Students Selected for Chautauqua School of Art Residency Program

Post • Published May 3, 2021

Graduate students AJ Aremu and Luka Carter have been selected as participants in the competitive 2021 Chautauqua School of Art Residency Program. The Chautauqua School of Art residency program is a centerpiece of the Chautauqua Visual Arts (CVA).

Undergraduate Students Included in The Classic

Post • Published May 3, 2021

Four undergraduate students in Art History courses have been published in the latest issue of The Classic, the Writing Intensive Program’s journal of undergraduate writing and research. Their work can be read in the current issue, 6.2, online here. Undergraduate English major Kaitlyn Page was included in this issue for a piece written in Professor Shelley Zuraw’s ARHI 4200 course. Kaitlyn Page’s article “Piero di Cosimo and Fra Angelico in Romola: 15th Century Representations of 19th Century Art Discourse” analyzes George Eliot’s novel Romola to explore competing artistic movements in Renaissance Italy and nineteenth-century England. Three of the four students wrote pieces during Zuraw’s ARHI...

Alumna Stacy Isenbarger receives 2021 Master Educator Award

Post • Published April 29, 2021

Congratulations to alumna Stacy Isenbarger, Associate Professor at University of Idaho, who received the 2021 Master Educator Award from FATE. Stacy Isenbarger’s creative pursuits include sculpture, installation, mixed-media drawings, student mentorship and supporting community exchange through art. In her studio practice, she works to create dialog by highlighting perceived boundaries built from one’s environment or their perception of it. Through explorations of unexpected material collisions, poetic narratives, and shared iconography, Isenbarger continuously seeks ways to express complex negotiations of place and the desire to feel whole within it. Isenbarger has worked as a Foundations Educator in some capacity since...

Dodd Ambassadors Recieve Parent Leadership Council Grant

Post • Published April 29, 2021

Lamar Dodd School of Art is pleased to announce that this spring the Dodd Ambassadors were awarded a University of Georgia Parent Leadership Council Grant. This grant provides crucial funding for an art sale initiative that the Dodd Ambassadors are developing.

PhD Candidate Andrea Elliott Receives Dean’s Award

Post • Published April 27, 2021

Lamar Dodd School of Art is pleased to announce that PhD candidate in Art Education Andrea Elliott was awarded a competitive Graduate School Dean’s Award, a monetary award to cover expenses related to final research projects. This fund assists graduate students with the costs of doing research towards their dissertations. Andrea Elliot is a PhD Candidate in Art Education living in Spartanburg, SC. She is an instructor of Art Education at Converse College in Spartanburg, SC. She taught art in both high school and elementary settings in public schools for ten years before she moved into higher education. She is currently...

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