Happy 2026! We’re excited to share this month’s roundup, featuring upcoming events, student opportunities, info sessions, and key deadlines across the School of Art + Art History + Design and UW Seattle.
This monthly update complements our quarterly newsletter and shares key happenings across the School with students, faculty, staff, and UW partners each month.
Recent Stories
indira allegra: The Book of Zero
Announcing the 2026 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency culminating exhibition opening on February 4, 5–7pm, as well as a series of community-centered opportunities to engage with Indira’s practice.
Art x NW: At the Burke, interwoven stories of Coast Salish weavers
Explore how Coast Salish weavers are highlighting how tradition, history, and contemporary practice come together in a new exhibit at the Burke Museum.
Thread of resilience runs through Salish wool-weaving exhibit at the Burke
The UW Burke Museum's "Woven in Wool" exhibit connects community and thread by centering the teachings and knowledge of weaving of the Coast Salish people while highlighting their communal connections in passing along the tradition.
2025-2026 Scholarship Recipients
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Events + Exhibitions
Liberation Book Club: Liberation as an Intergenerational Project
January 13, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Reports from a Summer and Fall of Design: 2026 Pecha Kucha
January 15, 6:30 – 8pm
Bank of America Executive Education Center (EXED)
SEGD Webinar: Exhibition Excellence in Conversation
January 15, 9pm
Online (featuring Kristine Matthews)
Community Office Hours (2026 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency)
January 22, 2:30 – 3:30pm
Carly Sheehan: Cycles
January 22 – February 5, 2026
Opening Reception: January 29, 6–8pm
Sand Point Gallery
Cultured Commodities: Photographs from the Henry Collection
Ongoing through January 28, 2026
Henry Art Gallery
Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving
Ongoing through August 30, 2026
Burke Museum
Find more events across campus on our calendar and the ArtSci Roundup: January.
Student Opportunities + Reminders
Information Session: Art London 2026
January 12, 5:30 – 6:30pm
Your Creative Work Is Research: How to Present It and Why It Matters for Your Future
January 14, 4:30 – 5:30pm
Building with AI: Vibe Coding Sprint
January 15, 4:30–6:30pm
Condon 401
Historical Review Submissions
Deadline: January 16
UAA Advising's Peer Adviser Application
Deadline: January 25, 11:59 pm
Info Session #1: Art Mexico City Study Abroad
January 23, 12 – 1pm
Prepare Your Interview Story Workshop
Tuesday, January 27, 4:30–6:30 pm
Condon 401
Art History in Amsterdam Summer Study Abroad
Priority Deadline: Jan 31, 2026
Information sessions: January 15 and 22, from 5-6pm on Zoom.
Find more opportunities on the Jobs + Internships + Opportunities Blog, and UW Career + Internship Center.