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February 23, 2015
Room 201, Gowen Hall
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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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February 8, 2015
The White River Valley Museum in Auburn opened Of a Feather: Artists, Birds and the Northwest on January 14, 2015. The show was curated by Kenneth Greg Watson (BA 1979). Included in the exhibition is work by two emeritus faculty—Bill Holm and Michael Spafford—as well as work by several alumni: Carl Chew (MFA 1975), Patty Detzer (BFA 1974, 1977), Nadine Kariya (BFA 1973), Philip McCracken (BFA...
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February 4, 2015
Three faculty are involved with presentations at the College Art Association (CAA) conference this year in New York City. CAA is an organization of over 12,000 individual artists, art historians, scholars, curators, critics, collectors, educators, publishers, and related professionals in the visual arts; there are another 2,000 institutional members.
Marek Wieczorek, Associate Professor, Division of Art History
February 11: presenting a paper titled “Mondrian’s Studio...
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October 28, 2014
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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October 28, 2014
It is with true pleasure and anticipation that I welcome you to read the first e-newsletter of the new academic year at the School of Art + Art History + Design. Writing these Director’s Notes was the furthest thing from my mind when I first walked into the Art Building as a freshman several decades ago. It is an honor and a privilege to be named as the new director of the school, a position that I would never have come by without the formative education I received at the University of...
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October 28, 2014
Three new staff have or will soon take their place in already existing positions, and one new staff person is in a re-imagined position. We also have two new lecturers who are helping to keep the Industrial Design and 3D4M Programs strong during this academic year...
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October 27, 2014
Several of the Art History PhD students and candidates have been busy writing articles, participating in fellowships, presenting papers, and more. Erin Giffin (PhD candidate) completed her Kress Fellowship at the Medici Archives in Florence at the end of...
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