The Society for Photographic Education recognizes UGA photography professor Mary Ruth Moore with the Southeast Regional SPE Honored Educator award, presented at the 2014 regional conference in Greenville, North Carolina, October 11, 2014.

It is for much more than teaching photography. She has shown us how to move through the world, how to see, open to awe and wonder and light, and a special appreciation for telling stories (especially those involving family, the civil war, or UGA football - GO DAWGS!). 

Visual Resources Center has expanded hours and a new website!

The Visual Resources Center (VRC) is an instructional support unit and digital projects lab that serves faculty and students in the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. The VRC houses and maintains media collections and equipment relevant to teaching, research, and creative work in the visual arts, and provides access to workspace areas and computer stations equipped with scanners and imaging software.

“OC” Carlisle, Scientific Illustration (BFA candidate 2014), Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia (UGA), will present a solo art exhibition of illustrations, fine art and photography.

The exhibition will be at the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), Candler Hall, UGA, with a reception hosted by Dean Stephanie Lindquist, Friday afternoon, October 10, 2014, from 3 - 5 PM. The exhibition will be on displaythrough the end of Spring semester 2015. 

Jeremy Blair, Co-Area Chair of Art Education demystifies STE[A]M

Shindelman, Gallaspy, Powers included in contemporary survey

Athens, Ga. - A national exhibition at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, is highlighting the work of two alumni and one faculty member from the Lamar Dodd School of Art.

"State of the Art : Discovering American Art Now," on view through Jan. 19, features more than 100 American artists selected as the result of over 1,000 studio visits by Crystal Bridges curators who traveled the country seeking to discover artists whose work had not yet been recognized nationally.

Chris Cogan will show his latest 16mm film: “NO MOON” at Studio des Ursulines in Paris in November 2014. 

The studio is a historic site famous for the scandal that broke out during the premiere of Germaine Dulac’s “The Seashell and the Clergyman” in 1928.

Light Cone Paris will be presenting a selection of contemporary experimental work made between 2012-2014 from a group of international artists based in Europe and North America.
Further information:

lightcone.org

Studio des Ursulines
10 Rue des Ursulines
75005 Paris
FRANCE

Jesse Aron Green a Willson Center Distinguished Visiting Artist

Lamar Dodd School of Art Open House Thursday, November 13th 5-8 p.m.

Melissa Harshman was chosen as one of three faculty members at UGA to participate in the SEC Academic Leadership Development Fellows Program.

Isabelle Wallace, an associate professor of contemporary art in UGA's Lamar Dodd School of Art, writes a survey of the influencial art of Jasper Johns.

Jasper Johns ia an American painter and printmaker who widely influenced a generation of 20th century artists. Read More: UGA Columns