Cover image: Mock-up of one of two murals planned for the historic Seminole-Hartzog Pharmacy building in Seminole County by Color the World Bright. Source: https://www.donalsonvillenews.com/2022/10/28/grant-awarded-for-two-down…

The Lamar Dodd School of Art welcomes Paul Mellon Professor of Art History Tim Barringer of Yale University next week for the annual Shouky Shaheen lecture. At the invitation of retiring Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Art History Janice Simon, Barringer will present his talk Why We Need Ruskin Now, which argues that revisiting the interconnected readings of nature, art, and education by British thinker John Ruskin can illuminate our relationship to images in the present era.

Cover image: Julius Pommer (American, 1895 – 1945), “Ghost Trees,” 1938. Lithograph on paper. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Transferred from the University of Georgia Library. GMOA 1969.2490.

Cover image: Troy Lamarr Chew II, Ask ya Mama, 2021, Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in. Photo courtesy of Altman Siegel gallery.

Cover image: Students and participants assemble the Linnentown Living Mosaic at the University of Georgia Memorial Hall Plaza on October 3, 2022. Photo courtesy of Sidney Chansamone, @sid.chansa

Cover image: Ridley Howard, Sea and Sky, 2022 Oil on linen, 24 x 34 inches. On view at Marinaro Gallery in New York City. Photo courtesy of Joseph Peragine.

Art librarian Lindsey Reynolds returned from Printed Matter's New York Art Book Fair last week conflicted about limiting her selection of art book purchases in a fair that boasts several floors of vendors. Nevertheless, she is happy to report an exciting variety of acquisitions for the UGA Art Library and the Athenaeum Lupin Reading Room!