Arts News

The University of Georgia will present its fourth annual Humanities Festival from March 16 to April 2. The three-week festival will feature public lectures, conversations, readings and other events including an opening celebration honoring recent accomplishments by the humanities community at UGA.

Scientific illustration merges creativity with precision to convey complex information accurately. UGA is one of fewer than 20 institutions worldwide to offer a bachelor’s degree in this important specialty.

UGA Presents continues its 30th anniversary with a stirring choral concert by the internationally celebrated British ensemble Tenebrae. The performance of “A Prayer for Deliverance” takes place March 15 at 7 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. It follows a free pre-performance talk by Theresa Chafin in Ramsey Concert Hall from 6:15-6:45 p.m.

James Brown’s eel skin boots have been replaced by Little Richard’s iconic silver lamé cape in a rotating display of Georgia musical greats curated by the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries. The change comes as part of an annual rotation at the Georgia Music Collections exhibit at Akins Ford Arena, part of the Classic Center in Athens, which opened last year.

UGA Presents welcomes the acclaimed Sphinx Virtuosi to Ramsey Concert Hall on Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m., joined by internationally celebrated violinist Randall Goosby.

UGA Presents announces extraordinary performances by the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis on Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. This special program, titled “Duke in Africa,” brings one of the most esteemed ensembles in jazz to the University of Georgia campus.

UGA Presents welcomes internationally celebrated pianist Haochen Zhang to the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center for a solo recital on Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall.

UGA Presents is proud to present Drum Tao, a spectacular fusion of traditional Japanese drumming, contemporary performance and athletic theatricality, on Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall at the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center.

The company will present William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m., followed by “Great Expectations,” adapted by Nikki Massoud from the novel by Charles Dickens, on Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. at UGA’s Fine Arts Theatre.

The exhibit, entitled “Fashioning the Classic Bride: The Life and Career of Anne Barge,” illustrates the story of Anne Barge Clegg, a UGA alumna whose childhood sketches would later lead to New York fashion runways and international wedding markets.

30 years after the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, a new exhibit at the University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries looks back on the formative moment in Georgia history and the marathon of preparations leading up to the opening ceremony that would secure the city’s future.

A Hartwell community theater landed a $500K Fox Theatre grant with UGA’s help. The community theater is using the funds to repair structural issues, upgrade the HVAC system and install new seating and awnings at the venue.

Carol Van Sant began creating art as a child then continued as a student, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and painting and a second BFA in studio arts from the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Now she is the graphics supervisor at UGA’s Sign Shop.

UGA Presents invites the community to a special film screening of  “Naqoyqatsi ” on Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Ciné (234 W. Hancock Avenue, Athens). “Naqoyqatsi” (2002), with an evocative score by Philip Glass featuring cello soloist Yo-Yo Ma, is the powerful third and final installment in the acclaimed “Qatsi” trilogy directed by Godfrey Reggio.

UGA Presents welcomes the acclaimed Finnish band Frigg to Athens for a high-energy concert on Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Frigg brings its unmistakable blend of Nordic folk traditions and global roots influences to the stage.

A new exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art will bring together poetry, astronomy, science and visual art. “We, Too, Are Made of Wonders,” on view from Jan. 24 to June 28, 2026, investigates humanity’s collective interest with the cosmos.

UGA Presents welcomes internationally acclaimed pianist  Leif Ove Andsnes  to Hodgson Concert Hall  for the first time Wednesday, January 21 at 7:30 p.m. for an evening that showcases the expressive depth, intellectual rigor, and poetic imagination of the solo piano repertoire.