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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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September 4, 2015
UPDATE:
Eirik Johnson (BFA 1997) was selected for the Special Recognition Award in the amount of $2,500. Read more about this year’s Betty Bowen winners in this September 22 SAM blog post.
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On August 31, 2015, the Seattle Art Museum announced the six finalists for the 37th Annual Betty Bowen Award. Two of the six, selected...
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August 6, 2015
Michael Cepress (MFA 2006) has partnered with the Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM) to curate an exhibition titled Counter-Couture: Fashioning Identity in the American Counterculture. This show, which runs September 4, 2015, through January 10, 2016, is the result of research that Cepress has been doing for several years. Cepress has also taught for the School or UW certificate programs at least once a year...
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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 16, 2015
This inaugural event happens July 30 – August 2, 2015, at CenturyLink Event Center, and the School is a cultural partner. Many of our alumni and a few faculty are involved in the fair and the numerous off-site activities that have developed. Below is a list of what we have so far; let us know if we are missing something that involves school-related people by emailing soanews@uw.edu.
AT THE FAIR
Artist Trust is providing VIP passes, which include access to the...
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June 25, 2015
ANOTHER UPDATE:
The Stranger Genius Awards were announced on September 12. Mary Ann Peters (MFA 1977) won in the visual art category. Congratulations! She will receive a $5,000 award. Read more about the awards event in this blog post. You may also read more...
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June 4, 2015
UPDATE:
An exhibition of work by the fellowship recipients is taking place July 30 – Aug 2 during Seattle Art Fair. More information on this website.
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Photomedia Professor Rebecca Cummins as well as two alumni—Gail Grinnell (BFA 1988) and...
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