Art history student Gabriela Diaz-Jones penned an essay that was recently published in The Classic, the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Writing Intensive Program’s journal of undergraduate writing and research, titled “Baroque Women in Marble as Intimate or Intricate.”
Susan Sherman (ABJ ’82) is the chair and co-founder of the Saint Louis Fashion Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit which seeks to bring back St. Louis’s fashion industry, once second only to New York’s Garment District. The group, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, uplifts young designers and emerging brands and promotes fashion education and outreach in the city.
On Nov. 14, students representing programs ranging from dance to art history to language and literacy education will gather for the annual 4 Minutes, 33 Seconds Contest to highlight their work during a live competitive showcase. The event, from 4-6 p.m. at the Athenaeum on Broad Street, is part of the University of Georgia’s monthlong Spotlight on the Arts festival.
The catalogue for the 2023 thesis exhibition re:(de)construction — shown in May 2023 at the school's downtown contemporary art gallery the Athenaeum — spotlights eleven MFA students, ten art history graduate students, and includes a guest essay by Director and Curator of the ICA Chattanooga Rachel Waldrop.
This week, the Lamar Dodd School of Art welcomes New York- and Texas-based photographer Rahim Fortune as a Visiting Artist. Fortune's visit to the School of Art coincides with his inclusion in a major survey exhibition of Southern photography at the High Museum in Atlanta titled A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845
Critique Is Creative: The Critical Response Process in Theory and Action won a Silver Nautilus Book Award in the category of Creativity & Innovation. The Nautilus Awards program recognizes literary contributions in spiritual growth, green values and sustainability, wellness, and social change and social justice.
Organizers of the 2023 edition of Atlanta Art Week invited nine MFA students at the Lamar Dodd School of Art to present the group exhibition Unlisted at The Works, a mixed-use development in Atlanta’s Upper Westside, from October 3 through October 7, 2023.
