Arts News from the Chronicles

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Britton reviewed in Art in America

The work of Lamar Dodd School of Art assistant professor of drawing and painting Benjamin Britton was reviewed in Art in America earlier this year: Like many other artists whose works “hover between abstraction and representation”—pick your cliché—Britton employs elements from both ends of that…
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Athfest 2015

One of the many reasons we love the symbiotic relations between town and gown, music and the university go together like UGA and Athens, GA and there is no better example than ATHfest: AthFest is a multi-day music and arts festival in downtown Athens, GA that showcases local, regional, and national…
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Masciadri honored with da Vinci Award

UNESCO Artist for Peace and University Professor Milton Masciadri has received further worldwide recognition for his artistic efforts: University of Georgia's Milton Masciadri was recently named recipient of the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts from the World Cultural Council-the first…
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GMOA: Lines of Inquiry

    In the open time spaces (and parking spaces!) of summertime, don't forget the Georgia Museum of Art as a place to go, to explore, to enjoy and to learn. They have a full range of exhibitions on view this summer, including a collaboration with art history students from the Dodd built…
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74th Peabody Awards

The red carpet rolls out this weekend to celebrate the highest achievements in radio and television, networks, webcasting, podcasting, producing organizations and individuals at the 74th annual George F. Peabody Awards: The May 31 ceremony in New York will have a new venue: the Greek revival…