
Bellingham National
The Whatcom Museum is showing Bellingham National 2019 Juried Art Exhibition and Awards through May 19. Painting + Drawing Professor Philip Govedare and three alums have work included. Govedare won the top juror prize!

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

Advisory Board
The School’s Advisory Board is comprised of local artists, art historians, designers, and supporters of the arts and education in the arts. They provide counsel to the director and act as a link between the School and community.

Where Study Abroad May Lead
Alums Claire Peckham and Marijke Keyser met in 2013 while on the School's Tuscany Exploration Seminar. Several years later, they both attended graduate school in England. Learn about their journey.

Tihanyi + Digital Clay
IVA Senior Lecturer and alum Timea Tihanyi has a background in medicine and ceramics. Her recent work, supported by multiple awards, focuses on 3D-printed clay in collaboration with mathematicians and others.

Alumni News – December 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of December 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Alumni News – November 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of November 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.
In Seattle galleries, art meets climate change
The work of alumni Eirik Johnson, Kristen Ramirez, and Margie Livingston, share the common thread of the natural environment and humans' relation to it in galleries throughout Seattle.

Whitewashing: Seattle artist calls attention to censored history in series on WWII war crimes
Miha Sarani, an art history graduate student and alum (BFA 2015), began the project after seeing news of the white nationalist march…

Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award
Named for an alum, this award recognizes individuals who have worked to enliven and strengthen our world through visionary and active leadership. The 2019 honoree will be announced in March, and there will be a celebratory dinner in April.

Alumni News – October 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of October 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Seattle to take closer look at public art to make sure it's culturally appropriate
Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, Assistant Professor of Art History, explains that there's no history of towering monumental poles being made by the Salish and other Puget Sound region tribes.

BAM Biennial 2018: Glasstastic
Associate Professor Mark Zirpel plus alums Anna Mlasowsky and Katie Miller have work in this glass-themed exhibition at Bellevue Arts Museum, which runs from November 9, 2018, through April 14, 2019.

2018 SDF Block Party
The Seattle Design Festival Block Party took place on September 8 and 9. Numerous installations in Occidental Park addressed issues related to TRUST, this year's festival theme. Three of these involved School-affiliated people.

Alumni News – September 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of September 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.
On Capitol Hill, a new showcase for Mexican art
Adrián Gómez (BFA, 3D4M, 2018) is the first featured artist in "NosotrUS" at the Mexican Cultural Institute Gallery.

The Road to Burning Man
Alum Nora Atkinson earned a 2002 BFA in Photography with an Art History minor. She is now Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC, and curated No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man.

Held is WSU Museum Executive Director
Alum Robin Held is now the Executive Director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University. Her appointment was announced on June 26, and she began work on August 7.

Neddy Artist Awards
IVA Senior Lecturer and alum Timea Tihanyi won the Open Medium category! Photomedia Assistant Professor Aaron Flint Jamison was a finalist. Both will have work in a November 14 to December 16 exhibition.

Alumni News – August 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of August 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

4Culture Project Grants
The King County cultural funding agency announced over $1 million in project grants in mid-June. A faculty member (Tihanyi), current graduate student (Franco), and several alums are among the recipients.

Higgs: Wyoming needs to create an immersive art destination
Alum Levi Higgs makes a case for his home state, Wyoming, to invest further in the arts and humanities.

Sculptor George Rodriguez celebrates and transcends his Mexican heritage
Alum George Rodriguez unveiled a mythical Mexican zodiac at Seattle Art Fair, where he was the solo artist in the Foster/White Gallery booth.

Alumni News – July 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of July 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Director's Notes
One of my favorite sayings in Italian is fretta e furia, loosely translated as being in a somewhat frenetic hurry or rush, which is exactly what spring quarter often feels like…

Alumni News – June 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of June 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

2018 Seattle Art Fair and Beyond
The School and Jacob Lawrence Gallery are once-again cultural partners of the fair. There are a number of School-affiliated people who have work being shown at the fair as well as at Seattle-area exhibitions during the fair.

Meet the artist: Painter Miha Sarani
Columns Magazine's June 2018 cover is a painting of Orin Smith by Miha Sarani, a BFA alum, current MA student, and former Starbucks employee. What's his painting's secret? Coffee.

Alumni News – May 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of May 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Faculty + Alums at 4Culture
4Culture announced its 2018–2019 season of exhibitions on April 4. One faculty member (Ellen Garvens) and two alums will be showing in the Storefront Media Gallery while a faculty member (Kate Roberts) and three alums will have Gallery 4Culture exhibitions.

Alumni News – April 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of April 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Alumni News – March 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of March 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Strange Coupling
A student-run Division of Art tradition, Strange Coupling brings together UW students and Seattle-area artists to create collaboratively. There are March events at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery and a concluding exhibition later in the spring.

Mid-Century Design at Cascadia
Cascadia Art Museum is showing Northwest Design at Mid-Century through Mar 25, 2018. One-third of the artists and designers selected for the exhibition are School faculty and/or alums.

Our Dream Team
The School is happy to announce that our seven Instructional Technicians were nominated as a team for the UW 2018 Distinguished Staff Award. These staff play an integral part in the teaching mission of the School...

Spivey's Mobile Incubator
Lucas Spivey has a background that is all over the map in the arts, and that is a good thing. He is now traveling all over the US map to help artists and other cultural entrepreneurs bring ideas to life.

Alumni News – February 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of February 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Alumni News – January 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of January 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Alumni News – December 2017
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of December 2017. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Suyama Space
Many in Seattle were saddened in 2015 when co-founders Beth Sellars and George Suyama announced that Suyama Space would be closing. A beautiful new book documents the exhibitions there.

Arts in Collaboration
The School's advising team is thrilled to be co-facilitating a new course for undergraduates during winter quarter 2018 — ARTS 350: Arts in Collaboration. Alumni from the visual and performing arts are participating.

Hues at Cascadia
Two print exhibitions are on view at Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, Washington, through Jan 7. Among the artists in these exhibitions are several with School ties.

Spatial Politics
Join us in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery on Dec 6 for a discussion led by Barbara Earl Thomas and Fionn Meade on the structure of non-profit art institutions centered on exhibition-making.

Alumni News – November 2017
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of November 2017. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

Quackers is a Hit
Alum Liz Wong's first children's book, Quackers, is receiving widespread recognition, including being chosen for Jumpstart's 12th Read for the Record event, which took place in all 50 states and over 60 countries.

Xu is Hamiltonian Fellow
Alum Ellen (Jing) Xu was selected as one of the five Hamiltonian Fellows for 2017–2019 from a pool of 158 artists. The Hamiltonian Fellowship program focuses on professional development.

Making our Mark
This Bellevue Arts Museum exhibition from Nov 10 through Apr 8 shows many artists who have taught at Pratt Fine Arts Center. Among them are a number of our alums, including three who work here now.

MFA painter Arley Morales brings laborers into the limelight
Morales, a fine arts graduate and DACA recipient, took inspiration from Latino artists and a poet in developing her style.

Material Performance: Part II
This exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery brings together work by alums, faculty, and other artists. It runs Nov 8 through Dec 9 with a reception on Nov 9.