Spotlight on the Arts
Spotlight on the Arts is the University of Georgia's annual celebration of the literary, visual and performing arts. Held each November, the monthlong festival highlights the arts and humanities on campus with dozens of events and exhibitions.
Events
Jazz Ensembles I & II
Nov. 4, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Ramsey Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center
Jazz Ensembles I and II are comprised of traditional big band instruments and play music of various styles both on campus and in the community. Jazz Ensemble I is conducted by David D’Angelo, and Jazz Ensemble II is co-conducted by Greg Satterthwaite and James Weidman.
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Sponsored by Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Pop-Up Exhibition
Nov. 5 - 7, regular museum hours
Shannon and Peter Candler Collection Study Room, Georgia Museum of Art
Katelyn Stauffer’s POLS 1101 (American Government) class developed this pop-up exhibition while meeting at the museum over the course of the fall 2024 semester. They selected objects from the collection that focus on the dark and light side of politics. The pop-up exhibition will be on view in the Shannon and Peter Candler Collection Study Room during regular museum hours November 5 - 7.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
Faculty Perspectives: Chris Hocking and Asen Kirin
Nov. 6, 2 - 3 p.m.
Georgia Museum of Art
Chris Hocking, associate professor of art, and Asen Kirin, Parker Curator of Russian Art and professor of art history, will present a special gallery program focused on lithographs on view in the exhibition “Saint Petersburg as Franz Liszt Saw It.” Hocking and Kirin will expand on techniques and themes from the exhibition through the lens of their areas of expertise in painting and printmaking and Russian art history. The gallery conversation will be accompanied by a printmaking demonstration on the museum's first floor.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
Opening Reception for “Spacing Out: Art and Topology Pop-up Museum”
Nov. 6, 5 - 7 p.m.
UGA McBay Science Library Lobby
“Spacing Out: Art and Topology Pop-up Museum” at the UGA McBay Science Library is a special exhibition, coordinated by the UGA mathematics department in tandem with the UGA Arts Collaborative, showcasing an exciting variety of student artworks inspired by and demonstrating fascinating objects from the mathematical field of topology. The featured works include fabric arts, ceramics, laser-cut wooden sculpture, 3D animations, and more. “Spacing Out” will be on full display at the Shirley Mathis McBay Science Library from November 6 - December 1.
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Sponsored by Department of Mathematics and UGA Arts Collaborative
Screening: “9 to 5: The Story of a Movement”
Nov. 6, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Building, Balcony Theatre (Room 400)
A special screening of Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert's documentary feature 9 to 5: The Story of a Movement (2020). A UGA Theatre tie-in event for the upcoming production of 9 to 5: The Musical. The film follows the original "9to5" movement and its key players, highlighting their fight for equitable workplace treatment and fair wages. Runtime: 1h29m.
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Sponsored by Department of Theatre and Film Studies and Willson Center for Humanities and Arts
Cáfe CURO: Research in the Arts
Nov. 7, 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Lamar Dodd Main Building, Room S360
Café CURO is a place to learn about, talk about, and get excited about research at UGA. All are invited, including students conducting research, students interested in starting research, faculty mentors, faculty members looking to add undergraduates to their research teams, and research support staff.
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Sponsored by CURO and UGA Arts Collaborative
Spanish Fashion in the Age of Diego de Velázquez
Nov. 7, 12:45 - 2 p.m.
LeConte Hall
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Sponsored by Department of Romance Languages and Willson Center for Humanities and Arts
Artist Talk: Micah Cash
Nov. 7, 5:30 - 6 p.m.
Georgia Museum of Art
Featured artist Micah Cash will share about his artistic process, recent photo book and newly commissioned video work for the museum’s “Waffle House Vistas” exhibition. This program is part of the University of Georgia’s Signature Lecture Series.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
Student Night: Waffle House Party
Nov. 7, 6 - 8 p.m.
Georgia Museum of Art
Join us for a back-to-school celebration featuring the museum’s fall special exhibitions, including “Waffle House Vistas.” Artist Micah Cash will give a talk about his work at 5:30 p.m. Stick around for a reception with waffles catered by Waffle House, enjoy the galleries and try out hands-on activities inspired by our latest exhibitions.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
Jack Davis Lecture with Mack Williams
Nov. 7, 6 - 7:45 p.m.
Special Collections Library, Room 271
The Lamar Dodd School of Art welcomes animator and director Mack Williams, UGA alum and 2024 Bulldog 100 recipient, to deliver the 2024 Jack Davis Lecture on the occasion of the centennial of Jack Davis’ birth. A renowned cartoonist and founder of MAD Magazine, Jack Davis was born in Atlanta in 1924. He has been beloved by the UGA community for decades for his quintessential illustrations of the Georgia Bulldogs and Bulldog fandom.
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Sponsored by UGA Libraries and Lamar Dodd School of Art
The Poet Translator: "At last the language becomes really foreign"
Nov. 8, 1 p.m. Panel Discussion at Park Hall Library, Room 261
3 p.m. Poetry Reading at Graduate Reading Room, Third Floor Main Library
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Sponsored by UGA Department of English
Dodd Market
Nov. 8, Noon - 8 p.m.
First Floor and Courtyard, Lamar Dodd School of Art
Shop from more than 100 students artists at the fourth annual Dodd Market while enjoying food from Cafe Racer and music from WUOG.
Sponsored by Lamar Dodd School of Art
Spotlight on Dance Sampler
Nov. 8, 12:15 - 12:45 p.m.
New Dance Theatre, Dance Building
UGA dance students will perform a short presentation of faculty choreographed works in progress. This will showcase Dance Department students in short excerpts that are currently being created or have already been performed.
Sponsored by UGA Department of Dance
Panel: Heart to “Hart”: A Conversation on Workplace Feminism
Nov. 8, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Building, Balcony Theatre (Room 400)
Join a discussion on working women, by working women. Panelists will discuss workplace feminism, creating a supportive environment, making change in a modern industry, and how the 9to5 movement has brought the workforce to where it is today. This event is supported by research done through the Mellon Intersectional Southern Futures Grant through UGA's Institute for Women's Studies, and organized through UGA's Production of “9 to 5: The Musical.”
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Sponsored by Department of Theatre and Film Studies, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, and Institute for Women’s Studies
UGA Opera Theatre Fall Gala
Nov. 8, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center
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Sponsored by Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Spotlight Family Day: Coming Home
Nov. 9, 10:00 a.m. - 12 p.m., 12 - 2:00 p.m.
Georgia Museum of Art
We’re partnering with the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read for our Spotlight on the Arts Family Day. Little Characters Theater Troupe will perform a performance piece inspired by the featured book “Show Way” (by Jacqueline Woodson), and families can join in group improv games. The event will also include interactive art cart activities, a quilting demonstration by local artist Beatrice Brown and a take-home art project. The first 50 guests will receive a free copy of “Show Way.”
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. / El proyecto NEA Big Read es una iniciativa del National Endowment for the Arts (el Fondo Nacional para las Artes de Estados Unidos) en cooperación con Arts Midwest.
For those who cannot attend in person, Family Day To-Go Kits will be available for pick-up starting at 1 p.m. Saturday through the end of day Sunday, while supplies last.
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Sponsored by Lucy and Buddy Allen and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art
Free The Tapes: Athens Potluck Edition
Nov. 9, 1 - 3 p.m.
Special Collections Library
The first event, "Free the Tapes: Home Movie Edition", was a celebration of home movies from members of our community. This fall, Free the Tapes returns as "Free the Tapes: Athens Potluck Edition," focused on content created in and about Athens, Georgia. Join us to view clips of newly digitized and preserved videos from our community, play bingo, interact with different AV formats and equipment, and learn more about our archives.
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Sponsored by UGA Libraries
UGA Opera Theatre Fall Gala
Nov. 10, 3 - 5 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center
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Sponsored by Hugh Hodgson School of Music
The Dancer's Voice: Author Rumya Putcha in Conversation with Jared Holton
Nov. 11, 5 p.m.
Willson Center for Humanities and Arts
In The Dancer’s Voice Rumya Sree Putcha theorizes how the Indian classical dancer performs the complex dynamics of transnational Indian womanhood. Putcha argues that the public persona of the Indian dancer has come to represent India in the global imagination. In listening closely to and for the dancer’s voice, she offers a new way to understand the intersections of body, voice, performance, caste, race, gender, and nation.
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Sponsored by Willson Center for Humanities and Arts
University of Georgia Wind Ensemble Chamber Winds present "Old Wine, New Bottles"
Nov. 12, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center
Old Wine in New Bottles is a suite for woodwinds, trumpets and horns, written for the St. Bees Festival Orchestra by Gordon Jacob in 1959. This and other gems will be featured in this chamber reduction of the UGA Wind Ensemble, creating more unique opportunities for the students in the Wind Ensemble this semester.
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Sponsored by Hugh Hodgson School of Music
An Evening of Poetry with Coleman Barks
Nov. 12, 6 p.m.
UGA Chapel
The internationally renowned poet Coleman Barks, a longtime Athenian and professor emeritus of English at UGA, will give a reading of his work as part of UGA's 2024 Spotlight on the Arts festival. Lisa Starr, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Rhode Island, will read from her work as well.
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Sponsored by Willson Center for Humanities and Arts
Student Spotlight
Nov. 13, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Tate Plaza and Stage
Free Event
Sponsored by UGA Arts Council
Student Spotlight Tour: Tallulah Sanders
Nov. 13, 2 - 3 p.m.
Georgia Museum of Art
Education intern Tallulah Sanders (’25) will give a gallery talk focused on objects on loan to the museum from the Terra Foundation of American Art.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
CED Fall Lecture Series: “The Seventh Bardo” Gallery Talk
Nov. 13, 4:30 p.m.
Jackson Street Building
Join audiences for a gallery talk from artist Beth Lilly on her collection “The Seventh Bardo.”
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Sponsored by College of Environment and Design
Chaos Theory: Young Choreographers Series Senior Exit and Emerging Choreographers Show
Nov. 13, 14, 15, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
New Dance Theatre, Dance Building
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Sponsored by UGA Department of Dance
Chinese Music Ensemble Fall Concert
Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center
Under the direction of Vicki Lu, several distinguished guest artists join this ensemble which features instruments such as the erhu, guzheng, pipa, hulusi and the yangqin.
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Sponsored by Hugh Hodgson School of Music
UGA Press Campus Book Sale
Nov. 13 & 14, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Main Library, Lawn
As part of the Spotlight on the Arts Festival, the University of Georgia Press will host its annual book sale for students, faculty, and staff on the Main Library's front lawn on November 13-14, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day. A wide variety of new and backlist titles will be available for purchase at a special Spotlight discount of 50% off. Stop by and browse available titles, learn more about the UGA Press, our people and our authors, and find out about exciting new initiatives from the Press and our partners.
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Sponsored by UGA Libraries
Lecture: Joni Acuff
Nov. 14, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Georgia Museum of Art
Acuff is professor and chair of the department of arts administration, education and policy at the Ohio State University. Her research attends to critical multicultural art education, Black feminist theory and culturally responsive teaching, pedagogy and curriculum development. Acuff will discuss the ways museums can take on pedagogy, specifically an antiracist art pedagogy, to support their dynamic and diverse communities with care and awareness.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
British Brass Band Fall Festival
Nov. 14, 7:30 9:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center
The British Brass Band, under the baton of Bandmaster Philip Smith, has become an Athens fan favorite. The repertoire encompasses a wide variety of styles including excellent original works, marvelous transcriptions of orchestral works, as well as marches and other light pieces.
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Sponsored by Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Morning Mindfulness
Nov. 15, 9:30 - 10 a.m.
Georgia Museum of Art
Come rest and recharge in the galleries surrounded by inspiring art. Experienced mindfulness instructors lead guided meditations, gentle movements and slow-looking techniques.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble Fall Concert
Nov. 15, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Dancz Center for New Music
This performance will highlight composition students’ development while juxtaposing their work opposite compositions that have inspired growth and change in modern music. In addition to world premieres by UGA student composers, CCE will perform the Grammy-winning work “Meanwhile: incidental music to imaginary puppet plays,” by Stephen Hartke, and Mary Kouyoumdjian’s haunting electroacoustic piece, “The Vanishing Dark.”
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Sponsored by Hugh Hodgson School of Music
UGA Theatre: 9 to 5 | Opening Night
Nov. 15, 8 p.m.
Fine Arts Theatre
Driven by music and lyrics from the incomparable Dolly Parton, 9 to 5: The Musical tells the story of three female coworkers’ plan to get even with their lying, no good, egotistical boss Franklin Hart. With Hart out of the way, Violet, Judy, and Doralee aim to give their workplace a much-needed makeover, taking control of the company that has always kept them down. Based on the seminal 1980 film, this Rolodex era musical is just as outrageous, thought-provoking, and jubilant as its predecessor.
Other dates:
Nov. 14, 8 p.m., Preview
Nov. 17, 2 p.m., Matinee
Nov. 20-22, 8 p.m.
Nov. 24, 2 p.m., Matinee
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Sponsored by UGA Theatre
Maxim Vengerov, violin and Polina Osetinskaya, piano
Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall
Grammy Award winner Maxim Vengerov enjoys international status as one of the world’s most in-demand soloists. Pianist Polina Osetinskaya began her career at age five in the former Soviet Union and quickly rose from wunderkind to respected global concert artist. Together, the duo brings artistry and skill to Hodgson Concert Hall with a performance of music by Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Brahms, and Prokofiev.
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Sponsored by UGA Performing Arts Center
Sunday Afternoon Tour
Nov. 17, 3 - 4 p.m.
Georgia Museum of Art
Stop by for a Sunday afternoon tour featuring highlights of the permanent collection and current special exhibitions, led by museum docents.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens
Nov. 17, 7 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall
Conceived by Yo-Yo Ma, the genre-defying Silkroad Ensemble is comprised of world-class musicians from all over the globe. The performance uses the music and instruments of African American, Chinese, Indigenous, Irish, and other peoples to explore the dissemination of cultures across the country. The result unveils a rich tapestry of untold stories about the origins of the American Empire and the formation of our multifaceted American identities, and their costs.
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Sponsored by UGA Performing Arts Center
Pictures for Charis: Kelli Connell
Nov. 19, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S151
The Lamar Dodd School of Art welcomes photographer Kelli Connell for a Visiting Artist Lecture, presented in partnership with the High Museum of Art on the occasion of her solo exhibition this fall, Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis. Pictures for Charis, is driven by photographer Kelli Connell’s obsession with the writer Charis Wilson, Edward Weston’s partner, model, and collaborator during one of the most productive segments of his historic career. A photo book of Pictures for Charis was co-published by Aperture and the Center for Creative Photography and is on reserve in the Art Library at the Lamar Dodd School of Art
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Sponsored by Lamar Dodd School of Art
Furniture Design Exhibition
Nov. 19, 5 - 8:30 p.m.
Lamar Dodd School of Art, Courtyard
Sponsored by Lamar Dodd School of Art
Queering the Archive: Kelli Connell in conversation with Melanie Micir
Nov. 20, 10:45am–12pm
Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room N100
The Interdisciplinary Modernisms Workshop is pleased to host a special ModSquad Conversation at the intersection of archival research, auto/biography, picturing, and queer lives with renowned photographer Kelli Connell (“Pictures for Charis” currently on view at The High Museum) and award-winning scholar Melanie Micir (Professor of English and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Washington University).
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Sponsored by Lamar Dodd School of Art
Tour at Two
Nov. 20, 2 - 3:00 p.m.
Georgia Museum of Art
These drop-in public tours feature highlights of the permanent collection and are led by museum docents.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
Spotlight on the Arts Trivia Night
Nov. 20, 5 p.m. door opens, 6 p.m. competition
Ciné, CinéLab
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The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and the UGA Arts Council will host an evening of arts-based trivia, fun and prizes. Form a team in advance or on the spot — doors open at 5 p.m. and the competition begins at 6 p.m.
Sponsored by Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and UGA Arts Council
Ciné-Mercredi French Movie Night: Aline: The Story of Céline Dion
Nov. 20,7 p.m.
Fine Arts Building, 400
The French language program is proud to present Ciné-Mercredi, a free showing of a French-language film with subtitles in English on the third Wednesday of every month. Join movie-goers in April in the Balcony Theatre (Fine Arts Building 400) for some free popcorn and a showing of Aline, a story inspired by the life of Céline Dion.
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Sponsored by Department of Theatre and Film Studies
4 Minutes, 33 Seconds Contest
Nov. 21, 4 - 6 p.m.
Athenaeum
For four minutes and 33 seconds each, 10 students will present their research at the annual 4 Minutes, 33 Seconds Contest, a live competitive demonstration of diverse research on the humanities and the visual, literary and performing arts. The competition is open to any graduate student or undergraduate student working on an advanced project who is conducting research related to the literary, visual, or performing arts or artists.
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Sponsored by UGA Arts Council
Yoga in the Galleries
Nov. 21, 6 - 7 p.m.
Georgia Museum of Art
Join us for a free yoga class surrounded by works of art in the galleries. Led by instructors from Five Points Yoga, this program is free and open to both beginner and experienced yogis. Space is limited and spots are available on a first-come, first-served basis; tickets are available at the front desk starting at 5:15 p.m.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
UGA Annual Holiday Concert
Nov. 21, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Hugh Hodgson School of Music
A concert to be thankful for! This year, Thanksgiving falls so late in the academic calendar that our Annual Holiday Concert will be the week before Thanksgiving. Forget the Macy’s Parade, join the Hugh Hodgson School of Music for this favorite annual holiday tradition and start the season off right!
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Sponsored by Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Pop-Up Exhibition: Food and Community
Nov. 21, 5 - 9 p.m.
Nov. 22- 24, regular museum hours
Shannon and Peter Candler Collection Study Room, Georgia Museum of Art
Dr. Callan Steinmann’s FCID 5010/7010 (Introduction to Museum Studies) class developed this pop-up exhibition while meeting at the museum over the course of the fall 2024 semester. They selected objects from the collection that focus on food and community. The pop-up exhibition will be on view in the Shannon and Peter Candler Collection Study Room beginning at 5 p.m. November 21 and staying up regular museum hours through Sunday, November 24.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
Arts Collaborative Conversation: Organoids
Nov. 22, 12 p.m.
Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S360
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Sponsored by UGA Arts Collaborative
Cinema Roundtable - "At the Movies in 1924: Hollywood vs. European Modernism"
Nov. 22, 3 p.m.
Miller Learning Commons, Room 213
The Willson Center Cinema Roundtable meets to discuss topics of film history, criticism and theory. Richard Neupert, Wheatley Professor of the Arts, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and film studies coordinator in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies, organizes and moderates one roundtable each semester. Audiences are invited to participate and the events are free and open to the public.
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Sponsored by Willson Center for Humanities and Arts
NOTHING GOLD: Fall 2024 BFA Capstone Exhibition Opening Reception
Nov. 22, 6 - 8 p.m.
Lamar Dodd School of Art, Dodd Galleries
Free Event
Sponsored by Lamar Dodd School of Art
UGA Annual Holiday Concert
Nov. 22, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Hugh Hodgson School of Music
A concert to be thankful for! This year, Thanksgiving falls so late in the academic calendar that our Annual Holiday Concert will be the week before Thanksgiving. Forget the Macy’s Parade, join the Hugh Hodgson School of Music for this favorite annual holiday tradition and start the season off right!
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Sponsored by Hugh Hodgson School of Music
UGA African American Choral Ensemble Fall Concert
Nov. 25, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall
This fall, the African American Choral Ensemble concert arrives after the Annual Holiday Concert. Join the audience for a more intimate and reflective concert as musicians share with one another what they are truly thankful for. The repertoire includes spirituals, hymn tunes, and gospel music by African American composers. Concert underwritten by Rhonda Lucile Hicks.
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Sponsored by Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Exhibitions
"Back to School: UGA Alumni in the Do Good Fund Southern Photography Collection"
Open through December 1
Willson Center, Main Floor
Free Event
Sponsored by Lamar Dodd School of Art
"Saint Petersburg as Franz Liszt Saw It"
Open through December 1
Georgia Museum of Art
This exhibition is organized in conjunction with the American Liszt Society Festival at the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The event celebrates the legacy of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886). This year’s edition of the festival focuses on the idea of the “composer-pianist” and highlights Liszt’s visits to Russia in the 1840s.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
"A Perfect Model: Prints after Anthony van Dyck’s Portraits"
Open through December 1
Georgia Museum of Art
Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599 – 1641) was one of the most successful artists of his generation, especially admired for his evocative portraits. He undertook the ambitious project of creating a series of prints depicting famous scholars, military men, nobles and artists. This exhibition presents prints that attest to Van Dyck’s lasting impact as printmaker and portraitist.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
"Mind the Gap: Selections from the Permanent Collection"
Open through December 1
Georgia Museum of Art
This exhibition serves as both a reminder and an invitation to explore spaces between tradition and innovation in art. Just as passengers are urged to mind the gap between the train door and the platform edge, we encourage visitors to this exhibition to navigate the spaces between historical and contemporary narratives, various media and different interpretations of art.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
“Joel Sternfeld: When It Changed”
Open through December 1
Georgia Museum of Art
Sternfeld published “When It Changed,” a book of these images, in 2007. It outlines alarming scientific discoveries, the actions and inactions of governments and corporations and increasingly extreme weather events. This exhibition presents the photographs from that book.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
"The Artist as Witness"
Open through December 1
Georgia Museum of Art
This selection of works from the museum’s permanent collection serves as a visual response to the exhibition “Joel Sternfeld: When It Changed.” Artists including Arthur Tress, Robert von Sternberg and Diane Farris illustrate how human enterprise has reshaped the natural landscape. The artists and works in this companion installation recenter the impacted landscapes and surreal scenes of our changing environments.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
Photography Exhibit by Beth Lilly
Open through January
Circle Gallery, Jackson Street Building
Free Event
Sponsored by College of Environment and Design
"Waffle House Vistas"
Open through January 12
Georgia Museum of Art
Emerging from Micah Cash’s photography series and photo book of the same name, this exhibition focuses on the built and natural environments as seen through the windows of Waffle House restaurants. Captured from locations across the southeastern United States, these images contemplate the physical and social environments and commerce that surround each location of the southern cultural icon.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art
"In Dialogue: On Wonder and Witnessing at Tallulah Falls"
Open through January 12
Georgia Museum of Art
This exhibition focuses on George Cooke’s “Tallulah Falls,” a pivotal example of early southern U.S. painting, by considering the notion of natural wonder and the dynamics of witnessing the natural world.
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Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art