Exceptional arts programming, research, and scholarship across Franklin and UGA were on display throughout November during the 14th annual Spotlight on the Arts festival. Congratulations to the many students and faculty in arts units who worked so hard to capture and hold the attention of the campus community.

The monthlong festival featured more than 40 events and exhibitions in the literary, performing, and visual arts, including the fifth annual Dodd Market, performances by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the Branford Marsalis Quartet, a UGA Theatre production of “Evil Dead: The Musical,” and Spotlight Trivia Night.

The annual Student Spotlight showcase at Tate Plaza featured a student art market in addition to live performances ranging from contemporary modern dance to poetry readings to the Redcoat Marching Band.

Spotlight on the Arts is coordinated by the UGA Arts Council, a group representing the performing, visual, and literary arts, as well as interdisciplinary academic units on campus. The council comprises representatives from the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, College of Environment and Design, Department of English Creative Writing Program, Department of Dance, Department of Theatre and Film Studies, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia Museum of Art, The Georgia Review, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Hugh Hodgson School of Music, UGA Arts Collaborative, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Mary Frances Early College of Education, Performing Arts Center, University of Georgia Press, Special Collections Libraries, and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.

And keep an eye out for announcements concerning the fourth annual Humanities Festival in March 2026, highlighting rich and diverse humanities research and practice at UGA.

Image: Florian (Minseol Hong, Doctor of Musical Arts student in vocal performance) and his love Lieschen (Yiqi Wang, DMA in vocal performance) in UGA Opera Theatre’s production of “The Ring of Polykrates” by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, performed Nov. 7 and 9 at the Performing Arts Center. (Photo by Clay Chastain)