Dare to Judge curated by Stefan Gonzales

Sean Sullivan: Dare to Judge

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery hosts the inaugural curatorial residency for a UW BIPOC graduate student. Curator Stefan Leandro Gonzales has created an exhibition that examines connections between queer experience and domestic space. Dates are September 4–26, 2020.

August 24, 2020
Lux Aeterna banner

Lux Aeterna

This year-long online research platform and exhibition traces and troubles the currents of technical migration and image circulation. It is curated by Jacob Lawrence Gallery Director + Curator Emily Zimmerman and produced in partnership with Northwest Film Forum.

August 21, 2020
Strange Coupling 2020 artwork details

Strange Coupling

Strange Coupling has been a student-run tradition in the School's Division of Art since 2002. For the first time, this year's exhibition has a theme — Memory — and the exhibition is online. It launches August 21, and there is an online reception.

August 20, 2020
Stephen Bader and Alanna MacGowan

Transforming How We Live, Work, and Play

Stephen Bader (BDes 2014) and Alanna MacGowan (MFA Design 2010) work at Microsoft Envisioning and explore how people will live, work, and play five to seven years in the future.

August 17, 2020
Zoom background by Cicelia Ross-Gotta

Alumni News – July 2020

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of July 2020. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

August 4, 2020
Muler by Kim Van Someren

2020 Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair

While there is no Seattle Art Fair this year, a number of galleries from Seattle and beyond have banded together to create the SDAF during August. At least 20 galleries are showing work by alums, staff, and/or faculty.

July 31, 2020
Yale Union Building

YU Cedes Property to NACF

Yale Union in Portland — co-founded by Assistant Professor Flint Jamison — announced on July 16 that they will cede ownership of their historic building and its land to the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.

July 20, 2020
Photograph by Eirik Johnson

Alumni News – June 2020

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of June 2020. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

June 21, 2020
Pooja Krishnan

Graduation Speaker: Pooja Krishnan, Art

Pooja Krishnan received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art in June 2020. She was the Division of Art's undergraduate speaker for the School's virtual Graduation Celebration 2020.

June 20, 2020
Sierra Stella

Graduation Speaker: Sierra Stella, Art History

Sierra Stella received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History in June 2020. She was the Division of Art History's undergraduate speaker for the School's virtual Graduation Celebration 2020.

June 20, 2020
Jack Johnston

Graduation Speaker: Jack Johnston, Design

Jack Johnston received his Bachelor of Design degree in Industrial Design in June 2020. He was the Division of Design's undergraduate speaker for the School's virtual Graduation Celebration 2020.

June 20, 2020
Piper Loyd

Graduation Speaker: Piper Loyd, Graduate Student

Piper Loyd received her Master of Design degree in June 2020. She was the graduate student speaker for the School's virtual Graduation Celebration 2020.

June 20, 2020
Miles Miller

Fulbright for Miller

Alum Miles Miller has been selected for a Fulbright Fellowship. He will be doing research in South Korea on the indigenous innovations and modernization of traditional Korean residential architecture, design, and craft.

June 20, 2020
Book cover

New Book for Bunn-Marcuse

Art History Assistant Professor Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse is co-editor, with Aldona Jonaitis, of a new book published by University of Washington Press: Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast.

June 4, 2020
Emma Teal Laukitis and Claire Neaton

Seafaring sisters team up for a feast of stories and recipes

Emma Teal Laukitis (MDes 2018) and her sister discuss their new salmon cookbook and how their love of storytelling and salmon developed.

June 1, 2020
SunTest by Jaq Chartier

Alumni News – May 2020

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of May 2020. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

May 29, 2020
Carrie Slavin, center

Assistance League of Seattle asks, ‘What else can we do?’ The answer: care packages for families in need

Carrie Slavin (BA 1994) was helping with a project to get food to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic, but that didn’t stop a nagging thought… "What else can we do?"

May 29, 2020
Jitterbug by Betz Bernhard

Alumni News – April 2020

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of April 2020. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

April 30, 2020
Diablo del Agua vessel by George Rodriguez

Alumni News – March 2020

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of March 2020. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

March 31, 2020
Luly Yang with surgical masks

Seattle couture designer answers Providence's challenge with 20,000 surgical masks

Luly Yang, design alum and local fashion designer, used her business connections to procure and donate 20,000 masks to a Seattle hospital.

March 30, 2020
Strait Art by Jake Seniuk

Jake Seniuk's Strait Art

A new book of essays by alum Jake Seniuk has been published. He was director-curator of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center for many years. A number of School alums and/or faculty are included.

March 24, 2020
Patti Warashina

The wonder of Patti Warashina

The Smithsonian honors Patti Warashina (MFA 1964), whose humor and innovative perspectives on the human condition put a new face on ceramics.

March 1, 2020
Ben Gale-Schreck (center) and others

Alumni News – February 2020

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of February 2020. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

February 28, 2020
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

As 2019 rolled to a close and ushered in a new decade, the waning weeks of December were filled with joy, not only for completing another energizing quarter of teaching and learning but also for a number of newsworthy announcements, events, and…

January 14, 2020
Omak Lake 2 by Joe Feddersen

Alumni News – January 2020

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of January 2020. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

January 11, 2020
White Noise exhibition by Kerry Skarbakka

Alumni News – December 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of December 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

January 2, 2020
Maurice Woods with students

Woods + Inneract Project at 15

While Maurice Woods was a UW graduate student in Design, he created the Inneract Project (IP). We recently spoke with Woods about his early years as a designer, the creation of IP, and its future.

December 17, 2019
Video by Gala and Zack Bent

Alumni News – November 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of November 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

December 2, 2019
Presentation by Tom Child and Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse

Anne Gould Hauberg Artist Images Series

Since 1990, the UW Libraries has hosted the Anne Gould Hauberg Artist Images Series. The 2019 lecture was given by Art History Assistant Professor Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse and her Kwagu’ł colleague Tom Child, Namsgamk'ala.

November 5, 2019
Flow by Kristen Ramirez

Alumni News – October 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of October 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

October 1, 2019
Benita Cooper with grandmother

Q+A with Cooper

We interviewed Interdisciplinary Visual Arts alum Benita Cooper to learn more about her UW experience, her life since graduation, and her non-profit that works to decrease isolation for older adults.

September 29, 2019
Work by Ellen Lesperance

Alumni News – September 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of September 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

September 27, 2019
Jordan Nicholson on UW Magazine cover

Jordan Nicholson takes off

How the self-proclaimed lover of life, Jordan Nicholson (BA, Drawing + Painting, 2012), followed his passions to become an accomplished photographer, artist, and man about town.

September 20, 2019
Keechelus 9032 by Joe Freeman Jr

Alumni News – August 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of August 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

September 3, 2019
RepairCycle by Coreen Callister, David Duyker, and Logan Windish

2019 SDF Block Party

The Seattle Design Festival Block Party took place on August 24 and 25. Numerous installations in Lake Union Park addressed issues related to BALANCE, this year's festival theme. At least three of these involved School-affiliated people.

August 6, 2019
Panther collection by ForanSuon

Alumni News – July 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of July 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

August 2, 2019
Timea Tihanyi and 3D printer

A Brave New World for Clay

In a studio filled with ceramic artworks, Timea Tihanyi concentrates on creating a porcelain vessel. Rather than hand-building the piece or throwing it on a potter’s wheel, she monitors a 3D printer

August 1, 2019

Meet the Amazon Voice Designer Who Is the ‘Real Alexa’

Alison Atwell (BDes, Visual Communication Design, 2013), who trains and guides conversations with Amazon's Alexa made Fortune's 40 Under 40 list.

July 10, 2019
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

The advent of the summer solstice ushers in a welcome interlude following the excitement and intensity that accompanies the end of the academic year. This period of time also affords a respite to reflect…

June 25, 2019
Granite Calimpong and Steve Kaneko

Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award Celebration

This spring, 150 friends of the School gathered for the Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award Celebration. Nearly $70,000 was raised in support of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery during the event and will be matched by an anonymous donor.

June 24, 2019
Juan Franco Ricardo and Miha Sarani

Husky 100

Each year, the University of Washington recognizes 100 students from across all three campuses. Just-graduated Art History MA students Juan Franco Ricardo and Miha Sarani were both selected for 2019.

June 22, 2019
Work by George Rodriguez at Seattle Art Fair 2018

2019 Seattle Art Fair and Beyond

The School is once again a proud cultural partner of the fair. School-affiliated people are involved with the fair as well as having work shown at Seattle-area exhibitions during the fair.

June 20, 2019
Fugue in Blue by Amanda Sweet

Alumni News – June 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of June 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

June 18, 2019
2019 Artist Trust fellowship recipients

Artist Trust Awards

Alum Sherry Markovitz received the Twining Humber Award for Lifetime Achievement. Alums Joe Feddersen and Kristen Ramirez won fellowships, and spring quarter faculty member Romson Bustillo won a fellowship along with a residency in Bali.

June 16, 2019
Blue Morpho dress by Luly Yang

Northwest’s functional fashion finally takes a turn in the spotlight

Twenty years ago, alum Luly Yang began her career in architectural graphic design then became a couture designer. She played a role in a 2019 Museum of History and Industry exhibition.

June 6, 2019
Work by Ron Ho

Alumni News – May 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of May 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

June 3, 2019
Karen Cheng

Help by design: Art assists science at UW Design Help Desk

Sometimes when science gets a little stuck, art can come to the rescue. It’s true of the University of Washington’s Design Help Desk, which gives free guidance to faculty, students, and staff…

May 21, 2019
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

On the first day of April, as I was enjoying that glorious rite of spring quarter — walking through The Quad in awe of the cherry blossoms and the vast crowds of fellow admirers — I overheard two couples exclaim…

April 9, 2019
Content Aware by Aidan Fitzgerald

Alumni News – April 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of April 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

April 9, 2019
Painted tiles by George Rodriguez

Rodriguez at MadArt + More

George Rodriguez (MFA 2009) joined the School's Advisory Board earlier this year and has a project at MadArt Studio in April and May. He has been receiving growing recognition for his artwork.

April 6, 2019