ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia is hosting the annual Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition, featuring work by students graduating from the Lamar Dodd School of Art, April 11 to May 3.

A free opening reception for the exhibition was held April 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. in conjunction with the museum’s quarterly event “90 Carlton: Spring.” The museum will also host “MFA Speaks,” a panel discussion with the students about their work, on April 23 at 5:30 p.m., to be followed by the spring version of Museum Mix, the museum’s late-night art party, at 8 p.m.

The 2015 MFA candidates are:
• Patrick Brien, drawing and painting • Joseph Camoosa, drawing and painting • Winnie Gier, photography • Andrew Indelicato, drawing and painting • Allan Innman, drawing and painting • Mark Johnson, ceramics • Mahera Khaleque, drawing and painting • Anna Gay Leavitt, photography • Tyler Leslie, printmaking • Cameron Lyden, jewelry metals • Jessica Machacek, printmaking • Louisa Powell, sculpture • Georgia Rhodes, photography • Phillip Scarpone, sculpture • Lillian Smith, jewelry metals • Andrew Soper, interior design • Zipporah Thompson, fabric design • Lucas Underwood, photography • Bo Wang, interior design

The exhibition is a tradition that dates back to collaborations between Lamar Dodd himself and Alfred Holbrook, founder of the museum, but it continues to grow and change. This year’s class is also presenting exhibitions in Atlanta, at the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center, and in New York, in an attempt to reach new and larger audiences.

An exhibition catalogue with images representing each student, essays by master’s and doctoral art history students in contemporary art on the work of their fellows in the studio art program, an essay by Daniel Fuller from the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and a foreword from new Dodd director Chris Garvin serve as a record of the show.

Garvin said, “I’m thrilled to join this great tradition between these two historic institutions, sharing the school’s best young artists with the rest of Georgia and the world. This year’s class is exceptional in the variety and quality of the work they have produced. I am excited to follow their careers for years to come.”