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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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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 3, 2015
The Corning Museum of Glass published New Glass Review 36 in May 2015. This publication is the result of an annual competition, with this issue representing the works selected from 2014. 3D4M Professors Amie McNeel and Mark Zirpel are each included as is 3D4M MFA student Anna Mlasowsky. If you can lay your hands on a hard copy of the issue, you will find them on these pages: 37 (McNeel), 39 (Mlasowsky), and 92 (Zirpel). The works by McNeel and Mlasowsky were among the 100 pieces chosen...
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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 27, 2015
The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design in Asheville, NC, announced the winners of the 2015 Windgate Fellowship Awards on April 24, 2015. Among the recipients is Ellen Dick, a student from our 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture Program, who will graduate in June. At $15,000, this is one of the largest awards in the nation given to art students.There were 115 applicants this year, and only ten were chosen. On the award webpage she says, “This grant will fund a cross-country cycling trip...
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