Photo: Dancer-choreographer Margie Gillis offers the first performance in the Performing Arts Center's new Dance Festival on Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre. Tickets are $16-$20 from the box office at the Performing Arts Center (542-4400).

Experimental color photos
The main gallery of the Lamar Dodd School of Art is currently displaying more than 50 experimental color photographs by Wiley Sanderson, professor emeritus of art and former director of photographic design at UGA. Sanderson has expanded on an experimental color technique known as the Joly Color process, invented by Sir John Joly in 1894 before color film had been developed. The exhibition closes Oct. 10; for more information call 542-1511.

Introduction to fractals
The mathematics department's annual James. C. Cantrell Lecture Series will be given this year by John Milnor, professor of mathematics and director of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. At 4 p.m. Oct. 8 in physics building room 202, Milnor will give a general lecture--"Pasting Together Julia Sets"--exploring fractal geometry from an introductory point of view. The following two days, he will lead mathematical colloquia at 4 p.m. in room 328 of the Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center. For more information, call 542-2544.

Marimba concert
Makoto Nakura will perform on the marimba as part of the Performing Arts Center's Ramsey Concert Hall Series on Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. In 1994, Nakura became the first marimbist ever to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Tickets are $16. They are available at the box office, 542-4400, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and two hours prior to the performance.

Photo: Barry Lopez, winner of the National Book Award and numerous other awards for his nature writing, will be a Center for Humanities and Arts visiting artist in early October. He'll work with students and give a public presentation at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 in Ramsey Hall at the Performing Arts Center.

Professors and artists
Works in a variety of media by faculty members of the Lamar Dodd School of Art are currently on display at the Georgia Museum of Art. Included are Rob Jackson, Rick Johnson, Ron Jude, Glen Kaufman, David Koffman, Ed Lambert, Mary Ruth Moore, Alex Murawski, W. Robert Nix, Susan Roberts, Stephen Scheer, Ken Williams and Gene Wright. The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Fridays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. For further information, call 542-4662.

A traveler's landscapes
The State Botanical Garden is currently exhibiting Landscapes by Lynwood Hall, paintings in watercolors and oils inspired by Hall's wide travels. The visitor center is open 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday.

String quartet fusion
The Turtle Island String Quartet opens the Forte season with a concert in Hodgson Hall on Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. The innovative quartet combines jazz, blues, pop and bluegrass. Tickets are $15-$18 ($6-$8 for students) from the cashier's window in the Tate Student Center (542-8074, open 9 a.m.-4 p.m.).

Brooks Lecture
The annual D.W. Brooks Lecture sponsored by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will be given by Jerry D. Caulder, emeritus chairman of Mycogen Corp., at 11 a.m. Oct. 6 in the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. His topic will be "Agricultural Research: Truth, Justice and the American Way."

Black-and-white photos
Black-and-white photographs by Mark Steinmetz are on display through Oct. 10 in the gallery at the Tate Student Center. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to midnight daily. For further information, call 542-6396.

Historical fiction
Philip Lee Williams, author of the recently published The True and Authentic History of Jenny Dorset,will lecture on "History into Fiction" for the Center for Humanities and Arts on Sept. 30 at 4 p.m. in 265 Park Hall. For more information, call the center at 542-3966.

Dean's retrospective
John F. Crowley, dean of the School of Environmental Design, demonstrates the diversity of his career history with an exhibition in the SED Gallery called Jack of All Trades: 1978-1996. The gallery, located on the ground floor of Caldwell Hall, is open weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. For information call 542-8292.

19th-century art
American paintings and neoclassical sculptures from the West Foundation Collection are currently on long-term loan at the Georgia Museum of Art, where they will be on display through Nov. 16. The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Fridays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays.