Our Monthly Digest complements our quarterly newsletter and is designed to keep students, faculty, staff and UW community informed and engaged with what’s happening in the School each month.
This monthly round-up includes recent stories, upcoming events, and student opportunities across the School of Art + Art History + Design and UW Seattle campus.
October Stories
Coast Salish Traditions are "Woven in Wool" at the Burke
An exhibition at the UW's Burke Museum features historical and contemporary Coast Salish weaving and highlights its importance to Coast Salish communities.
Autumnal Alchemy
In the hands of UW assistant professor Rob Rhee, gourds go from ecological to eerie.
Inspired Acts: A Conversation with Rob Rhee & Dineo Sheshee Bopape
Rob Rhee and Dineo Seshee Bopape discuss the power of living materials, ongoing processes, and finding levels of acceptability as artists.
The Veil Is Thin Here: 2025 Fall MFA Show
The Veil Thin Here showcases seven 2nd-year MFA students exploring memory, community & loss. On view October 15 through November 8, 2025 in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery.
Liberation Book Club 2025-26
This year-long program series hopes to honor the gallery’s commitment to social justice and to gather community to think about the work of liberation through shared texts, art, film, music, conversation, and workshops.
New digs for Traver Gallery
Sarah Traver pushes the boundaries of an art gallery that's been in her family for nearly five decades.
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November Events + Exhibitions
This list includes events and exhibitions happening on the UW Seattle campus and occasionally other events across Seattle that feature our faculty.
The Veil Is Thin Here (2025 Fall MFA Show)
Ongoing through Sat, Nov 8
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Opening Reception: Wed, Oct 15, 5 – 7pm
UW Master of Design (MDes) Info Session
Fri, Nov 7, 12 – 1pm
Online (Zoom)
Ghost Stories: An Embodied Reading with Putsata Reang
Sat, Nov 8, 2 – 3:30pm
Henry Art Gallery and Allen Center for The Visual Arts (HAG)
Liberation Book Club: Community Care and Harm Reduction
Tue, Nov 18, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Panel: Pathways to Faculty Positions in Two-Year Colleges
Wed, Nov 19, 3:30 – 5pm
Allen Library
Art Fwd: Abigail DeVille, in conversation with Jordan Jones
Thu, Nov 20, 6 – 7:30pm
Henry Art Gallery
Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving
Ongoing through Sun, Aug 30, 2026
Burke Museum
Find more events across campus on our calendar and the ArtSci Roundup: November
Student Opportunities
Free Materials Library
Autumn Hours published
The Third Space's Open Call for Wishful Thinking
Deadline: November 7, 2025
The Basemenet Open Call for 7th Publication
Deadline: November 12, 2025
IACA Mini-Grants
Deadline: November 30, 2025
Submissions Open open for Bricolage Issue 44
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Find more opportunities on the Jobs + Internships + Opportunities Blog, and UW Career + Internship Center.
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