The Lamar Dodd School of Art has welcomed an exciting new cohort of graduate students this fall in studio art, art history, and art education. A few select students participated in a takeover on the school's Instagram account last week to introduce themselves and share background on their practice and research.
For thirty years, the late professor emeritus Art Rosenbaum instructed a generation of painters at the Lamar Dodd School of Art with an eye toward bold, layered compositions that highlighted the interiority of his subjects and the dynamic landscape of folk traditions and personhood in the South.
Dedicated South Carolina educator Andrea Elliott commuted regularly to the Lamar Dodd School of Art from Spartanburg for the first few years of her doctoral studies in art education. The onset of the pandemic in 2020 prompted a shift to completing her degree virtually.
Amanda Burk, who received her MFA in Printmaking at the Lamar Dodd School of Art in 2007, opened the Athens print studio Flat File Print Shop this past summer. The Athens-Banner Herald published a feature on the new studio on August 9th.
Two spring graduates of the School of Art's Fabric Design program were awarded first and second place in the print category of the Virginia Jackson Design Competition by the International Textile Alliance.
