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October 5, 2015
As we embark on a new academic year at the School of Art + Art History + Design, I want to set the stage by outlining just who we are and where we are from. Entering my second year as director, I have been constantly impressed and inspired by the scale and scope of the school. It is an exhilarating, affirming, and at times overwhelming educational environment for our students, staff, and faculty. With some 40 full-time faculty, 25 staff, 500 undergraduate majors, and 52 graduate students, we...
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October 5, 2015
Gifts from our generous donors—individuals, foundations, and organizations—are critical to the success and morale of the school. We are deeply grateful of your support.
Gifts $1,000,000 and above
Mary & Allan Kollar
Gifts $100,000 to $999,999
Crabby Beach Foundation
Drew Hamlin
Harold Kawaguchi & Shaun Hubbard
Valentine Welman*
Gifts $25,000 to $99,999
Evelyn Bailey*
Steven & Gail Kaneko...
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October 4, 2015
We are inviting applications for three full-time, tenure-track positions. The Art History position has a preferred deadline of November 1, and the two Division of Design positions have a preferred deadline of January 11. All positions have a start date of September 2016.
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October 1, 2015
We have had arrivals, departures, and other changes in faculty and staff since the start of the calendar year...Leena Joshi joined the school in March as our Marketing + PR Specialist. This new, half-time position was created in partnership with the College of Arts & Sciences...
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October 1, 2015
We are pleased to announce an agreement between the school and the Seattle Art Museum, wherein all current students (registered majors), faculty, and staff of the School will receive free admission to both SAM and SAAM. As part of this new arrangement, select curators have joined the School as affiliate faculty...
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July 21, 2015
The five 2015 awards from Seattle Mayor Ed Murray were announced on July 21. Two of the awards were won by faculty: Robin Wright and Akio Takamori. The public awards ceremony was on Friday, September 4, as part of the opening of Bumbershoot. If you missed the event, you can access a video of the ceremony in this Art Beat post (go to 25:40 for Wright and 30:45 for...
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July 21, 2015
Four Division of Art History graduate students completed their degrees between December 2014 and June 2015. Below is a list with their dissertation and thesis titles.
Lucienne Dorrance Auz, PhD, December 2014
primary faculty adviser: Patricia Failing
dissertation: An International Firebrand: Germano Celant’s Role as Radical Critic, Innovative Curator and Contemporary Art Historian
Alexis Ruth Culotta, PhD, December 2014
primary faculty adviser...
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June 3, 2015
The School is happy to announce the filling of six new faculty positions: four tenure track positions—Art History, 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture, Photomedia, Industrial Design— and two competitive lecturer positions in 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture and mHCI+D.
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June 1, 2015
The University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design will be creating a new website in partnership with the College of Arts & Sciences Department Web Framework team. Preliminary work on the new website will begin in summer 2015, and the site will likely debut in summer 2016.
The school’s Web/Media Communications Committee wants your input regarding our current and future websites. Please take this six-question survey before the end of July 2015.
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May 7, 2015
Several Division of Art students and two Division of Art History students are participating in this year’s symposium on Friday, May 15. Below is a list of the students and their mentors. Following the links to their sessions will allow you to click on the presentation titles and see a description of each project.
Division of Art
These students are all part of the Visual Arts...
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