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.
On September 16th, in a quiet lecture hall at the School of Art, hours before the bustling energy of the Art Party Extravaganza, exhibiting artist Pete Schulte delivered the lecture “Notes on Drawing.” Schulte's work, on display in the Margie E. West Gallery through November 10th, is composed of monochromatic drawings of looping lines and graphite glowing shapes.
On the heels of last week’s Art Party Extravaganza, the Lamar Dodd School of Art invites the public to attend the 2022 Short Shorts Film Festival and Open Studios, an evening of film, sculpture, and jewelry & metalwork at the Thomas Street Art Complex.
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.
Dedicated South Carolina educator Andrea Elliott commuted regularly to the Lamar Dodd School of Art from Spartanburg for the first few years of her doctoral studies in art education. The onset of the pandemic in 2020 prompted a shift to completing her degree virtually.
In commemoration and recognition of Juneteenth, the School of Art is revisiting the Linnentown Quilt Project, "spearheaded in spring 2021 by University of Georgia art education graduate students Meghan Holcomb, Sarah Livant, and Gabriella Victorio to spread awareness about Linnentown".
