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Banner artwork: Thank You, Call Again, Maddy Underwood, MFA '27.

Applications Open for Graduate Studies at the Lamar Dodd School of Art

September 24, 2025

If you are seeking state-of-the-art facilities and a vibrant, tight-knit community enhanced by exhibitions and a robust line-up of visiting artists and scholars, look no further. The Lamar Dodd School of Art is now accepting applications to graduate programs in studio art, art history, and art education for the 2026-2027 academic year.

UGA Master of Art Education degree transitions to online program

April 7, 2025

In response to a growing demand for advanced art education degrees offered remotely, the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia has transitioned the Master of Art Education program online beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year in partnership with the UGA Office of Online Learning.

Spring 2025 graduates of the Lamar Dodd School of Art present BFA Exit Show “Surface Tension”

March 28, 2025

The University of Georgia's Lamar Dodd School of Art is proud to announce Surface Tension, the Spring 2025 BFA exhibition showcasing the creative achievements of 67 graduating BFA students.

MA student Grace Burns wins 2025 Günther Stamm Prize

March 19, 2025

MA student Grace Burns won the 2025 Günther Stamm Prize for her paper "Masking the Bacchic Floor: Materiality and Theatrically in the Cummer Mask Mosaic" at Florida State University. This award, honoring a founding professor of Art History at FSU, goes to one student every year selected by the faculty based on originality and presentation.

Art Education co-presents 2025 Art & Education for Social Justice Symposium with the UGA School of Social Work

February 3, 2025

The Art Education area of the Lamar Dodd School of Art presents the 2025 Art & Education for Social Justice Symposium at the school's main building on UGA's east campus in partnership with the UGA School of Social Work from February 7-9, 2025. The Art & Education for Social Justice Symposium (AESJ) provides an opportunity to gain insight into a range of practices aligned with social justice, educa

Spring exhibitions opening in the Dodd Galleries

February 3, 2025

The Lamar Dodd School of Art presents a round of four new exhibitions in the third-floor Dodd Galleries featuring recent works curated by the UGA Black Artists Alliance, MFA students, alumni and 2025 visiting artist Aaron Coleman. The opening reception for the exhibitions will be held on Friday February 7 from 6-8 pm and is free and open to the public.

MFA student Hail Holtzclaw featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

January 6, 2025

MFA student Hail Holtzclaw was recently featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for her debut solo exhibition GLOSS, on view at The End Project Space through January 10, 2025. Hail Holtzclaw is an Atlanta-based artist who is currently an MFA candidate in Studio Art at the University of Georgia. She received her BA and BFA from Georgia State University. She primarily works in oil paint and ch

Online Master’s in Art Education Launching Fall 2025

October 28, 2024

The Master's in Art Education at the Lamar Dodd School of Art is going virtual! Check back mid-November for details on our new online MAEd program launching Fall 2025.

Artwork by MFA student Samuel Horgan, 2024.

Three new student exhibitions explore the ins and outs of the body and the home

October 8, 2024

Meat, bubble gum, and endoscopy— MFA students delve into visceral and sticky subjects in a new round of exhibitions at the Dodd Galleries: Meat-a-physics, Desirable, and Endoscope. Join us this Thursday October 10 at 270 River Road from 6 - 8 pm to celebrate three new shows parsing the ins and outs of the body and the home. These exhibitions, along with Hong Hong: Inland in the Margie E. West Gall

Artwork: Izzy Losskarn (UGA), Prick (Red), 2023. 20 x 20 in. Pastel on paper, mounted to shaped wood panel.

UGA partners with Georgia State University for Atlanta Art Week

September 23, 2024

For the second year in a row, MFA students at the Lamar Dodd School of Art are participating in Atlanta Art Week. This year’s exhibition HOMEWORK is a collaboration with Georgia State University's Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design that features 19 graduate students enrolled in two of Georgia's anchor art university programs.

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