Arts News from the Chronicles

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The collaborative power of poetry and photography in Andrew Zawacki’s Endscape

UGA professor explores a distressed landscape in new interdisciplinary collection This November Andrew Zawacki, Distinguished Research Professor in the department of English, published Endscape, a collection of his poetry and photography. The work appears in the inaugural edition of the P5 Photo…
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Creative Writing Program reading casts Spotlight on lyricism

 As a part of the month-long Spotlight on the Arts event, Karla Kelsey, the Diann Blakely Visiting Poet spent the last week participating in events, visiting classes and finally a reading of her most recent work, Transcendental Factory: For Mina Loy (2024).  Kelsey was introduced by…
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Beyond Swann's Way

After discovering his singular passion for the French language as an undergraduate at UGA, William Carter AB ’63, MA ’67, made teaching and interpreting Proust’s novel a lifelong passion. Georgia magazine shares the story of an inspiring alumnus: "I loved it…
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The Generative AI Competition 3.0

The Generative AI student competition returns for its third year and asks students to use Artificial Intelligence to create something meaningful to enrich the UGA community/experience. Submissions are due March 6, 2026. Monetary prizes and swag will be awarded to the top three submissions…
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Musical performance as experiential learning

Director of Bands and professor of music Nicholas Enrico Williams oversees five ensembles for the Hugh Hodgson School of Music as open routes to creative discovery for student performers. What began as a dream to be a music school faculty member has matured into a passion for achievement and…