Lamar Dodd School of Art

Art Education co-presents 2025 Art & Education for Social Justice Symposium with the UGA School of Social Work

February 3, 2025

The Art Education area of the Lamar Dodd School of Art presents the 2025 Art & Education for Social Justice Symposium at the school's main building on UGA's east campus in partnership with the UGA School of Social Work from February 7-9, 2025. The Art & Education for Social Justice Symposium (AESJ) provides an opportunity to gain insight into a range of practices aligned with social justice, educa

Online Master’s in Art Education Launching Fall 2025

October 28, 2024

The Master's in Art Education at the Lamar Dodd School of Art is going virtual! Check back mid-November for details on our new online MAEd program launching Fall 2025.

Image: 2023 4'33" Contest Winners at the Athenaeum — Vale Prosper, Isabella Tallman-Jones, Adah Bennion, and Keren Sahar.

Compete in the 4’33” Contest, a research competition in the arts during the UGA Spotlight on the Arts Festival

October 3, 2024

An homage to John Cage's landmark composition of the same name, the 4 Minutes, 33 Seconds Contest highlights University of Georgia student research in the arts. The event offers an opportunity for students to win prizes and to share their creative inquiry with peers, faculty, administrators and alumni throughout the university community.

Call for Proposals for 2025 Art & Education for Social Justice Symposium

September 16, 2024

Visiting Artist vanessa german transmits redemption through assemblage, performance, and community work

March 17, 2023

The Lamar Dodd School of Art welcomes german next week through the school's Visiting Artist and Scholar program.

Four students receive 2023 Outstanding Teaching Award

March 15, 2023

The 2023 Outstanding Teaching Award, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President of Instruction, has been awarded to graduate students J Taran Diamond (MFA candidate), Chad Hayward (MFA candidate), Devin Jo (PhD candidate in Art Education), and Tara Kraft-Ainsworth (PhD candidate in Art History) for their exceptional care and effectiveness in the classroom and studio.

Caitlin La Dolce and student volunteers discussing the exterior mural design at Bigger Vision Athens.

MFA students brighten local Athens shelter

February 17, 2023

With a desire to have a positive impact on and relationship with the local community, Benjamin Britton, an associate professor of painting at UGA, met with the Executive Director of Bigger Vision of Athens Ryan Hersh to discuss potential opportunities for collaboration.

Banner artwork courtesy of MFA student Katherine Rutter. The Valley of Lost Things, 2022.

Applications Open for Graduate Studies at the Lamar Dodd School of Art

November 30, 2022

The Lamar Dodd School of Art has opened applications to graduate programs in studio art, art history, and art education for the 2023-2024 academic year. Interested applicants are encouraged to learn more about our application process and prepare materials by the January 1, 2023 deadline.

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.

Students Andrew East and Catie Cook curate “Trick or Treat” pop-up and virtual exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art

October 31, 2022

Celebrate Halloween with the “spooky, scary, and supernatural” virtual exhibition Trick or Treat, curated by Lamar Dodd School of Art students and Georgia Museum of Art fall 2022 art education interns Andrew East and Catie Cook.

Students and participants assemble the Linnentown Living Mosaic at the University of Georgia Memorial Hall Plaza on October 3, 2022.

Lynn Sanders-Bustle Constructs Living Mosaic for Linnentown with First Year Odyssey Students

October 27, 2022

On Tuesday October 3rd, students in Sanders-Bustle’s course staged a five-hour installation and deinstallation of the Linnentown Living Mosaic at Memorial Hall Plaza at the University of Georgia.

UGA students in the 2022 Lamar Dodd School of Art Maymester in New York exploring Andy Warhol: Revelation at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

School of Art Maymester Course in New York Immerses Students in an Epicenter of Contemporary Art

October 17, 2022

The school’s New York Maymester course introduces a cohort of emerging artists, art historians, and art educators to celebrated contemporary artworks through a critical curatorial lens.

First-year Graduate Students Featured on School of Art Social Media

September 5, 2022

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.

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