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Alumni News – July 2016

Submitted on August 12, 2016 - 3:32pm

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of July 2016. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Margie Livingston (MFA 1999) shows "Too Soon for Hindsight" @GKuceraGallery #FirstThursday bit.ly/28YY48f

Great shout out!
@SirenMobi: Great @nytimes piece about DIY home art galleries. Seattle is lucky to have @seasoncz, #TwoShelves & @Vignettesus - t.co/r7sq9dA2UD
[Susie Lee (MFA 2006) with Siren, Robert Yoder (MFA 1987) with Season, Serrah Russell (BFA 2009) with Vignettes]

Opening #FirstThursday @davidsonprints is "White Skies" by Robert Connell (BFA 1970): bit.ly/28ZMqb2

"BOOM: Changing Seattle" opens tomorrow; includes Eroyn Franklin (BFA 2006), Paul Komada (BFA 2000), & Rodrigo Valenzuela (MFA 2012) bit.ly/298BlGe

In Las Vegas this Friday? Prof Cummins & Ariana P. Russell (MFA 2005) in Art + Science, opens that night & thru July bit.ly/29k8pgH

Anne Currier (MFA 1974) is among the artists in the @travergallery ceramics invitational show opening #FirstThursday bit.ly/2b00nrH

Claire Cowie (MFA 1999) is in the @MuseumofGlass hot shop in Tacoma through Sunday; stop by and watch her work
@MuseumofGlass: Claire Cowie is our Visiting Artist this week. Learn about her on our blog! https://t.co/w9O3bNdF6T

Andrew Hoeppner (MFA 2014) opens "Monkey God" @4Culture's gallery TONIGHT bit.ly/291fgdr #FirstThursday

G. Gibson Gallery #FirstThursday reception for group exhibit that includes at least 5 alums & 1 professor emeritus bit.ly/29kHE91
[Cable Griffith (MFA 2002), Mary Iverson (MFA 2002), Eirik Johnson (BFA 1997), Saya Moriyasu (BA/BFA 1991), Samantha Scherer (MFA 1997), Painting + Drawing Professor Emeritus Robert C. Jones]

We count five alumni in "31 for 32" opening tonight @LisaHarrisGal for #FirstThursday bit.ly/29uLmi7
[Kent Lovelace (MFA 1979), Richard Morhous (BFA 1970), Linda Jo Nazarenus (BA 1990), Lisa Snow Lady (BA 1979, BFA 1991), Emily Wood (BA 1992)]

One last weekend suggestion: join Kim Van Someren (MFA 2004 + staff member) for hands-on printmaking @iheartSAM on Sun, 11am-1pm: bit.ly/29rIFcE

Nola Avienne (MFA 2007) shows in "Synco-Pates" @ArtsWestSeattle through July 28: bit.ly/298yQnd

We also see Prof Doug Jeck and Prof Emeritus Akio Takamori in this show opening Wed, 7/13: bit.ly/29Kjdl3
@AbmeyerWood: Excited to have George Rodriguez (MFA 2009) in the house this Wednesday at 5pm for Bodies + Beings exhibition

Dendroica Gallery opens "The Exploratory Line" on 7/14, 5-9pm with School alums Alan Fulle (BFA 1990), Michael Magrath (MFA 2004), William Vaegemast (BFA 1984) bit.ly/29DHc6j

Saya Moriyasu (BA/BFA 1991) is one of the artist in this show!
@thealicegallery: this is not Not a peepshow - Opening Reception Saturday 07/16 - https://t.co/MoxpaY42ir

Performance Sat 5-10pm on Seattle waterfront by @AliceGosti & others w/costume design by Rachel Ravitch (BA 2007): bit.ly/2a2XeEV

Claudia McKinstry (BA 1972) shows paintings @BIArtsCrafts in July bit.ly/2b01TK5 + check out her website claudiamckinstry.com

From @fosterwhiteart newsletter: Evan Blackwell (MFA 2008) has new work @facebook in South Lake Union, 7x24 feet! [Link found later: bit.ly/2aO3ejV]

Artist (& now model?) Mary Ann Peters (MFA 1977) has featured interview about her work on #PrairieUnderground bit.ly/29jAnc3

Nicholas Nyland (BFA 1999) shows new ceramic & mixed media work in the Backspace @SOILArtGallery this month bit.ly/29uVV59

Weekend suggestion: see piano painted by Brittany Carchano (BA 2014) at Alki Beach Park on Sun (7/17) bit.ly/29vg0bh @PianosParks

MT @seattlemag: 6 influential artists/innovators tell us where they go to seek inspiration bit.ly/295UEzz [Renee Erickson (BFA 1995)]

Amy Johnson (MFA 2007) shows #tiltanchorage thru Aug 27 bit.ly/294bJum

Designers! 2 of our alumni need your vote for @IDSA IDEA People's Choice Award svy.mk/29DfszH Choose Naloxone OD Rescue Kit
[Christoffer Hart and Miles Miller (both BDes 2015); bit.ly/29EJpvO]

Maya Jeffereis (BFA 2006) shows "Fallout Shelter" @NBMAA through Sept 11: bit.ly/2919Mzm

Visiting Portland in July? Stop by PDX Contemporary Art for anniversary show, includes 3 alums bit.ly/29lVo4n [Joe Freeman (MFA 2014), Victoria Haven (BFA 1989), Susie J. Lee (MFA 2006)]

Our @UWalum dynamic duo, Shio Kusaka (BFA 2001) and Jonas Wood (MFA 2002), can't stay out of the press: bit.ly/29CjgC5

Heaven & Earth VIII opens @ Carkeek Park this Sat; @ingridlahti (MFA 1990) has work included eepurl.com/b8U92D; other alums?

Did we mention that 5 alumni (Foran, Jang, Martinez, Porter, Simons) are in "Clay? IV"? bit.ly/29onkod
@JacobForan: Jeck said. "The question mark was, whatever you thought of clay, we wanted you to reconsider." t.co/dQzBQjTn1Y
[Jacob Foran (MFA 2010), Victoria Jang (BFA 2010), Gustavo Martinez (MFA 2011), Donna Lindeman Porter (BA 1982, BFA 1987, MFA 1988), Amy Simons (BFA 2014)]

And did you know that Rachel was created by @UWalum Georgia Gerber (MFA 1982)
@Seattlemag: How did a pig become the symbol of a market best known for fish? t.co/Q1iUnMXTNB

MT @seattleartblog: Barbara Earl Thomas (BFA 1973, MFA 1977) a “must see” @BIMuseumofArt on View Through October 2 tinyurl.com/gq33fjy

ICYMI: in June we released our first-ever website celebrating this year's graduating graduate students bit.ly/soagrd16 @UWArtSci

Glenn Rudolph (BFA 1968) has work in "New Romantics" at Oxbow through Aug 15: bit.ly/29GqZuE @VanguardSeattle

In Los Angeles? Don't miss the Shio Kusaka (BFA 2001) exhibition @BlumandPoe bit.ly/29fCaJq

Read article by @SusieLeeSeattle (MFA 2006) in @arcadenw issue 34.1 bit.ly/2ak5qUh

Read about "San Andreas Streaming Deer Cam" by alum Brent Watanabe (BFA 1995) in @City_Arts bit.ly/29YdLx9

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