
Autumn 2022 Part-Time Faculty
This quarter's part-time faculty are Melanie Enderle, Stefan Gonzales, Holly Hazelton, Natalie Krick, Jake Matauch, Miha Sarani, Yongqi Tang, Arianne True, and Jayme Yen.

Alumni News – August 2022
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of August 2022. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Exhibitions at Cascadia + MoNA
Two museums near Seattle — Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds and the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner — currently have exhibitions that include former faculty and alumni.

Alumni News – July 2022
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of July 2022. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Alumni News – June 2022
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of June 2022. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Director's Notes – June 2022
“We made it!”, or some more colorful sentiment, was a common refrain that I heard from students, staff, and faculty as the academic year came to a close and we eased into summer...

Graduation Speaker: Adam Kingman, Alum
Adam Kingman received his Bachelor of Design degree in Industrial Design in 2014. He won the third season of Making It, a television competition, in 2021. The School invited Kingman to speak at our Graduation Celebration in June 2022.

Graduation Speaker: Eason Yang, Graduate Student
Eason Yang received his Master of Design degree in June 2022. He was selected to be the graduate student speaker at the School’s 2022 Graduation Celebration, and he is Not Entirely Dead.

Graduation Speakers: Dustin Mara + Joyce Lin, Design
Dustin Mara received his Bachelor of Design degree in Visual Communication Design in June 2022. Joyce Lin received her Bachelor of Design degree in Interaction Design at the same time. Mara and Lin were the Division of Design’s undergraduate speakers for the School’s 2022 Graduation Celebration.

Graduation Speaker: Alexander Betz, Art History
Alexander Betz received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History with departmental honors in June 2022. He was the Division of Art History’s undergraduate speaker for the School’s 2022 Graduation Celebration.

Graduation Speaker: Tiffany-Ashton Gatsby, Art
Tiffany-Ashton Gatsby received their Bachelor of Arts degree in Art, with departmental honors and a concentration in Interdisciplinary Visual Art, in June 2022. Gatsby was the Division of Art’s undergraduate speaker for the School’s 2022 Graduation Celebration.

Black Arts Legacies: Barbara Earl Thomas
With meticulous skill and a communal approach, the longtime Seattle artist has cut her own path.

Celebrating Pride Month
Celebrate Pride Month and the history, progress, and power of the LGBTQIA+ community through a collection of works by College of Arts & Sciences faculty, students, and alumni.

Alumni News – May 2022
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of May 2022. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Filmmaker Wes Hurley and His UW Crew are Living Their ‘Potato Dreams’
Wes Hurley (BA 2004) has been on the film festival circuit with his autobiographical film, Potato Dreams of America. Articles in UW Magazine and on the website of Creative Capital, which helped fund the project, provide background on the film.

Stolen Beauty
The story of the shocking theft, destruction and replacement of George Tsutakawa’s sculptural gates at the Washington Park Arboretum.

Alumni News – April 2022
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of April 2022. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Alumni News – March 2022
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of March 2022. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Spring 2022 Part-Time Faculty
The spring quarter part-time faculty are Romson Bustillo, Granite Calimpong, Melanie Enderle, Thomas Ham, Lawrence Hamlin, David Hull, E.E. Ikeler, Adam Jossem, Leisha Muraki, Amanda Salov, Vassilissa Semouchkina, Tarran Sklenar, Scott Tsukamaki, Ryan Weatherly, and David Willis.

Alumni News – February 2022
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of February 2022. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

A Window into Art
Das Schaufenster is an art exhibition space created by alum Anna Mlasowsky in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. All viewing is done from outside the windows, and a different artist is featured every month.

The Poetics of Barbara Earl Thomas
Alum Barbara Earl Thomas is featured in this article by Berette S Macaulay. In part, it discusses recent exhibitions of Thomas' work seen at the Seattle Art Museum and the Henry Art Gallery.

Alumni News – January 2022
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of January 2022. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Director's Notes – January 2022
Oh how grateful I am that we humans are known for being an adaptive species. Returning to campus in person at the start of the school year was so joyful and reminded us of how much learning happens during the non-scripted moments between fellow students and colleagues...

A Designer Reflects on "Making It"
Industrial design alum Adam Kingman competed on season three of Making It, a TV competition hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, in which talented makers complete a series of handmade projects.

Q+A with Noah Simblist
Noah Simblist received his MFA in painting in 1999 and is now associate professor in the Painting + Printmaking department at Virginia Commonwealth University. He also works as a curator, writer, and artist with a focus on art and politics.

Winter 2022 Part-Time Faculty
The winter quarter part-time faculty are Andrew Allen, Fumi Amano, Lalitha Bandaru, Melanie Enderle, Bryce Johnson, Adam Jossem, Natalie Krick, Vander McClain, and Gabriel Stromberg.

Alumni News – December 2021
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of December 2021. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Portraits of Justice
Alum Alfredo Arreguin has painted the official portraits for three justices on the Washington State Supreme Court. At 86, the master of Mexican American art remains a source of colorful ideas and vivid canvases.

Alumni News – November 2021
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of November 2021. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Alumni News – October 2021
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of October 2021. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

BAM Biennial 2021: Architecture & Urban Design
Professor Rebecca Cummins plus alums Eirik Johnson and Dave Kennedy have work in this architecture and urban design-themed exhibition at Bellevue Arts Museum, which runs from November 5, 2021, through April 24, 2022.

Director's Notes – October 2021
The typical energy and anticipation that comes with the beginning of the academic year was amplified by the joy and trepidation of returning to campus 570 days after classes were shut down on March 9, 2020. The start of the year…

Alumni News – September 2021
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of September 2021. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Symposium Synopsis
On April 30, 2021, the Division of Design hosted a virtual event titled A Symposium on Design Graduate Education. The meeting was co-organized by Audrey Desjardins, James Pierce, and Annabelle Gould.

Transitions 2021
It is typical for the School to see changes in faculty and staff from one year to the next, but this year was unusual for the number of staff departures. Two moved into higher level positions in other units, and three retired.

Autumn 2021 Part-Time Faculty
The autumn quarter part-time faculty are Andrew Allen, Melanie Enderle, Xiaoyi Gao, Midori Hirose, David Hull, Adam Jossem Philippe Hyojung Kim, Vassilissa Semouchkina, Connor Walden, and David Willis.

Q+A with Claire Cowie and Leo Berk
This couple are both MFA alums. They are currently working on their first large-scale artistic collaboration at MadArt Studio: Niche Audience. The resulting exhibition opens on October 14 and runs through November 20.

Alumni News – August 2021
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of August 2021. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

2021 SDF Block Party
This year's Seattle Design Festival Block Party takes place on August 21 and 22. Four projects involve School faculty, students, and/or alums.

Alumni News – July 2021
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of July 2021. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

2021 Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair
As we await the return of the Seattle Art Fair in 2022, we celebrate the second year of SDAF. Several galleries are showing the work of retired faculty and/or alums of the School, including the Jacob Lawrence Gallery.

Henry Gallery showcases graduate student final projects
The Henry Art Gallery hosted an exhibition and the School published a website featuring the final projects of talented graduate students from the School of Art + Art History + Design.

Lux Aeterna
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery and Northwest Film Forum proudly present Lux Aeterna, an exhibition featuring 16 artists exploring the mutability of media made and consumed using ever-evolving platforms. It runs July 29 through September 7.

Artist paints from a place few of us see
Anne Besse-Shepherd, who graduated from the University of Washington with an MFA in metalsmithing, discusses her journey as a landscape painter.

George Tsutakawa’s art on display at Seattle Art Museum
The late Tsutakawa was an alum (BA 1937, MFA 1950) and faculty. He started teaching at UW in 1946 and became a professor emeritus in 1976.

Director's Notes – June 2021
What a year it has been.
And suddenly the end of the academic year was in sight, heralding graduation time for over 200 of our students who persevered through unimaginable circumstances…

Alumni News – June 2021
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of June 2021. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Graduation Speaker: Jia Jia, Graduate Student
Jia Jia received her Master of Fine Arts degree in 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture in June 2021. She was the graduate student speaker for the School's virtual Graduation Celebration 2021.

Graduation Speaker: Ebrima Jassey, Design
Ebrima Jassey received his Bachelor of Design degree in Visual Communication Design in June 2021. He was the Division of Design's undergraduate speaker for the School's virtual Graduation Celebration 2021.