This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of January 2020. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

The School is very pleased to announce the hiring of Juliet Sperling for the Kollar Endowed Chair in American Art. Sperling will join the UW faculty in September 2020 as a tenure-track assistant professor.

Faculty from the Division of Art History regularly present their research at venues around the country and beyond. Several are doing so during this academic year.

Professor Meredith Clausen: "…Through this gift I’m able to do something for the University and make things easier for others who, like me, want to do research in Paris. It’s what I’ve always wanted to do."

Associate Professor of 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture Doug Jeck discusses his artist residency at Pilchuck Glass School.

Since 1990, the UW Libraries has hosted the Anne Gould Hauberg Artist Images Series. The 2019 lecture was given by Art History Assistant Professor Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse and her Kwagu’ł colleague Tom Child, Namsgamk'ala.

It is a beautiful, sunny afternoon with the irrefutable signs of autumn accompanying the recent return of students and faculty to campus. The meetings and gatherings in preparation for the new academic year…

3D4M Assistant Professor Michael Swaine is working on a project titled "Debugging" that received support from a UW Royalty Research Fund Scholar Award.

During summer quarter, twenty undergraduates in the College of Arts & Sciences worked with a teaching team of five to explore the topic of creating alternate worlds.

Professor Emeritus Kenneth Pawula passed away in late June. He began teaching painting in the School during 1965 and continued until his retirement in 2000.

The School typically experiences at least a few staff and faculty changes each year. As autumn quarter begins, we summarize the shifts during the last September.

During autumn quarter, six faculty members will each give presentations as part of the promotion process. They begin on September 26 and end on October 30. All three divisions are represented.

This exhibition in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery highlights work by three Division of Design faculty members: Jason Germany, Annabelle Gould, and Axel Roesler. It opens on September 25 and runs through October 12.

The School of Art + Art History + Design is excited to announce an opportunity for three faculty appointments, representing each division within the School. Application deadlines vary.

The Seattle Design Festival Block Party took place on August 24 and 25. Numerous installations in Lake Union Park addressed issues related to BALANCE, this year's festival theme. At least three of these involved School-affiliated people.

In a studio filled with ceramic artworks, Timea Tihanyi concentrates on creating a porcelain vessel. Rather than hand-building the piece or throwing it on a potter’s wheel, she monitors a 3D printer…

Physicians and Design faculty collaborated to create a better, safer, more reliable way to order and use drugs on an operating room’s anesthesia cart.

In this International Examiner article, Art History Professor Sonal Khullar talks about her current book project, The Art of Dislocation: Conflict and Collaboration in Contemporary Art from South Asia.

The advent of the summer solstice ushers in a welcome interlude following the excitement and intensity that accompanies the end of the academic year. This period of time also affords a respite to reflect…

Faculty and students in our Division of Design have been writing for presentation at conferences and/or for publication, highlighting some of their recent research.

Sometimes when science gets a little stuck, art can come to the rescue. It’s true of the University of Washington’s Design Help Desk, which gives free guidance to faculty, students, and staff…

Several students, representing our Divisions of Art and Art History, are participating in this year's symposium on May 17. There are oral presentations, poster presentations, and the Visual Arts & Design Showcase.

An artist’s inspiration can come from anywhere. For UW Painting + Drawing Professor Lin Zhi, it happened in August 2001, on a road trip from Missouri to Seattle.

On the first day of April, as I was enjoying that glorious rite of spring quarter — walking through The Quad in awe of the cherry blossoms and the vast crowds of fellow admirers — I overheard two couples exclaim…

IVA Assistant Professor Whitney Lynn collaborated with a colleague at San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) to organize a joint exhibition of MFA student work at the SFAI Fort Mason Campus.

ART 361/561 — Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Practice — is a course taught each winter quarter. Several students from this year's course write about the opportunity to hear and interact with multiple guest artists.

Twice a year, the UW Office of Research awards Royalty Research Fund (RRF) grants to faculty who have submitted proposals for research-related projects. Two of our faculty received such grants in January 2019.

3D4M Assistant Professor Michael Swaine is co-author of a new book documenting research that began with a 2014 Futurefarmers artwork responding to New Mexico's complex nuclear history and the Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer.

With the 150th anniversary of the golden spike and the creation of the transcontinental railroad taking place in May 2019, Painting + Drawing Professor Lin's research on Chinese railroad workers is being shared in multiple locations.

UW's collaboration with Seattle-based company Hightower challenged undergrads to create workspace pieces from concept to prototype and present their final projects to industry experts.

This Jacob Lawrence Gallery exhibition showcases recent augmented reality and virtual reality student projects. A reception and lecture take place on March 12. The exhibition is open March 11 through 18.

At the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, curatorial interns get hands-on preparation for careers in the art world — and roles in the community.

MONDAY is a limited-edition journal produced by the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Each issue is thematically driven, and volume 3's title is Études. Purchase a copy online.

At the end of January, 4Culture announced additions to its Portable Works collection for the first time since 2013. Artworks by the late Professor Emeritus Akio Takamori and thirteen alums were included.

The Whatcom Museum is showing Bellingham National 2019 Juried Art Exhibition and Awards through May 19. Painting + Drawing Professor Philip Govedare and three alums have work included. Govedare won the top juror prize!

Happy New Year and welcome to winter quarter in the School of Art + Art History + Design. Winter in the northwest is somewhat notorious for being a bit dark and damp, but with the solstice behind us…

The School is sad to announce the passing of Painting Professor Emeritus Robert C. Jones on December 23, 2018. He joined the School faculty in 1960 and taught until his retirement in 1995.

Three Art History faculty members — Sonal Khullar, Estelle Lingo, and Adair Rounthwaite — and PhD student Laura Stowell are all participating in the College Art Association conference in New York during mid-February.

Our Interaction Design professors — Audrey Desjardins and Axel Roesler — recently received awards from major industry partners that will allow them to further their research and involve students in the process.

IVA Senior Lecturer and alum Timea Tihanyi has a background in medicine and ceramics. Her recent work, supported by multiple awards, focuses on 3D-printed clay in collaboration with mathematicians and others.

Miha Sarani, an art history graduate student and alum (BFA 2015), began the project after seeing news of the white nationalist march…

A College of Arts & Sciences article outlines the development of our glass program through the efforts of Associate Professor Mark Zirpel and Instructional Technician Sean O'Neill.

Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, Assistant Professor of Art History, explains that there's no history of towering monumental poles being made by the Salish and other Puget Sound region tribes.

Associate Professor Mark Zirpel plus alums Anna Mlasowsky and Katie Miller have work in this glass-themed exhibition at Bellevue Arts Museum, which runs from November 9, 2018, through April 14, 2019.

Ten students have work on display in the lower lobby of Meany Center on campus through May 2019. Be sure to view the exhibition the next time you attend a performance.

The glorious weather that accompanied the first week of the 2018–19 academic year reminds us how fortunate we are to be part of the UW community. With the largest entering class in the history of the UW…

Our faculty play a vital role in fulfilling the School's mission through their research, teaching, and mentoring. Director Jamie Walker has designated increasing support for faculty as one of the top three fundraising priorities.

The Seattle Design Festival Block Party took place on September 8 and 9. Numerous installations in Occidental Park addressed issues related to TRUST, this year's festival theme. Three of these involved School-affiliated people.

The School is very pleased to announce the hiring of two full-time faculty who began teaching in September. Whitney Lynn is an Assistant Professor, and Stephanie Hanes is a Lecturer.

Each year, the UW Simpson Center for the Humanities provides support to a variety of projects. Three people from the School are involved with programs funded for the 2018–2019 academic year.