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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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April 7, 2015
Room 317, Art Bldg
Friday, April 17, 2015, 3:30pm
Lecture title: “Beyond Perfection: Guido Reni and Malvasia’s Fourth Age of Painting”
For full information about this event, go to this entry on the SoA+AH+D calendar.
Homepage spotlight image: Samson Victorious by Guido Reni
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April 7, 2015
Art History Professor Sonal Khullar debuts her first book in May 2015. The title is Worldly Affiliations: Artistic Practice, National Identity, and Modernism in India, and it is published by University of California Press. Learn more about the book here. The press featured Khullar’s book in the May 20 edition of...
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February 24, 2015
Gifts from our generous donors—individuals, foundations, and organizations—make a huge impact in the life of our School. Thank you.
Gifts $100,000 and above
Crabby Beach Foundation
Jody + David Smith
Gifts $25,000 to $99,000
Drew Hamlin
Intel Corporation
Steve Kaneko/Microsoft
Linda LeResche + Michael Von Korff
Seattle Art Museum
Gifts 10,000 to $24,999
Alison + Glen Milliman
The New...
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February 24, 2015
For the students, staff, and faculty of the School of Art + Art History + Design, each academic quarter has its own identity and rhythm that we come to expect. Knowing that it is dark, damp, and cold outside, winter quarter is typically a time to be grateful for stimulating courses, engaging lectures and critiques, and dedicated hours in the classrooms, studios, and libraries. It is also the time of the season to select the next graduate class. With more than 400 applications for some 24...
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February 23, 2015
Room 201, Gowen Hall
7pm | Wednesday, May 13, 2015
RSVP using Register button here
The Division of Art History is pleased to host Kenneth Haltman, who is the H. Russell Pitman Professor of Art History at The University of Oklahoma. This event is one of the Allan and Mary Kollar Lectures on American Art and Artists.
Haltman’s lecture, titled “Figures of...
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February 23, 2015
Between 1968 and 1985, hundreds of University of Washington students took classes about Northwest Coast Native art from Bill Holm, who held a position split between teaching art history in the School of Art and curatorial work at the Burke Museum...
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February 23, 2015
Room 130, Kane Hall
Thursday, June 11, 2015, 7:00-9:00pm
tickets required; see below
All UW Art, Art History, and Design students graduating in autumn 2014, winter 2015, spring 2015, and summer 2015 are invited to attend the 2015 School of Art + Art History + Design Graduation Celebration.
Graduation Celebration information is mailed and emailed to graduating students in mid-April....
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February 8, 2015
UPDATE:
Factory Picnic ended June 17, 2015. Look for a new version of this event starting in autumn 2015.
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Join Scott Lawrimore, Director of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, for a lively, informal research and development group exploring the issues raised by Factory programs and exhibitions. Formal readings, special presentations, screenings, and activities allow students, faculty, staff, and members of the community to share and discuss ideas about labor, leisure...
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