LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART
UGA FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
10 am Spring Convocation
ORDER of CEREMONIES
PROCESSIONAL
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Joseph Peragine, Director
WELCOME
Dr. Adam Goodie, Associate Dean
Franklin College of Arts & Sciences
RECOGNITION & AWARDS
Joseph Peragine, Director
DIRECTOR’S AWARD STUDENT FEATURES
Kayla Hall MFA ‘26 in Studio Art
Sierra Hursey BFA ‘26 in Photography & Expanded Media
Sabina Mace BFA ‘26 in Drawing & Painting
Erny ros (Amos) V. Manlangit PhD ‘26 in Art Education
INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Mary Hallam Pearse, Associate Director for Technology, Space & Community
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Isobel Mills BFA ‘12, Founder & Creative Director, ISOBEL
INTRODUCTION OF GRADUATES
Michael Marshall, Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies
Lindsey Reynolds, Associate Director for Graduate Studies & Research
CLOSING REMARKS
Joseph Peragine, Director
RECESSIONAL
Please join us for a reception at the Main Art Building immediately following the Recessional
BOARD of ADVISORS
Clark Tate, Atlanta, GA CHAIR
Lillian Ansley, Atlanta, GA
Barrie Benson, Charlotte, NC
Steve Beshara, Atlanta, GA
Mark Chandler, Atlanta, GA
Blair Clarke, New York, NY
Susannah Darrow, Atlanta, GA
Lily Lupin Dehdashti, Atlanta, GA
Sarah Hobbs, Atlanta, GA
Ridley Howard, Athens, GA
Pamela James, Atlanta, GA
Chuck Kinnebrew, Smyrna, GA
Sarah Landmesser, Columbus, OH
David Lester, Atlanta, GA
Caroline Maddox, Atlanta, GA
Del Martin, Atlanta, GA
Lila McAlpin, Atlanta, GA
Isobel Mills Prescott, Atlanta, GA
Jackson Mitchell, Atlanta, GA
Quynh Hoa Nguyen, Atlanta, GA
Maria Pollard, Alexandria, VA
Mary Stanley, Atlanta, GA
Jamie Steele, Atlanta, GA
Mary Carlson Streiffert, Washington, DC
Zipporah Camille Thompson, Atlanta, GA
FACULTY AWARDS
2026 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
JOSIAH MEIGS DISTINGUISHED TEACHING PROFESSORSHIP
Moon Jung Jang, Associate Professor, Graphic Design
2026 LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART
JUNIOR RESEARCH AWARD
Kimberly Lyle
Assistant Professor, Sculpture & Technology
2026 LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART
SENIOR RESEARCH AWARD
Mira Kallio-Tavin
Winnie Chandler Distinguished Professor, Art Education
2026 LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART
TEACHING AWARD
Lindsey Camelio
Director, Layton Design Studio
Academic Professional Associate, Graphic Design
2026 LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART
PART-TIME TEACHING AWARD
Meredith Lachin, Instructor, Drawing & Painting
ALUMNI AWARD
2026 FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES INNOVATION AWARD
Caitlin LeMoine BFA ‘15
Creative Director at Meow Wolf
NOTE ABOUT THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
ISOBEL MILLS BFA ‘12 is a luxury textile/wallpaper designer and fiber artist known for her distinctive, texture-driven approach to pattern and form. She is the founder of ISOBEL, a luxury fabric line carried in leading trade showrooms nationwide, and creates highly intricate fiber artworks collected for their dimensionality and craftsmanship.
With early experience under Kelly Wearstler and Isabelle de Borchgrave, Isobel developed a deep appreciation for material and process. Influenced by her background in ceramics, she brings a sculptural perspective to everything she creates— whether fabric or fine art. Her work is defined by a balance of playfulness and restraint, resulting in pieces that feel both expressive and enduring.
Isobel graduated from the Lamar Dodd School of Art with her BFA in textile design in 2012. In 2024, the University of Georgia recognized Isobel as a member of the 40 under 40 class of young alumni, celebrated for leading the pack in their industries and communities.
Isobel currently serves on the Lamar Dodd School of Art’s Board of Advisors with two dozen fellow art champions, supporting the School in its strategies and growth.
NOTES ABOUT THE DIRECTOR’S AWARD WINNERS
The Lamar Dodd School of Art Director’s Award annually recognizes students who demonstrate outstanding research and work, community building, and School engagement.
KAYLA HALL MFA ‘26 is a mixed-media printmaker from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her practice considers Black materiality as a site of care, kinship, and refusal, attending to how humanity persists amid histories of fragmentation and erasure. During her studies, she has led the UGA Black Artists Alliance, curating community exhibitions, guest artist talks, publications, and partnerships with external entities.
SIERRA HURSEY BFA ‘26 is a graduating photography & expanded media major from Gray, Georgia investigating light, texture, and ephemeral subject matter. She will be attending a photo workshop this summer in Pont du Gard, France.
SABINA MACE BFA ‘26 is a graduating drawing & painting major who served as President of the Dodd Ambassadors, leading the growth of the popular Dodd Market for student artists and supporting School of Art recruitment and communitybuilding. This fall, she will pursue a Master’s in Higher Education and Student Affairs at Ohio State University.
ERNY ROS (AMOS) V. MANLANGIT PHD ‘26 is an art educator and a Filipino Fulbright scholar whose dissertation work involved a transdisciplinary approach of fusing science fiction with disability aesthetics and art education, where he aligns with emerging postqualitative approaches to educational, artistic, and philosophical inquiry.
UNDERGRADUATES
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS & BACHELOR OF ARTS
Younis Abdulkadir
Callia Alandete
Anna Alvarado
Ashlynn Anderson
Liam Armstrong
Katherine Ashley
Samuel Reid Austin
Owen Austin-Totty
Skyler Bailo
Marley Bain
Clara Barresi
Logan Beard
Garland Bell
Kennison Blackerby
Lily Blumenthal
Emma Grace Boehm
Norin Kristen Bortz
Mary Boyett
Isabelle Louise Brewer
Sophie Elise Brewer
Carleigh Brisendine
Samantha BromwellWhritenour
Logan Broun
Morena Desire Bueno
Rae Bumgardner
Ruthie Burnette
Ella Callaro
Emma Carroll
Francie Carson
Mallory Brooke Carson
Abby Lee Carter
Caitlyn Casey Huerta
Emma Cayer
Nicole Faith Chavous
William Cherry
Victoria Cliff
Abigail Cochran
Emaleigh Cone
Selah Cook
Allexia Crain
Talia Grace Cunningham
Kaylee Czentnar
Sofia De La Torre Mariscal
Caroline Faith Elkins
Karlie Evans
Brighton Elizabeth Fakier
Evelyn Flores
Shannon Elise Gaddy
Grecia Galarza Hernandez
Izzy Gonzalez
Katrina Anne Gonzales Bautista
Emma Therese Good
Erin Gregory
Jacob Samuel Griner
Lilia Gumm
Ali Hall
Mackenzie Laine Harris
Meredith Harris
Rye Harrison
Camden Hedley
Caroline Holtz
Sierra Hursey
Shana Jackson
Guinever James
Emma Johnson
Hannah Jones
Paige Jones
Ansley Jordan
Tristan Jordan
Moss Joslin
Lorelei Kincheloe
Christina Anne Kinnebrew
Jocelyn Kirchen
Molly Kooistra
Lily Krall
Grace Lang
Milena Laputz
Je’Leah Laurenceau
Alanna Ledvina
Emily Lockett
Emily Long
Ashera Ly
Sabina Mace
Elisabeth Martin
Aiva Massey
Cappie Houston May
Marie McBride
Anna Paula Medina
Adriana Meza-Marin
Isabella Mikronis
Abigail Montgomery
Alaina Moon
Caroline Ann Moore
Emily Morales
Jacquelyn Kathryn Moran
Weston Blake Morgan
Hannah Mosely
Hayley Elizabeth Bell Mosher
Olivia Nogales
Olivia Nunn
Grace Oh
Zoe Sky Olsen
Lior Orlinsky
Ava Paga
Livie Parker
Vanesa Pedraza
Morgan Peney
Gaby Perez
Ilana Perras
Grace Phillips
Nichole Piccolo
EG Pickering
Santiago Pollitzer
Delilah Ponce
Samaya Porter
Charlotte Prater
Katherine Rank
Carrie Reese
Ella Richardson
Kaden Roberts
Olive Roberts
Melanie Rodriguez Real
Natalie Rojanets
Renata Mimi Alcantara Rosal
Gareth Rose
Carley Rossano
Alysa Rossi
Madelyn Sanders
Kaleb Santos-Felgenhauer
Kayla Schlueter
Sydney Schubert
Emma Scott
Phoebe Seitz
Erin Shea
Sophie Sims
William Smallwood
Kendall Reagan Smith
Mia Malone Smitherman
Reema Kanchan Soni
Frances Perry Soto
Kathryn Stroud
Nancy Suarez-Gonzalez
Sarah Tanaka
Macy Teter
Tabitha Thai
Xiaohui Tong
Ashley Tootle
Anna Trevathan
Bellarose Turner
Lorelei Uschold
Gabriella Vallejo
Karsyn Van Houten
Samaa Varyani
Marcella Vlahos
Ella Waddell
McKenna Weinbaum
Audrey Westray
Ella White
Carson Willcox
Delta Williams
Cole Williamson
Dylan Williamson
Ella Marie Wiseman
Olivia Lindsey Woods
Anya Yuki Wu
Diana Yaneva
Se Min Yim
Savannah Zawacki
GRADUATES
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
Adah Bennion
Brian George
Jana Ghezawi
Kayla Hall
Jaelyn “Yaya” Hill
Sam Horgan
MASTER OF ARTS
Lauren Bender
Cullen Doyle
Baleigh Renee Drummond
MASTER OF ART EDUCATION
Meghan Holcomb
Izzy Losskarn
Larissa McPherson
Harper Nichols
Hannah Reynoso-Moller
Jordan Mei-Lin Winiski
Auguste Grillo
Lucie Heidari
Ivy Sweet Kolkana
Ada Isabel Scarano
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Jiayi Guo Erny ros (Amos) V. Manlangit
OUR GIFT
Marking this momentous occasion, Lamar Dodd School of Art Director Joe Peragine has designed a comemmorative graduation certificate for each student framed by his painted designs of the University of Georgia bulldog. We hope that our graduates will treasure this unique document celebrating their graduation milestone. Go Dodd Dawgs!
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Lamar Dodd School of Art is to promote art and design as a significant means of inquiry, integral to problemsolving and the production of knowledge; to educate students to be empathetic and engaged citizens and to prepare them for careers as creative professionals; and to address critical issues facing Georgians and the nation through innovative research in art, art education, and design.
As the flagship program in the state of Georgia, UGA embraces these ideas not only as our mission but as our responsibility. The Lamar Dodd School of Art’s educational mission also includes extending general education opportunities in the visual arts to all students at the University of Georgia to enable them to fully appreciate and make critical judgments about art. In fulfilling this commitment, the School of Art serves as an advocate for the belief that art and design are essential to quality of life. The School of Art not only strives to prepare students for personally meaningful careers, but recognizes that it also must help create a receptive environment for the visual arts. Though the School of Art’s advocacy starts with its students, it extends to the community, the state, and the nation.
OUR HISTORY
Founded in 1927, the Lamar Dodd School of Art has a long history, and it begins not with modern art or the vitalizing force of artist and educator Lamar Dodd, but with the now out-dated discipline of “home economics,” which served as the first umbrella for the university’s initial offerings in drawing and design, as well as watercolor painting, pottery, art history, and art appreciation.
Mildred Pierce Ledford, the department’s inaugural chair, taught a variety of courses, including batik, weaving, metalwork, basketry, block printing fabrics, art history, and art appreciation.
Ledford and other women professors are responsible for laying the foundations for what would become the UGA Department of Art, which began offering a Bachelor of Fine Arts in the 1935-36 school year. In 1937, as part of a national movement to employ working artists at universities, painter Lamar Dodd was appointed to the faculty of the University of Georgia. The following year he became department head. In time, Dodd consolidated all curricula engaged with the visual arts into one department and enrolled the department’s first graduate students. Dodd is generally credited with establishing the school’s reputation as one of the nation’s premier art departments, enviable for both the breadth of its curricula and the accomplishments of its faculty, whose numbers grew exponentially under his decades-long leadership.
By 1960 work began on a new $900,000 structure for the visual arts on Jackson Street in UGA’s historic North Campus. Now home to the College of Environment and Design, the edifice so reflected the spirit of its Director that it would be renamed in 1995 as the Lamar Dodd School of Art. By the early 2000s, however, it was evident that the school’s various programs had outgrown their home. A new 172,000 sq. ft. building on East Campus was completed in 2008 to accommodate 1,200 students, staff and faculty, creating a place of creative focus and intellectual inquiry. Three additional facilities support programs in jewelry and metalwork, sculpture, ceramics, and interior design.
In 2021, the Lamar Dodd School of Art opened the Athenaeum, a contemporary art space in downtown Athens showcasing the work of internationally and nationally acclaimed artists. Most recently, the School of Art opened the Layton Design Studio for UGA graphic design students to execute real-world projects for clients as a creative-led design firm.
OUR REGALIA
The history of academic dress reaches far back to the early days of the oldest universities. The key components of graduation regalia are as follows:
GOWN Bachelor, master, and doctoral gowns differ slightly in pattern only. Bachelor gowns have closed fronts and long pointed sleeves. Master gowns have oblong sleeves open at the wrists. Doctoral gowns have bell-shaped sleeves, facings down the front made of black velvet, and three bars of the same black velvet across the sleeves. Only the doctoral gown bears trimmings.
HOOD Hoods are the most distinctive feature of the American code and are generally black. All are lined in silk with the official color or colors of the university conferring the degree. The University of Georgia colors are red and black. The binding or edging of the hood is velvet, with the color indicative of the subject to which the degree pertains. Arts degrees are white and Fine Arts degrees are brown.
CAP AND TASSEL The cap is the ‘mortarboard’ type with black cloth cover. The gold tassel may be worn by holders of a doctorate degree. Candidates should wear their tassels over the right eye until the degree is awarded and over the left eye afterward. The mortarboard on the cap should be parallel to the ground. With the exception of honors tassels, the color of tassels, as well as the color of the velvet on the hoods worn by master and doctoral candidates, are indicative of the academic subject area. Once again, the color associated with Art degrees is white and that of Fine Arts is brown.
HONOR CORD
Honor cords, consisting of twisted cords with tassels on either end, are awarded during graduation to members of honor societies or for academic and non-academic achievements, awards, or honors. Occasionally, a sashe, stole, or medallion is gifted in lieu of an honor cord.
Undergraduate students graduating with honors wear an honors tassel:
SUMMA CUM LAUDE red, silver, & black tassel 3.90–4.00 GPA
MAGNA CUM LAUDE red & silver tassel 3.70–3.89 GPA
CUM LAUDE red & black tassel 3.50–3.69 GPA
Graduating students who were members of the Dodd Ambassadors wear a rainbow cord.
SUPPORT THE SCHOOL OF ART
Family and friends, thank you for championing your 2026 art graduate. The Lamar Dodd School of Art is fueled by the passion and support of our students, faculty, families, and friends. You’ve watched your graduate grow and now you can help ensure that future students benefit from the same community and opportunities. By contributing, you’re helping shape the future— funding scholarships, enhancing student life and supporting research. Together, we can keep the Franklin and Dodd spirit thriving for generations. When you give a little, you change a lot!
