Artifact by Philip Govedare

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!

January 28, 2019
Object7 by Ruth Kazmerzak

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.

January 12, 2019
Anne Traver and Carole Fuller

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.

January 12, 2019
Marijke Keyser and Claire Peckham

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.

January 12, 2019
Control and Release installation by Timea Tihanyi

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.

January 11, 2019
Wheel by Laura Hamje

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.

January 3, 2019
The Wilds by Eroyn Franklin

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.

December 6, 2018

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.

November 20, 2018
Miha Sarani by Bryan Nakata

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

November 20, 2018
AFALA 2017 logo

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.

November 9, 2018
Zoo by Eirik Johnson

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.

November 8, 2018
Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse

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.

November 7, 2018
Chorus of One by Anna Mlasowsky

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.

October 22, 2018
To House at Seattle Design Festival Block Party

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.

October 1, 2018
Infolding IX by Deborah Horrell

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.

September 24, 2018

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.

August 24, 2018
Multiple works from Burning Man by HYBYCOZO

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.

August 24, 2018
Robin Held

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.

August 13, 2018
Control and Release exhibition by Timea Tihanyi

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.

August 13, 2018
Chelsea Vapors by Mark Mueller

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.

August 10, 2018
Vessels by Timea Tihanyi and Slip Rabbit Studio

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.

August 3, 2018
Levi Higgs

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.

August 3, 2018
George Rodriguez at work

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.

August 2, 2018
Presence of Absence by Katie Miller

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.

August 1, 2018
Jamie Walker

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…

June 25, 2018
Skyuka in the Fog by Kimberly Clark

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.

June 25, 2018
Aerial view of Seattle Art Fair

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.

June 22, 2018
Miha Sarani

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.

June 21, 2018
Foran | Suon website homepage

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.

June 5, 2018
Blood is Thicker than Water by Kristen Ramirez

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.

April 6, 2018
Constellation of Transgressions (Bang Bang) by Holly Ballard Martz

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.

April 2, 2018
Lion by George Rodriguez

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.

March 6, 2018
Strange Coupling 2018

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.

February 27, 2018
Self Portrait by George Tsutakawa

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.

February 23, 2018
Four instructional technicians

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...

February 10, 2018
Lucas Spivey and his Mobile Incubator

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.

February 10, 2018
Reversed Start Target by Claire Cowie

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.

February 10, 2018
Moving-Metal exhibition by Matt Browning

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.

January 5, 2018
Desert Daze by Julie Alpert and Andy Arkley

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.

December 9, 2017
Site Machines by Tivon Rice

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.

December 8, 2017
Students meet with recent alumni in Space 120

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.

December 8, 2017
Collograph #1 by Glen Alps

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.

December 7, 2017
Barbara Earl Thomas and Fionn Meade

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.

November 16, 2017
Breathing Deeply by Kathy Gore Fuss

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.

November 4, 2017
Quackers by Liz Wong

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.

November 3, 2017
Samsara by Ellen (Jing) Xu

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.

November 2, 2017
Claire Cowie teaching

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.

November 1, 2017
Arely Morales

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.

October 23, 2017
Material Performance exhibition at Jacob Lawrence Gallery

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.

October 20, 2017