If you are seeking state-of-the-art facilities and a vibrant, tight-knit community enhanced by exhibitions and a robust line-up of visiting artists and scholars, look no further. The Lamar Dodd School of Art is now accepting applications to graduate programs in studio art, art history, and art education for the 2026-2027 academic year.
In response to a growing demand for advanced art education degrees offered remotely, the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia has transitioned the Master of Art Education program online beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year in partnership with the UGA Office of Online Learning.
The University of Georgia's Lamar Dodd School of Art is proud to announce Surface Tension, the Spring 2025 BFA exhibition showcasing the creative achievements of 67 graduating BFA students.
MA student Grace Burns won the 2025 Günther Stamm Prize for her paper "Masking the Bacchic Floor: Materiality and Theatrically in the Cummer Mask Mosaic" at Florida State University. This award, honoring a founding professor of Art History at FSU, goes to one student every year selected by the faculty based on originality and presentation.
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
The Lamar Dodd School of Art presents a round of four new exhibitions in the third-floor Dodd Galleries featuring recent works curated by the UGA Black Artists Alliance, MFA students, alumni and 2025 visiting artist Aaron Coleman. The opening reception for the exhibitions will be held on Friday February 7 from 6-8 pm and is free and open to the public.
MFA student Hail Holtzclaw was recently featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for her debut solo exhibition GLOSS, on view at The End Project Space through January 10, 2025. Hail Holtzclaw is an Atlanta-based artist who is currently an MFA candidate in Studio Art at the University of Georgia. She received her BA and BFA from Georgia State University. She primarily works in oil paint and ch
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.
Meat, bubble gum, and endoscopy— MFA students delve into visceral and sticky subjects in a new round of exhibitions at the Dodd Galleries: Meat-a-physics, Desirable, and Endoscope. Join us this Thursday October 10 at 270 River Road from 6 - 8 pm to celebrate three new shows parsing the ins and outs of the body and the home. These exhibitions, along with Hong Hong: Inland in the Margie E. West Gall
For the second year in a row, MFA students at the Lamar Dodd School of Art are participating in Atlanta Art Week. This year’s exhibition HOMEWORK is a collaboration with Georgia State University's Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design that features 19 graduate students enrolled in two of Georgia's anchor art university programs.
This spring, nine students earning their Master's in Fine Arts (MFA) at the Lamar Dodd School of Art present Sharpening a Screw, a thesis exhibition at the Athenaeum opening to the public on April 12, 2024 from 6 - 8 pm.
