Category: exhibition

This year's Dodd Professorial Chair in the Lamar Dodd School of Art is the jeweler and metalsmith Lola Brooks. The school will present an exhibition of her new work, opening on Feb. 1 in Gallery 307:

The exhibition will include five to seven pieces installed alongside objects from the artist's many collections, including some 1/4 inch-scale furniture, all designed to shift the viewer's perception of scale and meaning.

"This is an opportunity to explore some ideas about shifting meaning through perception of scale and context using display," Brooks said, "and is probably partially a result of the psychological and physical space that opened for me by moving here.

"I make large, outsized jewelry to begin with, but I'm interested how the pieces become a little more heroic or ridiculous on these diminutively scaled antique salesman samples."

Brooks is a tremendous artist and teacher, and her time at LDSOA - continuing through the spring semester - has been mutually beneficial. Our students are fortunate to spend time and interact with an artist of her caliber and intellect. Her work is a treat - a compelling take on 'jewelry as art' that is refreshing and enlightening.

Image: "Bubblepearls," by Lola Brooks

Graduate students from the Lamar Dodd School of Art are part of an exhibition at the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, which begins on January 11 and runs through Feb. 15. The exhibition, Material Wonders, features student artists working in a variety of media and begins with a reception on January 11 at 6 p.m.

It is important for young artists to get out in the community and begin developing relationships as individuals with their work. This is a great opportunity to do just that. Congratulations to the students and OCAF for organizing this show.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exit Show in Photography happens this Friday, Nov. 30 at the Lamar Dodd School of Art.

The Skinny Jean Bandits: BFA Photography Exit ShowMark your calendar and join the Skinny Jean Bandits as they present the Fall BFA Photography Exit Show! The opening reception takes place on November 30th, 2012, from 7:00 - 9:00PM at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. The show will feature works from the BFA photography candidates Jon Alread, Erica Dale, Caroline Homer, Kathryn Kimmel, Nehemie Cal Lucien, Van Moncrieff, Mei Lin Ng, Betsy Phillips, Astin Shrader, Ian Watson, and Molly Weir.

Check the link for a nice slideshow of some of the work from the show - and how about that spiffy new site?

Image: photograph by LDSOA student Astin Shrader.

The art of photography is indeed a moving target. The advent of digital photography has made us all photographers of one sort or another, documenting the quotidian as well as the surprising events of life. But the narrative elements of fine art photography continue to develop apace, and the Lamar Dodd School of Art is home to many faculty and students pursuing photography at many levels, in many formats and with an eye toward its highest ambitions as art. This level of activity will be on display early next semester in the work of a visiting artist, with the LDSOA Photography Fellow Exhibition by Chicago-based Kelly Kristen Jones. The opening reception will be on January 11 at 7 p.m. in gallery 101 and you won't want to miss it. Jones describes her work:

Each image represents a conscious exchange between subject and photographer. Photography’s "Othering" gaze is balanced by my personal relationship to the sitter. The camera allows me another way of engaging with my family and friends, but also with photography. I examine elements of uncertainty and power that underline the camera’s use and limitations. This is not about attempting to offer an unadulterated “truth”; rather, it is about a carefully composed portrait for the camera. The resulting photographs strike a delicate balance between giving and taking.

Image: from Our No Place by Kelly Kristen Jones.

Terrific show of student work at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, opening tonight, featured in an article in the Athens Banner Herald:

“Space Camp,” the larger exhibition featuring Lee’s work, showcases 15 student artists currently working in Lamar Dodd’s studios. It’s reception is 7-9 p.m. tonight at Lamar Dodd at 270 River Road.

Installation[s] art is not about object making, Hwangbo said. Space is the thing.

Instead of the art hanging on the wall in a frame, an installation comes alive because it becomes part of the environment. Since installations are very public, Hwangbo calls it “a very democratic version of art” in that it takes art out of traditional galleries and museums.

Students had to negotiate with building management to display their works outside of Dodd’s galleries, an exercise Hwangbo said will prepare them to make public art in their communities.

The Galleries in the Lamar Dodd School of Art are a great place to stop and take a break in the whirlwind pace of the beginning of classes this August. There is terrific student work up right now plus three new shows opening on Friday August 17th. Here's a rundown:

These last three have their opening receptions on Friday August 17 from 7-9 pm and the public is welcome. Plus, Attrition, a great installation from Interior Design professor Thom Houser just came down but we're working on a video of the show that will be available soon. As always, our motto: Get to the Dodd, see some art. 

The fine and performing arts units in the Franklin College - the Lamar Dodd School of Art, the department of dance, the department of theatre and film studies and the Hugh Hodgson School of Music - have long been the heart of the university. Not only do these units provide performance and exhibition opportunities for our students, they are important venues for the cultural life of the campus community and they are visibly engaged in our wider mission: educating a cultivated citizenry for Georgia. These units welcome school children and alumni alike, and quite often for the public, attending a concert or opening is their first experience on campus. So these units are constant ambassadors for UGA. 

But the arts at UGA are represented by far more than these Franklin units. From the Georgia Museum of Art to the Georgia Review and the UGA Press, many UGA Units are engaged in bringing the cultural life of our campus to the community and beyond. The University, under the leadership of Vice Provost Libby Morris, has brought together the leaders of all the arts units to form the UGA Arts Council. The Council is a new conglomeration formed to build support, and audiences, for the arts units on campus. One of the important outcomes of this new collaboration is a new UGA arts website, which is a great all-in-one-place web destination for information on the arts.

University of Georgia alumni artists present the 4th Annual UGA Alumni Art Showcase with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, August 3 at the Winsor Gallery in McDonough Georgia.

The show will be on display through the month of August. The show featuring metro Atlanta artists is sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association Metro Atlanta Chapter, the UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art, the McDonough Arts Council, and the Winsor Gallery.

Alumni from the Lamar Dodd School of Art are a very prolific group who support the school as they keep their ties to UGA near and dear, and this is especially true of those based in and around Atlanta. Thanks to the UGA Alumni Association for their support for this event, which is free and open to the public.

The Lamar Dodd School of Art presents "phlood," a one day show of Maymester student work on Tuesday June 5, 2012. The show includes graduate and undergraduate students working with animation, heroic painting*, printmaking and construction paper boat forms.

A reception will be held from 4-6 pm, with animation showings at 4:30 and 5:30 pm in room 150 of the school of art. The reception is free and the public is invited to attend.

*A bit of an odd descriptor, though not an uncommon one. 'Heroic' can pertain to proportions or subject matter, or in the case of many artists, both.

There is a fantastic, international show up at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, featuring great artwork and highlighting an important mechanism for faculty collaboration: the Fulbright Scholarship Program:

The Lamar Dodd School of Art is hosting an exhibition of works by Diane Edison, a Fulbright scholar and UGA professor, and Ekaterina Russiniova of the New Bulgarian University fine arts department. The exhibition, titled "Drawing Across Borders," is on display in Gallery 307 of the school of art through March 9.