Lamar Dodd School of Art

Athenaeum presents landmark exhibition centered on Beverly Buchanan’s Athens years

December 16, 2025

“Beverly’s Athens” follows Buchanan's life in Athens, situating her expansive practice from this period within the local and lived conditions that shaped it.

Announcing Rachel Waldrop as incoming Director and Curator of Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries and Athenaeum

February 10, 2025

The Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia (UGA) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Rachel Waldrop (née Reese) as Director and Curator of the Dodd Galleries and Athenaeum, a non-collecting contemporary art venue affiliated with UGA.

Athenaeum presents solo exhibition by New York artist Matt Keegan

January 3, 2025

The Athenaeum is pleased to present Realia, an exhibition by New York-based artist Matt Keegan. The exhibition will be on display at the gallery from January 10 to March 22, 2025. An exhibition opening will be held at the Athenaeum on January 10 from 6pm to 8pm. Due to inclement weather and UGA campus closure, the exhibition opening has been rescheduled to January 11 from 2 - 4pm.

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.

The Athenaeum presents a newly commissioned exhibition by New York-based artist, Rose Salane

August 30, 2024

The Athenaeum is pleased to present a newly commissioned exhibition by New York-based artist, Rose Salane. The exhibition will be on display at the gallery from September 12th to November 23rd. The artist will give a lecture on September 11th at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at 5:30 pm in Auditorium S151. An exhibition opening will be held the following evening at the Athenaeum, September 12th from

Teiger Foundation awards $75,000 for ‘Beverly’s Athens’ curatorial project supported by the Athenaeum and UGA Press

August 27, 2024

August 27, 2024 — The Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia is thrilled to announce that curators Mo Costello and Katz Tepper have received the 2024 Single Project Grant from Teiger Foundation—a private foundation devoted exclusively to supporting contemporary art curators. Teiger Foundation has awarded Costello and Tepper $75,000 to support the posthumous exhibition, publication,

School of Art Galleries Director Katie Geha named director of UW–Madison’s Tandem Press

July 21, 2024

Katie Geha, director and chief curator of the galleries at the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, has accepted the position of director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Tandem Press, a premier publisher of fine art prints affiliated with the university’s art department in their School of Education.

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