Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

One of my favorite sayings in Italian is fretta e furia, loosely translated as being in a somewhat frenetic hurry or rush, which is exactly what spring quarter often feels like…

June 25, 2018
Skyuka in the Fog by Kimberly Clark

Alumni News – June 2018

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of June 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

June 25, 2018
Standardized Patient by Kerry Tribe

Kerry Tribe: Standardized Patient

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery presents Standardized Patient by artist Kerry Tribe. The exhibition offers insight into the work of actors trained to portray medical patients in simulated clinical encounters. It runs July 27 through August 25.

June 22, 2018
Aerial view of Seattle Art Fair

2018 Seattle Art Fair and Beyond

The School and Jacob Lawrence Gallery are once-again cultural partners of the fair. There are a number of School-affiliated people who have work being shown at the fair as well as at Seattle-area exhibitions during the fair.

June 22, 2018
Artwork by Megumi Shauna Arai

Megumi Shauna Arai: Midst

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery presents Midst by artist Megumi Shauna Arai. The exhibition is a meditation on the nature of belonging. It runs June 26 through July 14 with a reception on June 28.

June 11, 2018
Foran | Suon website homepage

Alumni News – May 2018

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of May 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

June 5, 2018
Blood is Thicker than Water by Kristen Ramirez

Faculty + Alums at 4Culture

4Culture announced its 2018–2019 season of exhibitions on April 4. One faculty member (Ellen Garvens) and two alums will be showing in the Storefront Media Gallery while a faculty member (Kate Roberts) and three alums will have Gallery 4Culture exhibitions.

April 6, 2018
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

Beginning with this issue, we will be scaling back the production of our newsletter to a quarterly publication. While there is no shortage of interesting School-related news to share, we are also cognizant of inbox overload…

April 2, 2018
Meeting about OMA&D 50th anniversary exhibition

OMA&D 50th Anniversary Exhibition

Associate Professor Kristine Matthews, her Studio Matthews, and students in DESIGN 467 have been involved in developing an exhibition to celebrate OMA&D's history. It is on view May 1 – June 13 in Allen Library North.

April 2, 2018
Constellation of Transgressions (Bang Bang) by Holly Ballard Martz

Alumni News – April 2018

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of April 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

April 2, 2018
2017 MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition

MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition

Nine Master of Fine Arts and four Master of Design students are participating in this graduation exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery. The public reception is June 1, 7–9pm, and the exhibition runs from May 26 through June 24.

March 22, 2018
Lion by George Rodriguez

Alumni News – March 2018

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of March 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

March 6, 2018
Michael Spafford with artwork

Spafford Exhibition + Book Launch

Join us in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery on Apr 6 for the launch of a book titled Michael C. Spafford: Epic Works. An exhibition of Spafford's work opens at three Seattle galleries on Apr 5.

March 6, 2018
Government Charwoman by Gordon Parks

Kollar American Art Lecture – Michael Lobel

Hosted by the Division of Art History on April 26, this lecture is titled "Iconic Encounter: Gordon Parks and Ella Watson in 1942." It is free and open to the public, but please RSVP to save a seat.

March 5, 2018
Photomedia graduation exhibition 2017

2018 Graduation Exhibitions

Each year we celebrate graduating Art and Design undergraduate and graduate students with a series of exhibitions in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery and Henry Art Gallery. Join us for one or more of these in April, May, and June.

March 1, 2018
Strange Coupling 2018

Strange Coupling

A student-run Division of Art tradition, Strange Coupling brings together UW students and Seattle-area artists to create collaboratively. There are March events at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery and a concluding exhibition later in the spring.

February 27, 2018
Self Portrait by George Tsutakawa

Mid-Century Design at Cascadia

Cascadia Art Museum is showing Northwest Design at Mid-Century through Mar 25, 2018. One-third of the artists and designers selected for the exhibition are School faculty and/or alums.

February 23, 2018
Reversed Start Target by Claire Cowie

Alumni News – February 2018

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of February 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

February 10, 2018
Hot glass demonstration

3D4M Open House

Join us on Tuesday, Feb 20, for the open house at our CMA Building. There will be much to explore in our ceramic, glass, and sculpture facilities; two galleries; and student studios.

February 6, 2018
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

During the first half of autumn quarter, I had the good fortune to co-teach our Studio Art Program in Rome: the twentieth iteration of this exceptional and remarkable educational experience . . .

January 7, 2018
Moving-Metal exhibition by Matt Browning

Alumni News – January 2018

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of January 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

January 5, 2018
Detail of When I Rub the Dead Skin of the Thing Against Me by C. Davida Ingram

C. Davida Ingram: A Book with No Pages

C. Davida Ingram is the 2018 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, supported by an NEA Art Works grant. Her exhibition, A Book with No Pages, opens on Feb 6 and closes Mar 13.

January 4, 2018
Desert Daze by Julie Alpert and Andy Arkley

Alumni News – December 2017

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of December 2017. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

December 9, 2017
Christopher Seeds, Joe Costello, Emma Teal Laukitis, Aubree Ball

MDes Thesis Poster Session

This event on Jan 4 allows Master of Design students to share their in-progress theses projects. Attendees are encouraged to give feedback to students in an informal setting.

December 9, 2017
Site Machines by Tivon Rice

Suyama Space

Many in Seattle were saddened in 2015 when co-founders Beth Sellars and George Suyama announced that Suyama Space would be closing. A beautiful new book documents the exhibitions there.

December 8, 2017
Collograph #1 by Glen Alps

Hues at Cascadia

Two print exhibitions are on view at Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, Washington, through Jan 7. Among the artists in these exhibitions are several with School ties.

December 7, 2017
Dawn by Carolyn Lazard

2018 Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Practice Lecture Series

This 7-speaker series starts on Jan 11 and ends on Mar 8. It is free and open to the public. Sponsored by The Boeing Company and The Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation.

November 28, 2017
Barbara Earl Thomas and Fionn Meade

Spatial Politics

Join us in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery on Dec 6 for a discussion led by Barbara Earl Thomas and Fionn Meade on the structure of non-profit art institutions centered on exhibition-making.

November 16, 2017
Breathing Deeply by Kathy Gore Fuss

Alumni News – November 2017

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of November 2017. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

November 4, 2017
Work from Positionality exhibition by Caitlyn Wilson

Wilson + Tropical Lab 11

Caitlyn Wilson, a second year MFA student, attended Tropical Lab 11 in Singapore this summer. She has an exhibition of work inspired by that experience with a reception on Nov 13.

November 3, 2017
Claire Cowie teaching

Making our Mark

This Bellevue Arts Museum exhibition from Nov 10 through Apr 8 shows many artists who have taught at Pratt Fine Arts Center. Among them are a number of our alums, including three who work here now.

November 1, 2017
Material Performance exhibition at Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Material Performance: Part II

This exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery brings together work by alums, faculty, and other artists. It runs Nov 8 through Dec 9 with a reception on Nov 9.

October 20, 2017
I Love You Are You Okay by Cicelia Ross-Gotta

Alumni News – October 2017

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of October 2017. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

October 8, 2017
Shawna in Lines by Ann Gale

Painting Exhibitions + Colloquium

The University of Puget Sound Department of Art and Art History is hosting two exhibitions in the Kittredge Gallery and a colloquium, all of which focus on painting and include School-affiliated people.

October 8, 2017
Dark Matter: Lucid by Nola Avienne

Alumni News – September 2017

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of September 2017. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

October 8, 2017
Part of Meany Center exhibition, 2017–2018

Student Work at Meany Center

Thirteen students have work on display in the lower lobby of Meany Center on campus through May 2018. Be sure to view the exhibition the next time you attend a performance.

October 4, 2017
Gate to nowhere by Kate Roberts

Roberts Wins Swiss Award

3D4M Lecturer Kate Roberts was invited to participate in this year's Parcours Céramique Carougeois in Switzerland. She built Gate to nowhere on site, and she won the Fondation Bruckner Award.

October 3, 2017
Material Performance exhibition at Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Material Performance: Second Year MFA

An exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery featuring recent work by artists beginning their second year in the MFA program. Opens September 27 at 6pm and runs through November 4.

September 15, 2017
C Davida Ingram

2018 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency

The School and the Jacob Lawrence Gallery are pleased to announce that Seattle artist C. Davida Ingram is the recipient of the 2018 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency.

September 8, 2017
UW IxD presentation on Trace at Microsoft Design Expo 2017

Alumni News – August 2017

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of August 2017. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

September 8, 2017
Mount Rainier, After by Mary Iverson

Alumni News – July 2017

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of July 2017. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

September 7, 2017
Created Compost at The Alice by Julie Alexander

Out of Sight

It is the third year for this survey exhibition of contemporary Northwest art, which opens at the same time as Seattle Art Fair in early August and then runs every weekend through the end of the month.

July 26, 2017
Familiar Faces & New Voices exhibition at Tacoma Art Museum

Familiar Faces & New Voices

An exhibition at Tacoma Art Museum surveys Northwest art in their permanent collection. Eighteen of the sixty artists are School alums and/or faculty. The exhibition remains on view through summer 2019.

July 18, 2017
Aerial view of Seattle Art Fair

2017 Seattle Art Fair and Beyond

The School is once-again a cultural partner of the Fair. There are a number of School-affiliated people who have work being shown at the Fair as well as at Seattle-area exhibitions during the Fair.

July 14, 2017
Oceans Away by Lydia Bassis

Alumni News – June 2017

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of June 2017. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

July 5, 2017
Tent interior by Eirik Johnson

4Culture Art Projects Grants

Early in the summer, 4Culture announced its 2017 Art Projects grants to individuals. Three alums received funding: Eirik Johnson, Paul Komada, and Margie Livingston.

July 3, 2017
Traver Gallery 40th Anniversary Exhibition

Faculty + Alum in Anniversary Exhibition

Traver Gallery in Seattle is celebrating its fourtieth anniversary with a July exhibition that includes more than forty artists. Among them are three faculty, the School's Director, and one alum.

June 29, 2017
Untitled by Whiting Tennis

Bellingham National

The Whatcom Museum is showing the second Bellingham National Juried Art Exhibition until September 10. Sixty artworks by twenty-nine artists from around the country are on view. Four are our alums.

June 26, 2017
This trembling turf by Mary Ann Peters

Untold Passage

This Jacob Lawrence Gallery exhibition presents the work of artists recovering the unwritten histories of immigrant communities shown alongside the work of contemporary poets. Opens July 7 and runs through August 18.

June 12, 2017
Julianna Wisdom; photo by Evan Backer

Alumni News – May 2017

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of May 2017. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

June 5, 2017