The art school is located on Jackson Street just a block and a half from the hustle and bustle of downtown and the walls of the galleries are worth checking out on a regular basis, with frequently-changing exhibits of student, faculty and professional work. Just around the corner from the Lamar Dodd School of Art, the Thompson Gallery is located on Thomas Street. This university-run gallery focuses mainly on sculpture and installation exhibits. The place is packed with originally designed jewelry and assorted small-scale and wearable artworks. Actually a custom jewelry shop, Aurum studios also sells top-quality art and craft pieces created by locals.
Work includes ceramics, glassworks, sculpture, folk art, paintings, drawings and prints.
The second floor of Frameworks frame shop is an exhibit space known as Clayton Street Gallery. Shows by locals include work by elementary and high school students, charity art auction exhibits and some very impressive solo, group, and theme shows. With a regular selection of work from some of Athens' better-known local artists, this gallery in Five Points is one of the newer additions to the Athens art scene, and the adjacent shop sells an assortment of American antiques and European linens. A loft area upstairs acts as a gallery, frequently hosting solo or group shows. Demonstrations can be arranged for those who call ahead and they host occasional open houses as well as displays of work in various media by artists from outside the studio.