Lamar Dodd School of Art

Associate Professor Mark Abbe Named Resident Research Scholar at J. Paul Getty Museum

Post • Published July 23, 2020

Associate Professor Mark Abbe has been named as a resident research scholar at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Originally scheduled for Fall 2020, Abbe’s residency will now be taking place in 2021. His project for the duration of his residency will be Hidden Color: Polychromy on Ancient Marble Sculpture at the Getty. Abbe’s research in Ancient Polychromy has previously been featured in The New Yorker article, The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture. Every year since 1985 the Getty Research Institute has invited scholars, artists, and other cultural figures from around the world to work in residence at the Institute on projects that bear...

Retrieval of Materials From Spring 2020

Post • Published July 17, 2020

In an effort to return student materials and projects from the Spring 2020 semester, the School of Art has designated Wed. July 22 – Friday July 31 for retrieval of these items. The first letter in students’ last name will determine their dates of access. Please read through the entire list of rules and requirements below. Our first priority is keeping everyone as safe as possible. Please exercise care and common sense. Dodd Facilities will be accessible between 9 AM and 4 PM on the following days: A thru F – Wed. July 22nd and Thur. July 23rd G...

The School of Art Welcomes New Graduate Students

Post • Published July 15, 2020

This fall, The School of Art welcomes 21 new graduate students pursuing degrees in studio art, art history, and art education. They are arriving in Athens from as far as South Korea and Canada and bring to the department a diversity of experience and perspectives. Among their ranks is a painter born in Sweden to a family of Nigerian origin; a truck-driving conceptual artist from Alberta whose preferred medium is public space; an art historian from Alabama researching architectural aspects of Italian Renaissance art; a ceramicist from San Diego whose work explores the increasingly subtle line between man and...

ACES Support Fund Impacts Students

Post • Published July 10, 2020

In an effort to provide students in the Lamar Dodd School of Art and the Hugh Hodgson School of Music with comprehensive and specialized career support, the Arts Career and Entrepreneurship Space (ACES) was initiated in the Fall Semester of 2018. The shared office in the Lamar Dodd School of Art serves as a space where students can seek assistance in identifying professional objectives, building career skills, locating opportunities, preparing job application materials, and finding internships. Under the direction of Mark Mobley and Tif Sigfrids, ACES also launched a series of visiting talks with graphic designers, artists working in New...

Student Solidarity Survey

Post • Published July 10, 2020

On Behalf of the Solidarity and Justice Task Force: Dear Art Students, In June, the School of Art’s administration put out a call to faculty, staff, graduate students, and Dodd Ambassadors to form a task force to discuss what the School of Art can and should do to ensure that we are taking concrete steps in fulfillment of our conviction that Black lives matter. The resulting Solidarity and Justice Task Force is made up of faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students. Our purpose is to aggregate and submit a list of recommendations for a more equitable School of...

2020 Scholarships Awarded

Post • Published July 6, 2020

The Lamar Dodd School of Art is proud to announce that it was able to award approximately $67,000 in graduate awards and scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year. Students applied for scholarships in March of 2020 and were notified of their awards in June. Despite the scholarship application period coinciding with UGA’s move to online instruction, the number of applications was on par with previous years. Of the 48 students awarded, 13 were graduate students and 35 were undergraduate students. Undergraduate students hailed from 14 of the School of Art’s 15 areas of study. In addition to the initial round of scholarships, the School...

UGA to Require Masks on Campus

Post • Published July 5, 2020

The University System of Georgia will now require face masks on campus this fall. All faculty, staff and students are required to wear a face covering while inside campus buildings beginning July 15, according to USG’s coronavirus page. Face masks will be used in addition to social distancing and aren’t a replacement for the 6 feet of distance between people. Via Archnews at UGA: Effective July 15, 2020, the University of Georgia—along with all University System of Georgia (USG) institutions—will require all faculty, staff, students, and visitors to wear an appropriate face covering while inside campus facilities/buildings where six feet...

Re-Imaging the Post-COVID Future for Local Communities

Post • Published June 25, 2020

During this unusual time when students may be looking for ways to stay active while staying in place, the School of Social Work, Terry College of Business, College of Family & Consumer Sciences, and UGA Office of Experiential Learning have collaborated to introduce a summer initiative that offers students the opportunity to become involved while also benefitting Athens businesses in a post-COVID environment. The project, “Re-Imaging the Post-COVID Future for Local Communities,” offers students from all UGA majors an opportunity to put their ingenuity to work while introducing them to “design thinking” skills that help create ideas for new ways...

Alumni Michael Paxton Featured on PBS

Post • Published June 17, 2020

Alumni Michael K. Paxton (1979) was recently featured in a film which aired on PBS West Virginia on June 14, 2020. Work At Hand chronicles the life and work of Paxton. From his humble beginnings in the hills of West Virginia to his time as an art student at Marshall University in the gritty, industrial town of Huntington, to graduate school at the University of Georgia, Athens. During the heady heyday of the emerging scene of punk music, theater and performance art, and the era of bands like R.E.M., The B-52’s, and Pylon, Michael dove into the mosh pit of experimentation and free expression...

Students Present at 2020 Georgia Undergraduate Art History Forum

Post • Published June 15, 2020

Two undergraduate students from the Lamar Dodd School of Art recently presented papers at the 2020 Georgia Undergraduate Art History Forum hosted by the University of West Georgia Department of Art. Julia Mun and Hannah Wetzel presented their work via video during the virtual conference. Each of the presentations were made available for asynchronous viewing through the weekend of June 5-7, 2020. Viewers were encouraged to engage in scholarly discussion by leaving questions and feedback in the comments section on each video. Participants brought diverse topics, methodologies, and presentation modes to the conference. Each of them demonstrated the excellent quality of undergraduate research in art history happening...

Alumni Create Bus Shelters for Athens

Post • Published June 14, 2020

The work of several Lamar Dodd School of Art alumni can now be seen on roads in the Athens area. Bus shelters completed by artists in the Athens area have been appearing since February. The shelters are a part of a project described in Flagpole Magazine. Eclectic new bus shelters have steadily sprung up across the county, demonstrating how public art can be both beautifying and functional within the surrounding landscape. Organized by the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission and Athens Transit Department, with funding from SPLOST, the project picks up where “Me, You & the Bus” left off a decade...

A Message From the Lamar Dodd School of Art

Post • Published June 4, 2020

The Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia stands in solidarity with our students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and with communities across Athens, Georgia, and the Nation in this moment of despair. We recognize the long and deep history of oppression that has brought us to this moment and stand against all forms of inequality that position some communities against others. The instruction of art and design comes with the inherent responsibility of influencing the world to be better, more just, and more compassionate. Lamar Dodd School of Art condemns racism and racial violence in all...

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