Arts News from the Chronicles


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:…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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