Lamar Dodd School of Art

In 1927, the University of Georgia’s board of trustees voted to establish formally a chair of fine and applied arts in the college of agriculture.

Prior to the formal establishment of the art department, opportunities to study craft had existed at the Normal School and the College of Agriculture.

Ledford had received her bachelor of science degree in education from the University of Oklahoma and a diploma in fine and applied arts from Pratt Institute in New York.

Elaine De Kooning, Mel Chin, Michael Lucero, David Sandlin, Kendall Buster, Lola Brooks, Kota Ezawa, Zoe Strauss, and Paul Pfeiffer, Lauren Fensterstock, and Trevor Paglen have all served in this chair.

Additionally, a stand-alone facility devoted to ceramics was completed in 2011 and is located adjacent to the main building on east campus.

The Galleries produces rotating exhibitions and events that examine the cultural and social contexts around us, instigates cross-disciplinary dialogues and essential art experiences, and provides a framework for intellectual and creative inquiry.