Founded in 1970, the Lamar Dodd Professorial Chair is a short-term appointment of high distinction intended to honor artists of international standing who have achieved an extraordinary record of exhibition. Artists selected for this position teach and work at the Dodd and hold the rank of full professor, following in the footsteps of Elaine de Kooning, Mel Chin, Willie Cole, David Humphrey, Lola Brooks, and Paul Pfeiffer among others. The Lamar Dodd Professorial Chair was established to honor the Dodd’s first Chair, Lamar Dodd, for whom the art school is named. It is an integral part of the Dodd’s commitment to excellence across disciplinary boundaries and reflects the school’s belief that arts research is an essential component of the academic mission of the University of Georgia

  • Luis Cruz Azaceta

    Fall
    2005
    to Spring 2005

    I paint what I see around me, and I look with an accusing eye at what man has created...I am just a filter, a many-colored voice...I paint to kill La Muerte, and also to kill Cruelty, Injustice, Violence, Ignorance and Hypocrisy. —Luis Cruz Azaceta, from an interview with Friehelm Mennekes,1988

  • Willie Cole

    Fall
    2004
    to Spring 2004

    Willie Cole (born 1955 in Newark, New Jersey) is a noted contemporary American sculptor, printer, and conceptual and visual artist. His work uses contexts of postmodern eclecticism, and combines references and appropriation from African and African-American imagery. He also has used Dada’s readymades and Surrealism’s transformed objects, as well as icons of American pop culture or African and Asian masks.

  • Michael Lucero

    Fall
    2003
    to Spring 2003

    Michael Lucero, held the distinguished position of Lamar Dodd Professorial Chair at the University of Georgia during the 2003–2004 academic year. Lucero earned his MFA at the University of Washington in 1978 and has since exhibited extensively throughout the United States. His work is featured in prominent collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, Korea.