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Students and community service

Next week is spring break and while there's nothing at all wrong with saddling up with friends and heading to a beach to relax, it should be acknowledged that many students will choose to use the week off in a different way: A group of 360 University of Georgia students will forego typical spring break trips like the beach and amusement parks to spend the week of March 9 participating in nearly 14,000 hours of community service work at 19 sites…


MFA Exit Show returns to the GMOA

• Nicole Lea Williams, interior design, Flowery Branch. Congratulations to these students and bravo for the return of this event to the museum. Yet another reason to visit this important public institution, whose staff works tirelessly to make its collections and experience accessible to all. Image: Courtesy of the Georgia Museum of Art  


Printmaker Karen Kunc at Lamar Dodd

The school of art welcomes printmaker Karen Kunc to campus this week, where she'll be printing with graduate students all week. She will present a public lecture on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 5:30 p.m. in room S151 in the school of art. A reception will follow at 7 p.m. Learn more about Karen Kunc and her work here.

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Morning Talk TV the focus of University Theatre's 'Must Go On'

A terrific, original new work is coming from University Theatre at the end of this month: the University of Georgia Theatre will present the world premiere of "Must Go On," a comedy written and directed by John Kundert-Gibbs, an associate professor in the department of theatre and film studies. The homage to morning talk shows will feature a combination of onstage theatre and live television broadcast Feb. 21-23 and Feb. 27 to March 2 at 8…


Franklin Visiting Scholars Program presents Stephen Carpenter

Artist, activist and educator Stephen B. Carpenter II will visit UGA the week of Feb. 20 as part of the Franklin Visiting Scholars program. His work and presentations at UGA will focus on creative interdisciplinary responses to the global water crisis: Carpenter's visit to UGA will include a public performance and workshop on "Collaborative Creative Resistance" Feb. 19 at noon at the west entrance of the school of art. Both the lecture and the…


Valentine's Day Wind Ensemble concert

The UGA Wind Ensemble under director of bands John Lynch is one of the premiere large ensembles in the Southeast. You can purchase their recordings here and here, and a video we made during the 2011 recording session is here. Needless to say, it's a treat when they play on campus, and so thier Valentine's Day concert will be a treat within a treat: The University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music's 2nd Thursday Scholarship Concert Series…


Ann Orr Visiting Artist workshop

Designer and master silversmith Julia Woodman will give the 2013 Ann Orr Visiting Artist lecture on February 8 at 5:30 p.m. in room S150 of the Lamar Dodd School of Art. The lecture is free and the public is invited to attend. Woodman will also give a workshop the following day, Feb. 9 from 9:30 to 5 p.m. at the Thomas Street Art Complex, where she will share instruction and techniques with students and faculty. The Ann Orr Morris Memorial Fund…


CORE dance company presents 'Take Flight!'

  CORE Concert Dance Company Contemporary and Aerial Dance will present TAKING FLIGHT! Wed.- Sat. Feb. 27 to March 2 at 8 p.m, held at the UGA Department of Dance New Dance Theatre, Athens, GA. Contemporary and a range of aerial dance - including bungee-assistance, triple trapeze, lyra, silks and cyr – blends with digitally rendered film projection and explores an aeronautical and emotional journey. Purchase tickets at: tate@uga.edu/tickets…


Tingler recital of songs "Made in America'

Hugh Hodgson School of Music associate professor of voice Stephanie Tingler is a highly decorated composer and performer, whose accolades include national finalist honors in the Bel Canto Opera, Opera Columbus Annual Operatic, and American Traditions competitions. On Monday Feb. 4, Tingler will present some of her favorite songs by American composers: "This recital really is a cross-section of my favorite American compositions for voice,"…

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UGA Opera Theatre presents Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'

This is not to be missed. The UGA Opera Theatre presents a three-day production of Mozart's The Magic Flute: The three-day engagement will feature the UGA Opera Theater in conjunction with the UGA Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Bara, director of choral activities. Frederick Burchinal, director of opera, is the production's producer. Opera coach Kathryn Wright is responsible for musical preparation. The opera will be performed in German…


Dodd Chair 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…

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Art project links Twitter and users' Geolocation

Lamar Dodd School of Art photography lecturer Marni Shindelman has an interesting new art project that has re-introduced art to social media:   An exhibition of the project, “Geolocation: Tributes to the Data Stream,” opened on Thursday at United Photo Industries in New York and runs through Jan. 28. Ms. Shindelman called Twitter “a huge, vast sea of digital noise.” “But it’s important that it exists,” she said, “and I think our…


Landscape for the Night

"Landscape for the Night," a kinetic sculpture by LDSOA associate professor Martijn van Wagtendonk, is featured on the front page of the Athens Banner Herald today. It's a great work, a terrific notice for one of our very talented faculty members, a great show and the second time in several days that art work related the Lamar Dodd School of Art has been above the fold on the front page of the local paper. Substantive, good news - not "good" but…


Material Wonders at OCAF

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…


Rivkin 2nd Thursday Concert

Evgeny Rivikin is one of the great international virtuosos on the faculty at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Already a top award winner as some of the world's most prestigious piano competitions when he arrived at UGA in 1995, Rivkin has anchored the piano studio at the Hodgson School in the time since. His solo recitals have dazzled audiences around the world and at UGA, and his first-of-the-new-year 2nd Thursday concert performances continue…

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University Theatre presents 'The Fantasticks'

In its 80th season, University Theatre presents a production of the light-hearted musical, The Fantasticks: A lighthearted, modern twist on Romeo and Juliet featuring well-known musical numbers such as “Try to Remember” and “Soon It’s Gonna Rain,” The Fantasticks features neighboring fathers in a feud over a shared wall, their lovestruck offspring, and a hired villain with his troupe of traveling actors. The young lovers face the conflict…


Byzantine art expert Helen Evans

A specialist in early Christian, Byzantine and Armenian art, Evans installed the Jaharis Galleries of Byzantine Art at the Metropolitan Museum in 2000, which were its first galleries dedicated to Byzantine art, and expanded the galleries in 2008. Her most recent exhibition “Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition” covered the seventh through ninth centuries and closed in the summer of 2012 after receiving glowing reviews in the New York Times…


ARCO in Venice

A year ago last month, I had the distinct privilege of traveling to Italy with one of the premiere ensembles in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music - the ARCO Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Franklin Professor of Music Levon Ambartsumian. ARCO was invited to play a UNESCO-sponsored concert in the renowned opera house La Fenice, in Venice. It was a very beautiful concert and delightful experience. Now WUGA-TV will broadcast the one-hour…


BFA Exit Show III: Ceramics & Scientific Illustration

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exit Show, the culmination of years of study by students in Studio Arts in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, will be presented in its third iteration of the semester tonight featuring student work in ceramics and scientific illustration. The opening reception is from 7 - 9 p.m. in galleries 101 and 307 of the school of art and features the work of Michele Dross (ceramics) and Whitley Watson, Lauren Akin and Kelsey…


Dreaming of the Redcoat Band

Hugh Hodgson School of Music graduate Richard Gnann (BMus, MMEd) is the author of Dreaming of the Redcoat Band, the true story of one child’s Bulldog dream — to march in Sanford Stadium with the University of Georgia Redcoat Band. The story personifies the Redcoat Marching Band legacy and experience for the hundreds of Franklin and UGA students who have comprised its ranks over the years. The book inspires children to follow their…


Ceramics & jewelry and metals sale in LDSOA

Student work from the school of art is on sale today from until 5 p.m., get your original pottery and jewelry from the hands that made it: The Ceramics Student Organization, the student group for ceramics majors, and the Phi Beata Heata, the student organization for jewelry and metalwork majors are holding two different art sales at the same time to raise money for their separate student groups. Half of the proceeds from the pottery sold will…


BFA Exit Show II

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…

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Holiday Concerts

The end of each fall semester at UGA is punctuated by a musical spectacular marking the unoffical beginnig of the holiday season: The Holiday Concerts: The University of Georgia Holiday Concerts, a tradition of the Athens community, returns Nov. 29-30 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Hall.   The concerts bring together the UGA Symphony Orchestra and choral ensembles under the baton of Professor Mark Cedel. The nearly 300 student singers and…

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Photographer Alec Soth at LDSOA

In 2008, Minnesota-based photographer Alec Soth started his own publishing company, Little Brown Mushroom, and began releasing monographs of his images. On Tuesday Nov. 27 at 5:30 p.m., Soth will speak about his work at the Lamar Dodd Schol of Art: The lecture, part of the ongoing Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, is free and open to the public.   "Alec Soth is a photographic storyteller, recognized for his cinematic images of the…


ARCO Chamber Orchestra presents Bach and Beethoven

The ARCO Chamber Orchestra, under the artistic direction of its founder, Franklin Professor of Violin Levon Ambartsumian, is one the gems of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music and the university. Ambartsumain brought the ensemble with him from Moscow years ago and has, over the years, tranformed it into a first-rate student and faculty ensemble, exhibiting the utmost professionalism in repertoire and performance. A true teacher as well as a…
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