» Lamar Dodd School of Art hosts International Symposium in Cortona, Italy

During the late spring/early summer of 2001, the University of Georgia hosted the first "Cortona International Symposium; A Print Odyssey." Over 300 artists and scholars from all over the world gathered in Cortona from May 30-June 2, 2001 in order to consider notions of modern day pilgrimage and the cultural and spiritual aspects of journey as it relates to printmaking, bookarts, inter-media and electronic forms. The Symposium offered a lively range of exhibitions, performances, panel presentations, receptions and late night shows.

In attendance were such notables as Lesley Dill (keynote speaker), Willie Cole, Gail Deery, Lorenzo de Castro, Judy Brodsky, Mari Mater O'Neill, David Kiehl, Robert Stackhouse, Faye Hirsch, Unica T, Frances Myers, Adriane Herman, Brian Reeves, Magdalena Campos-Pons, Eileen Foti, Lynne Allen, Pepon Osorio, James Siena, Carol Weaver, Carinna Parraman, Kathryn Reeves, Steve Hoskins, Colin Fallows, Dominic Thorburn, Beth Grabowski, Leslie Bellevance, Sydney Cross, and Eric Denker.