Arts News from the Chronicles


School of Art welcomes new Gallery Director

New gallery director in the Lamar Dodd School of Art Katie Geha is featured in the Athens Banner-Herald: As the incoming gallery director at Lamar Dodd, Geha’s relationship with curatorial work won’t lessen. Geha sees the position as quasi-academic, wherein she’ll act as teacher or mentor to young…

English PhD Matthew Nye wins Emerging Writer's Residency and Book Prize

Congratulations to Matthew Nye, a PhD student in English who was selected as the sixth winner of the Madeleine P. Plonsker Emerging Writer’s Residency and Book Prize: [Nye] will be in residence on the campus of Lake Forest College from February 1 to March 31, 2014, where he will work to…

UGA Symphony Orchestra to open 2nd Thursday season Sept.12

The Second Thursday Scholarship Series is one of the great traditions at the university and the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, and the series is set to begin anew on Thursday Sept. 12: The series' opening concert will feature the UGA Symphony Orchestra Sept. 12 in a performance with bass-baritone…
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Alumna selected for Sundance composers fellowship

Josh Cutchin in the School of Music reports on the exploits of Athens music scene favorite and Hodgson School alumna Heather McIntosh: Hugh Hodgson School of Music alumna Heather McIntosh was recently selected for a Sundance Institute Film Composers fellowship, an honor that secures her a…

School of Art alum wins prestigious award

UGA alumnus John Powers, (MFA in sculpture, 2008) was awarded the Virginia A Groot Foundation Award, which includes $35,000 in support for a sculpture artist. The Virginia A. Groot Foundation was established in 1988 so that artists working in three dimensions could have the opportunity to devote…

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