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Humanities & Arts

Theater major Reagan Simmons plays Violet Newstead in UGA Theatre’s production of Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5: The Musical.” Directed by George Contini, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies, “9 to 5” tells the story of three female coworkers’ plan to get even with their egotistical boss, giving their workplace a much-needed makeover. (Photo by Clay Chastain)

 Humanities & Arts December 17, 2024

Arts on display at UGA’s 13th annual Spotlight on the Arts festival

Fabric knots with diagrams about the field of knot theory on view in Spacing Out at the UGA McBay Science Library. Photo courtesy of Sidney Chansamone.

 Humanities & Arts December 09, 2024

Feeling GROVI: Research at the intersection of design, art and mathematics

UGA Theatre cast members perform selections from the musical production “9 to 5” at Tate Plaza during the Spotlight on the Arts Student Spotlight.

 Humanities & Arts November 15, 2024

Students get their Spotlight on the Arts

Beverly Buchanan, "Out of Control," 1991. Artist reproduction of photograph on card-stock. Courtesy of Prudence Lopp. Image Credit: Mo Costello. © Beverly Buchanan. Buchanan in her backyard in Athens, GA, where she is pictured burning several of her wooden shack sculptures. The artist reprinted and distributed photographs of the performance and ritual burning in an edition of postcards. Many of the items in the artist’s personal archive take the form of artist multiples and include postcards, greeting cards, business cards, calendars, and other print-based works which the artist then distributed widely among friends, acquaintances and strangers.

 Humanities & Arts November 01, 2024

Teiger Foundation awards $75K for ‘Beverly’s Athens’ curatorial project

The Ecotones perform at the Tate Center for the 2023 Spotlight on the Arts. (Peter Frey/UGA)

 Humanities & Arts October 23, 2024

Spotlight on the Arts festival celebrates the arts at UGA

UGA’s Classics program offers students from all disciplines study abroad opportunities that include visits to stunning sites like the ancient hilltop fortress ruins of Asseria in Croatia.

 Humanities & Arts September 18, 2024

UGA Classics still going strong after nearly 240 years

 Humanities & Arts September 17, 2024

Linguistics at UGA: Studying accents and dialects across the United States

An image of Rumya Putcha sitting at a table in a library. Rumya Putcha is an associate professor of music and women’s studies in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

 Humanities & Arts August 30, 2024

Dance and music move in concert for joint faculty member’s research

James Naigus, smiling, poses while holding his French horn.

 Humanities & Arts June 25, 2024

Finding musical inspiration everywhere with James Naigus

Image of a woman on center stage with a man surprised by her.

 Humanities & Arts April 24, 2024

The collaborative magic of making a musical