Lamar Dodd School of Art students take part in first-ever UGA field study in contemporary art

30 Lamar Dodd School of Art students recently returned from New York City where they spent three weeks during the 2014 Maymester. The experience was a field study short course (May 13- June 4) taught by a team of UGA art faculty members – Isabelle Loring Wallace, Mary Hallam Pearse and Marni Shindelman. For 25 undergraduate and five graduate students, the experience was an opportunity to immerse in one of the center of the contemporary art world.

Justin Plakas (MFA '12) and Rachel Debuque (MFA '13) in residence at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Professor Harshman worked for 2 weeks at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, Italy from August 4-17, 2014

While in Venice Professor Harshman completed two reduction woodcuts in conjunction with her research on Venetian chandeliers.

Trifecta Clay Perfecta is an outstanding exhibit showcasing the ceramic work of UGA professors Ted Saupe and Sun Koo Yuh along with UGA emeritus professor Ron Meyers. 

Trifecta Clay Perfecta
Members’ Gallery
Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation
Watkinsville, GA 30677
August 29 - September 17, 2014

Solo Exhibition, Marcia Wood Gallery, September 20 @ 7-10PM

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.