
Design Beyond the Classroom
Aside from teaching, faculty at the UW and in the School of Art + Art History + Design engage with their own practice through research and other activities beyond the classroom. Division of Design Professors Karen Cheng and Kristine Matthews are often active with such projects.
Faculty Searches for 2016
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.
Transitions 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...
New SAM Partnership
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...
Faculty Hires in 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.

Celebrating a Legacy
Between 1968 and 1985, hundreds of University of Washington students took classes about Northwest Coast Native art from Bill Holm, who held a position split between teaching art history in the School of Art and curatorial work at the Burke Museum...
New Faces in 2014
Three new staff have or will soon take their place in already existing positions, and one new staff person is in a re-imagined position. We also have two new lecturers who are helping to keep the Industrial Design and 3D4M Programs strong during this academic year...

Awakenings in Texas
The Nebula Project has supported a number of classes and events in the last two years. Among those is the spring quarter ART 590, Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Practices, which all first-year MFA students attend. Scott Lawrimore...

Feb 2014 - Director's Notes
Consciously embracing change is how we evolve. Change is inevitable at the School of Art, and it is a given at the University. It is important that we keep current but to always acknowledge our history and our past accomplishments. Therefore, I would like to inform you regarding...