Lamar Dodd School of Arts's spring season opens with Bovasso exhibition The Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries present The Cartographer’s Podiatrist’s Underestimation of a Melancholic Toe (Contemporaneous Mappings of the Spirit, Body and Mind), an exhibition of works on paper by current Lamar Dodd chair Nina Bovasso. The exhibition will remain on view through March 9. With this body of work, Bovasso seeks a harmony rendered through the chaos of “everything happening at once.” Employing a strategy of accumulation of the most basic marks—a dot, a line, proliferation of color, size, shape and surface texture—­Bovasso creates works where design and pattern have gone amok, defying order. The simple form of a doodle is elevated to the heroic; playfulness and whimsicality take on a seriousness and rhythm. She references Urpflanze, Goethe’s concept of the archetypal plant, viewing plant life as an expression of dynamic process of continual change. Her interest is in the representation of nature in decorative arts and decorative arts as representative of cultures. This exhibition will feature four large-scale paintings on paper, all in diptych format, and created within the past two years. A native of New York, Bovasso received a M.F.A. from Bard College where she received the Elaine de Kooning Memorial Fellowship; her B.F.A. is from the San Francisco Art Institute. In 1994, she attended Skohegan School of Painting and Sculpture. The Main Gallery is open 9 a.m.– 5 p.m. weekdays. —Nora Wendl

Art exhibitions.
Investigations, explorations, findings: environmental design research exhibit. Through Feb. 2. Gallery talk, Feb. 2, 4 p.m. Circle Gallery (G14 Caldwell Hall), School of Environmental Design. Open 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m. weekdays or by appointment. (706) 542-3848.

Ten faculty members from the School of Environmental Design share their research interests. Showcasing their work are Mary Anne Alabanza Akers (interdisciplinary projects and street vendors in the Philippines), Jose Buitrago (heritage tourism in Puerto Rico, Hurricane Hugo and the landscape in advertising), Ashley Calabria (hand vs. computer graphics), Marianne Cramer (applied research in Eastwyck Village), Georgia Harrison (regional identity), Cecile Martin (creative work), Ron Sawhill (regional landscape), René D. Shoemaker (design aesthetics of Henri Matisse), David Spooner (spatial emotion) and Amitabh Verma (Jaisalmer, a historic city in India).

My World, paintings by David Kontra. Through the end of the 2006–2007 academic year.
232 Aderhold Hall. Open 7:45 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday–Thursday and 7:45 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday.

Functional Elegance, an exhibition by Brooke Cassady, Athens potter. Through Feb. 16. Reception: Feb. 10, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Art Gallery, Tate Student Center. (706) 542-6396. www.uga.edu/campuslife.

Multiple Impressions: Voices in Contemporary Art. Through Feb. 23. Broad Street Gallery. (706) 542-0069.

A Magic Web: The Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado Island. Through Feb. 25. State Botanical Garden of Georgia. (706) 542-6130.

The Cartographer’s Podiatrist’s Underestimation of a Melancholic Toe (Contemporaneous Mappings of the Spirit, Body and Mind), Nina Bovasso, 2006–2007 Lamar Dodd Chair. Through March 9. Main Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art.

Recent Acquisitions in the Decorative Arts. Through March 25. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1–5 p.m. Sunday. (706) 542-4662. www.uga.edu/gamuseum.

The Carter Collection Revisited. Through March 25. Georgia Museum of Art.
(706) 542-4662.

Lithographs by Alvar Suñol. Through March 1. Hill Atrium Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. www.georgiacenter.uga.edu.

From Plains to Washington and Points Between: Jimmy Carter’s Political Work in Georgia, 1962–1976. Through March 30. Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. 8 a.m.–5 p.m. russlib@uga.edu.

The collections hold a wealth of letters, photographs, original editorial cartoons and campaign memorabilia connected to U.S. President and Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter. The beginning of what has become an admired political career is chronicled through the papers of Sen. Herman Talmadge, Sen. Richard B. Russell, Rep. John Davis, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and many others.

Modern Threads: Fashion and Art by Mariska Karasz. Through April 15. Georgia Museum of Art. (706) 542-4662.

Wild Ride: Artistic Lessons of Nature by Eric Strauss. Through April 22. Georgia Museum of Art. (706) 542-4662.

Monday, Jan. 29
Film.
Nathalie. 8 p.m. Tate Student Center Theater. $2 ($1 students). French Film Festival. Sponsored by the department of theatre and film studies. (706) 542-2084, neupert@uga.edu. See Digest, page 3.

Tuesday, Jan. 30
Ecology Seminar.
“Significance of Surface Water/Groundwater Exchanges to Nutrient Cycling and Subterranean Biology in the Lower Flint River Basin,” Steve Opsahl and Joseph W. Jones, Ecological Research Center. 4 p.m.; reception at 3:30 p.m. Institute of Ecology Auditorium. (706) 542-6013, anisaj@uga.edu.

Seminar.
“I Chose ORP, When Can I Retire?”
7–8:30 p.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. UGA employees only. Sponsored by Professional and Personal Development. (706) 542-3537, www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/spring07.

Lecture.
“Lymphatic Filariasis: Science, Intervention and Beyond,” Eric Otteson, Emory University. 6 p.m. Chapel. Reception following. Global Diseases: Voices from the Vanguard Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism and the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases. (706) 542-5038, murrayd@uga.edu.

Concert.
Faculty Chamber Recital. 8 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall. Sponsored by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music.

Fred Mills (trumpet), Michael Heald (violin), and Anatoly Sheludyako (piano) will perform Trio for Trumpet, Violin and Piano (1992) by Eric Ewazen. D. Ray McClellan (clarinet), William Davis (bassoon), Jean Martin-Williams (horn), Michael Heald (violin), Mark Neumann, (viola), David Starkweather (cello) and Milton Masciadri (bass) will perform Beethoven’s Septet for Winds and Strings, op. 20.

Wednesday, Jan. 31
Apero Africana Brown Bag Lecture.
“Learning Blackness: Discourses of Race and Media Representations of the Victims of Hurricane Katrina,” Talmadge C. Guy, lifelong education, administration and policy. 12:20–1:10 p.m. African-American Cultural Center (fourth floor, Memorial Hall). Sponsored by African-American Studies, the African Studies Institute and the African-American Cultural Center. fsgiles@uga.edu.

poetry reading.
Arthur Sze, Institute for American Indian Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tasty World (Broad and Jackson streets). Doors open: 7 p.m., reading: 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Georgia Poetry Circuit.

University Theatre.
Tartuffe. $12 ($10 UGA students and senior citizens). Additional performances, Feb. 1–3, 8 p.m. and Feb. 4, 2:30 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by the department of theatre and film studies. www.drama.uga.edu.

Thursday, Feb. 1
poetry reading.
Ed Pavlic, creative writing. 4:30 p.m. 265 Park Hall. (706) 542-2659.

Associate professor and director of UGA’s Creative Writing Program, Pavlic will read from his latest book, Labors Lost Left Unfinished (Sheep Meadow Press, 2006).

Pavlic also is the author of the poetry collection Paraph of Bone & Other Kinds of Blue (2001) and of a critical book, Crossroads Modernism: Descent and Emergence in African American Literary Culture (2002). His interests include international modernism, contemporary American poetry and African-American literature and culture.

Solo Seniors First Thursday Dinner.
6 p.m. Savannah Room, Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. The group is open to unmarried men and women 50 years and older who are members of the UGA Alumni Association. (706) 542-2251, ncanolty@gmail.com.

Performance.
Peaches. 7 p.m. Morton Theatre. In conjunction with Black History Month. Sponsored by the African-American Cultural Center and the Department of Intercultural Affairs.
(706) 613-3770.

Women’s Basketball.
vs. LSU. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum.

Friday, Feb. 2
Second Annual Black Issues in Higher Education Conference.
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. $20. Sponsored by the College of Education. (706) 542-4207, smithb@uga.edu.

Lecture.
“Using a Feminist-Informed Framework to Examine Couple Relationships and Mental Health Issues Among Younger Women with Breast Cancer,” Stephanie Burwell, child and family development. 12:20–1:10 p.m. 248 Student Learning Center. Friday Speaker Series. Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Studies. (706) 542-2846.

Women’s Tennis.
vs. Winthrop. 2:30 p.m. Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

Bulldawg Sweetheart Cheese and Chocolate Social.
6:30–9 p.m. Student Learning Center Rotunda, fourth floor. $20 ($15 Alumni Association members, $5 students.) RSVP online by Jan. 30 at www.alumniconnections.com. Sponsored by the Alumni Association. (706) 542-8199, wdarden@uga.edu.

Performance.
The Performing Arts Center presents award-winning clarinetist Jose Franch-­Ballester Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. Tickets are $9 for UGA students and $18 for everyone else. A discount is available for groups.

A native of Moncofa, Spain, Franch-Ballester won first prize in the 2004 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. His Athens program will include works by César Franck, Sergei Prokofiev and Francis Poulenc, along with a piece written for him by American composer Kenji Bunch. Franch-Ballester was born into a family of clarinetists and Zarzuela singers. He began clarinet lessons at age 9 and gave his first recital at the age of 16. He graduated from the Joaquin Rodrigo Conservatory in Valencia in 2000 and came to the U.S. to study at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music.

He will be accompanied by pianist Andrius Zlabys, whom the Cleveland Plain Dealer recently called “a virtuoso of fabulous technique and romantic temperament.” . (706) 542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac.

Benefit Concert.
For the Athens Area Homeless Shelter. The Bulldog Brass Quintet, the Athens Guitar Trio and the Georgia Children’s Chorus. $5 donation. 8 p.m. First Presbyterian Church. Sponsored by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. (706) 542-2061, cjohns1@uga.edu.

Ecology Graduate Student Symposium.
Through Feb. 3. Ecology Auditorium. Graduate students present oral scientific talks and undergraduates participate in poster presentations. www.ecology.uga.edu/news/gradsymposium/symposium/symposium.htm. (706) 542-6013, anisaj@uga.edu.

Saturday, Feb. 3
Women’s Tennis.
vs. Florida State. 1 p.m. Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

Workshop.
“Winter Tree Identification.” 1–4 p.m. Botanical Garden Visitor Center, classroom A. $17 ($15 members). (706) 542-6156, dbmitchl@uga.edu.

Annual Fundraising Auction.
6 p.m. State Botanical Garden Visitor’s Center. $20 ($15 in advance). Sponsored by the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medicine Association. For advance ticket purchase or to donate items for auction, call (706) 372-4825, e-mail kenya07@uga.edu or visit www.vet.uga.edu/academic/life/clubs/SCAVMA/index.php.

Fundraiser.
Face Off 2007 Fundraiser for Leadership, Scholarship and Service. 7 p.m. $15 (advance) or $17 (at the door). In conjunction with Black History Month. Sponsored by the UGA Pan-Hellenic Council.

Concert.
The Performing Arts Center presents the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Feb. 3 at
8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Tickets are $34 (rear balcony) and $39 (orchestra/front balcony). They are half price for UGA students with a valid ID.

The award-winning orchestra is celebrating its 100th anniversary with its debut American tour. Music director András Ligeti will conduct the orchestra in a program that includes Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen.

Founded in 1907, the Hungarian Symphony  Orchestra achieved popularity through its radio broadcasts in the 1920s and 1930s. It reached new artistic heights in the 1950s and began international touring in the 1960s. Ligeti was appointed music director in 1997, becoming the ninth director since the orchestra’s inception.

A pre-concert lecture will be given by David Chapman, a graduate student in music at UGA. The lecture begins at 7:15 p.m. and is open to the public.

The Hungarian Symphony Orchestra concert will be recorded for national radio broadcast on American Public Media's Performance Today. (706) 542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac.

Sunday, Feb. 4
Men’s Tennis.
vs. William and Mary. 1 p.m. Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

Concert.
Peachtree Symphonic Winds. 3 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall. Sponsored by the Performing Arts Center. (706) 542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac.

The concert is entitled “Band Masters” and features the Atlanta Music Academy Flute Choir. Peachtree Symphonic Winds was formed in 2004 as a first-class music ensemble for Atlanta-area musicians. The group is dedicated to the performance of standard as well as new works for the band and chamber ensemble, and its membership includes community and professional musicians from throughout the metropolitan Atlanta area. Peachtree Symphonic Winds is under the direction of G. Allen Barbee, a faculty member in the music department at Georgia Perimeter College.

The Atlanta Music Academy Flute Choir began in 1993 as the AMA Flute Ensemble, a group of students selected to perform for the Atlanta Music Academy’s anniversary concert. The choir is now composed of students in grades nine through 12 and also includes college students and an AMA faculty member. The Flute Choir’s 2006-07 membership represents 12 high schools and three colleges in the metro Atlanta area. The Atlanta Music Academy Flute Choir has released its first CD, entitled Coming of Age.

Monday, Feb. 5
Film.
L’Enfant. 8 p.m. Tate Student Center Theater. $2 ($1 students). Sponsored by the department of theatre and film studies. French Film Festival. (706) 542-2084.

Coming up
CPR Training.
Feb. 6. 8:30–11:30 p.m. University Health Center. $25 for adult CPR training; $40 for CPR on adults, children and infants. Certified by the American Heart Association; designed for the general public. Call early to register. Sponsored by University Health Center. (706) 542-8695.

Concert.
Feb. 8. Music of Joseph Turrin. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. $15 ($7 students with valid ID). 2nd Thursday Scholarship Series. Sponsored by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. (706) 542-4400, www.music.uga.edu.

Miss UGA Scholarship Pageant.
Feb. 10. $10 ($8 students). Fine Arts auditorium. Sponsored by the Student Government Association. (706) 542-8514.