Lamar Dodd School of Art

WORK IN PROGRESS. Model of the Notre-Dame de Paris roof framework, 1:10 scale, white oak, pictured here with Handshouse Studio: Notre-Dame Project workshop participants at the University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art in Athens, GA, Fall 2022.

Students invited to participate in second iteration of immersive Notre Dame sculpture workshop with Handshouse Studio

January 31, 2024

The Notre-Dame Project is an initiative that began in 2021, when Handshouse Studio led a team of experts and students in Washington, DC to begin reconstructing one of the trusses that once supported the great cathedral's roof, which was destroyed by fire in 2019.

Artwork in Hard Fork, exhibition by CC Calloway.

Back to School Exhibition Opening at the Dodd

August 10, 2023

To celebrate the start of the Fall 2023 semester, the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia welcomes friends and members of the community to the Back to School Exhibition Opening, an occasion to meet six new faculty members and an incoming cohort of graduate students in studio art, art education, and art history while enjoying four exhibitions on view in the Dodd Galleries.

Installation by 2023 MFA alum Mickey Boyd profiled by the Liu Shiming Art Foundation

June 22, 2023

‘Where the Sidewalk Ends, Spring 2023 BFA Exit Show’ celebrates graduating students

April 5, 2023

Ushering in graduation season, the Lamar Dodd School of Art proudly presents Where the Sidewalk Ends, BFA Spring 2023 Exit Show in the Dodd Galleries, an exhibition organized by and featuring the work of 42 graduating BFA students.

AJ Aremu ('23, MFA), You Touch the Immortals, 2023

Athenaeum presents ‘re:(de)construction,’ artworks by the 2023 MFA class of the Lamar Dodd School of Art

April 5, 2023

The Athenaeum, the University of Georgia’s contemporary art space in downtown Athens, presents artworks by the Spring 2023 MFA class of the Lamar Dodd School of Art in the upcoming thesis exhibition re:(de)construction.

Pam Longobardi, “Ghosts of Consumption,” taken in Hawai'i

Spring 2023 graduation keynote speaker Pam Longobardi archives ocean’s plastics in “Ocean Gleaning”

March 1, 2023

Lamar Dodd School of Art alumna, 2021 Margie E West Prize winner, and Spring 2023 graduation keynote speaker Pam Longobardi ('81, BFA) has spent the last 15 years sourcing, documenting, and compositing these plastics in her arts practice.

Visiting Artist Rebecca Kamen is curious about creativity in sculpture and neuroscience

February 27, 2023

Lamar Dodd School of Art welcomes Kamen for the school's first Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture of 2023, “Curiosity and the Creative Process as Self Care”

Celebrating Chinese Sculptor Liu Shiming: Exhibition Reception and Scholarship Dedication

January 24, 2023

The Dodd Galleries at the Lamar Dodd School of Art and the Liu Shiming Art Foundation from New York City invite you to celebrate the current exhibition Liu Shiming: Descending the Mountain Together.

Four faculty positions open at the Lamar Dodd School of Art

January 12, 2023

The Lamar Dodd School of Art is seeking applicants for four faculty positions in sculpture and technologies, art history and women's studies, interior design, and graphic design.

“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.

MFA student Rachel Seburn speaks with instructor Mac Balentine and guest at the Thomas Street Art Complex.

Short Shorts Film Festival, Graduate Open Studios, and Jewelry Sale at Thomas Street Art Complex

October 10, 2022

On the evening of Thursday September 29, the Lamar Dodd School of Art invited students, faculty, and the community at large to explore graduate studio spaces in sculpture and jewelry & metalwork at the Thomas Street Art Complex.

Students Invited to Sign up for La Forêt Model Project Workshop

September 21, 2022

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