Arts News from the Chronicles

photo of man in performance hall

Peter Jutras discusses the next era for the Hodgson School

Appointed director of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences in July 2019, Peter Jutras is in his 14th year as a piano faculty member at UGA. In this profile Q & A, he talks with about the next era for the Hodgson School, which is…
graphic with photo of percussionist playing

Franklin Visiting Scholar, Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum

Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum, Professor of Ethnomusicology at Illinois State University brings to UGA the intersection of scholarship and performance that embodies the discipline of Ethnomusicology. Her body of work straddles indigenous, historic, contemporary, continental and diasporic Africa. Aduonum’s…
metal sculpture of apron with pistol

Mary Pearse in Metalsmith Magazine

Associate Professor and Area Chair of Jewelry and Metalwork at the Lamar Dodd School of Art Mary Hallam Pearse was part of the invitational exhibition DOMESTIC MATTERS: The Uncommon Apron at the Peter Valley School of Craft in Layton, New Jersey this past fall.…
promo photo of woman holding playing card

UGA Theatre presents Thackeray's Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair, Kate Hamill’s adaptation of the 1848 William Makepeace Thackeray novel, directed by David Saltz, takes the Cellar Theatre stage of the Fine Arts Building Feb. 25-29 at 8 p.m., and March 1 at 2:30 p.m.: In Vanity Fair, two women—one born into privilege, another from the…
graphic in yellow with straight razor and text

Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Feb. 21-23

University of Georgia Opera Theatre is starting off the new decade with fan-favorite Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) by Gioachino Rossini Feb. 21-23 in the Fine Arts Theatre.    UGA Opera Theatre will offer a very different experience from the fall production of…

Support Franklin College

We appreciate your financial support. Your gift is important to us and helps support critical opportunities for students and faculty alike, including lectures, travel support, and any number of educational events that augment the classroom experience. Click here to learn more about giving.

Every dollar given has a direct impact upon our students and faculty.