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October 26, 2014
The Slide Library moved into room 120 of the Art Building in the late 1960s and expanded into room 122 sometime in the 1980s. Many alumni will remember the inhospitable front door of the Slide Library with its sign that said “Faculty Use Only.” While that policy changed later, many students were afraid to open the door and see what was inside.
Times have changed. The slide cabinets and faculty work carrells are gone since teaching is now done with digital images, and Spaces 120 and 122 are now...
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October 20, 2014
On October 16, we recognized undergraduate and graduate students who were awarded scholarships for the 2014-2015 academic year. Scholarship donors, family members, faculty, and staff attended the private gathering at the Henry Art Gallery. Below is a list of the scholarship recipients, and the full program for the event is here.
Entering Freshman/Transfer Student Awards
The...
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October 8, 2014
3D4M – closed; hiring complete
The University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture Program with a start date of September 2015.
Art History/contemporary – closed; hiring complete
The Division of Art History in the School of Art + Art History + Design at the University of Washington in Seattle welcomes applications...
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September 18, 2014
Room 317, Art Bldg
Thursday, September 25, 2014, 6pm
Additional information about this event and a link to RSVP/register is on the SoA Calendar.
The image used on the homepage spotlight for this event is a detail of The Incomplete Thombu (2011) by T. Shanaathanan.
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August 20, 2014
This autumn, the UW campus will become Seattle’s most expansive art gallery. From September 13 – October 25, 2014, local arts organization MadArt, in association with ArtsUW, will present Mad Campus, an outdoor public art exhibition that ...
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July 29, 2014
We are delighted to announce that, in honor of Professor Christopher Ozubko’s eighteen-year tenure as Director of the School of Art + Art History + Design, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends have come together to establish an endowment. The Christopher Ozubko Endowed Graduate Support Fund will provide critical and permanent funding for our graduate programs in Art, Art History, and Design.
On 01 July 2014, Ozubko stepped down from his position as the Director of the School of...
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July 13, 2014
Art History Professor Haicheng Wang had his first book debut in May 2014. Titled Writing and the Ancient State: Early China in Comparative Perspective, it was published by Cambridge University Press. As it says on the dust jacket, the volume “explores the early development of writing and its relationship to the growth of political structures,” looking at this association in China as well as several other ancient cultures around the world. Detailed information about the book is...
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June 25, 2014
Five students in the Division of Art History completed their graduate degrees between Summer Quarter 2013 and Spring Quarter 2014. Below is a list of their theses and dissertations.
Katherine Coty, MA, Summer Quarter 2013, adviser: Stuart Lingo
thesis: A Dream of Etruria: the Sacro Bosco of Bomarzo and the Alternate Antiquity of Alto Lazio
Dana Garvey, PhD, Autumn Quarter 2013, adviser: Susan Casteras
dissertation: Edwin Lord Weeks: An American...
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June 14, 2014
Below is a list of the awards that were given at this year’s Graduation Celebration on 12 June 2014. Congratulations to all!
Dean’s Medal Nominees | Undergraduate + Graduate
Dana Garvey | Art History
Elizabeth Geerdes | Painting + Drawing
Julian Picard | Art History
Andrea Swanson | 3D4M:ceramics-glass-sculpture
Olivia Yin | Painting + Drawing
Dean’s Medalist | Undergraduate*
Jueqian (Ripple) Fang | Photomedia
de Cillia...
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May 22, 2014
Incoming School of Art + Art History + Design Director Jamie Walker is pleased to announce that Scott Lawrimore has been named the first Director of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, effective 01 July 2014. Please read the full press release here.
Lawrimore is well known in the Seattle arts community and beyond. He is taking on an upgraded and re-imagined position at the helm of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, which will be a...
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