Lamar Dodd School of Art

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.

Victoria Dugger. It Ain’t That Deep, 2021. Gouache, sequins, glitter on panel, 36" x 52”

Victoria Dugger (‘22, MFA) selected for exhibition “New Worlds: Georgia Women to Watch”

January 25, 2023

2022 MFA graduate of the Lamar Dodd School of Art Victoria Dugger has been selected as an exhibiting artist for New Worlds: Georgia Women to Watch, a highly-competitive exhibition that will be presented by the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Georgia Committee at the Atlanta Contemporary in 2023.

Imi Hwangbo, Lepidoptera. Hand-cut mylar.

Imi Hwangbo presents “Lepidoptera” at Zuckerman Museum at Kennesaw State University

January 11, 2023

Professor Imi Hwangbo in the Studio Art Core program is exhibiting her work in a solo project titled Lepidoptera at the Zuckerman Museum of Art at Kennesaw State University from January 10 - July 29, 2023.

University of Georgia Black Artists Alliance members (L-R) Zahria Cook, Jasmine Best, AJ Aremu and Jordan Campbell pose for a photo behind their joint table at the Dodd Market on November 18, 2022.

Black Artists Alliance Featured in The Red & Black

December 1, 2022

Formed in 2020, the Black Artists Alliance has served as a critical space for University of Georgia Black student artists within and outside the Lamar Dodd School of Art to find a supportive, safe, and familiar community.

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.

BFA Students Present “Brief Intermission” at ATHICA

November 30, 2022

“Twin Realms” by MFA Students Katie Ford and Lindsey Kennedy Opens this Week in the Dodd Galleries

October 17, 2022

Twin Realms is a collaboration between Dodd MFA candidates Katie Ford and Lindsey Kennedy. The artists come together to create a new, shared body of work that investigates dimensional illegibility and impermanence as ways of prompting an experience of instability.

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 MFA student Jasmine Best speaks to guests in her studio space in the Lamar Dodd School of Art during the Art Party Extravaganza on September 16, 2022.

Art Party Extravaganza Welcomes Community to Explore Studios and Exhibitions

September 21, 2022

The Lamar Dodd School of Art launched the 2022-2023 season of exhibitions at the Dodd Galleries with the return of the Art Party Extravaganza on Friday September 16.

Imi Hwangbo Presents Solo Exhibition “Reverie”

September 19, 2022

Studio Art Professor Imi Hwangbo presents Reverie, a mid-career survey of constructed drawings and prints at the Hawthorn Contemporary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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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