Art Pulse: A Yakima artist shows why farmworkers are essential

Christie Tirado (BA 2013) and her artwork are the subject of a December article on Crosscut.

December 8, 2020
Juliet Sperling by Miha Sarani

A Snapshot of America, in 18 Portraits

Assistant Professor of Art History Juliet Sperling analyzes 18 pieces of art that tell the tale of American history. Paintings by two alums are included in this University of Washington Magazine article.

December 8, 2020
Sunset at Sea by Alfredo Arreguin

Alumni News – November 2020

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

December 2, 2020
Portrait of Richard Yamasaki by Michelle Kumata

Honoring our roots

Michelle Kumata, who studied graphic design at the UW, is featured in this article for her art honoring the Seattle Japanese Garden's 60th birthday.

December 1, 2020

New Exhibit At Birmingham Museum of Art Shows American History’s Violent Struggle

This exhibition features a painting series about American history by the late Professor Emeritus Jacob Lawrence. The story includes quotes from alum Barbara Earl Thomas who studied with Lawrence.

November 20, 2020
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

It was a summer like no other. A reduced schedule of classes was all taught online and most staff worked remotely. Only a handful of faculty, staff, and graduate students were to be found in our buildings…

October 6, 2020
Crossing by Katie Miller

Alumni News – October 2020

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

October 5, 2020
Red River Valley by Allison Collins

Alumni News – September 2020

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

October 1, 2020
Coffee with Joy website homepage

UW Design student makes spreading joy his business

Walnut Street Coffee in Edmonds has "With Joy Wednesdays," which uses the positive messaging in a cup sleeve created by Visual Communication Design student Jerred Mace.

September 22, 2020
Drumheller Fountain at University of Washington

The 10 Best Art Schools in the West

The University of Washington is rated as one of the best art schools in the West by Art & Object.

September 4, 2020
Alice Lee

Campus Ambassador

Alice Lee, manager of the UW Visitor Center, graduated from the UW in 2011 with a BA in Interdisciplinary Visual Arts. She explains her role and what brought her to the UW.

September 1, 2020
Printmaking without a press

Make fine art with a UW professor, from his kitchen to yours

Interdisciplinary Visual Art Professor Curt Labitzke has worked to make fine art accessible in his summer 2020 class "Printmaking Without a Press."

September 1, 2020
AIGA Get Out The Vote poster by Karen Cheng

Women Get Out the Vote

Visual Communication Design Professors Karen Cheng and Annabelle Gould were among a group of women designers invited by AIGA to create Get Out the Vote posters to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

August 20, 2020
Zoom background by Cicelia Ross-Gotta

Alumni News – July 2020

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

August 4, 2020
Muler by Kim Van Someren

2020 Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair

While there is no Seattle Art Fair this year, a number of galleries from Seattle and beyond have banded together to create the SDAF during August. At least 20 galleries are showing work by alums, staff, and/or faculty.

July 31, 2020
Juliet Sperling

Incoming Art History professor Juliet Sperling challenges the meaning of ‘American’ art history

New Art History professor, Juliet Sperling, discusses her enjoyment of art history and excitement for her new job with the UW.

July 30, 2020
Yale Union Building

YU Cedes Property to NACF

Yale Union in Portland — co-founded by Assistant Professor Flint Jamison — announced on July 16 that they will cede ownership of their historic building and its land to the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.

July 20, 2020
Photograph by Eirik Johnson

Alumni News – June 2020

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

June 21, 2020
Luminaire Jar

Design Student Projects Recognized

Several projects by undergraduate Design students received recognition in the last month: as an Editor's Pick on Bestfolios, in an article on the SEGD website, and as winner of Core77 and EPDA awards.

June 20, 2020
Juliet Sperling

UW Arts Division welcomes ten new faculty members

After a series of successful faculty searches, the University of Washington will welcome ten new faculty members into the Division of the Arts during the 2020-21 academic year.

June 14, 2020
The last four years of art at the UW

Reflecting on four years of the arts on campus

As spring quarter comes to a close, we can reflect on the many moments of the last four years that have defined the arts and on-campus events for this year’s graduating class.

June 6, 2020
Book cover

New Book for Bunn-Marcuse

Art History Assistant Professor Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse is co-editor, with Aldona Jonaitis, of a new book published by University of Washington Press: Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast.

June 4, 2020
Emma Teal Laukitis and Claire Neaton

Seafaring sisters team up for a feast of stories and recipes

Emma Teal Laukitis (MDes 2018) and her sister discuss their new salmon cookbook and how their love of storytelling and salmon developed.

June 1, 2020
SunTest by Jaq Chartier

Alumni News – May 2020

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

May 29, 2020
Carrie Slavin, center

Assistance League of Seattle asks, ‘What else can we do?’ The answer: care packages for families in need

Carrie Slavin (BA 1994) was helping with a project to get food to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic, but that didn’t stop a nagging thought… "What else can we do?"

May 29, 2020
James Pierce

Incoming IxD professor James Pierce discusses cybersecurity research, efficacy of remote learning

Incoming Interaction Design Assistant Professor James Pierce discusses his discipline, his background, and his style of teaching, and how it is impacted by remote learning.

May 19, 2020
Robert Rhee

‘Use this moment’: Incoming IVA professor Robert Rhee talks structure, encounters, fulfillment

Robert Rhee, incoming Interdisciplinary Visual Art Assistant Professor, discusses his background, teaching style, and future at the UW.

May 12, 2020
Jitterbug by Betz Bernhard

Alumni News – April 2020

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

April 30, 2020
3D printing of face shield cradles

Protecting Lives with 3D Printers

The emails started swirling in mid-March. Health care workers in Seattle desperately needed personal protective equipment (PPE) while treating COVID-19 patients, but there was a delay in receiving PPE from commercial sources.

April 30, 2020
Michael Swaine

The classroom is full of life’: How one studio art professor is adapting to Zoom and connecting his students

Michael Swaine, assistant professor with the School of Art + Art History + Design, is embracing the online format of classes.

April 16, 2020
Diablo del Agua vessel by George Rodriguez

Alumni News – March 2020

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

March 31, 2020
Luly Yang with surgical masks

Seattle couture designer answers Providence's challenge with 20,000 surgical masks

Luly Yang, design alum and local fashion designer, used her business connections to procure and donate 20,000 masks to a Seattle hospital.

March 30, 2020
Sarah Strickler

A Love of Research — and Design

Sarah Strickler had every intention of pursuing a STEM degree when she arrived at the UW as a freshman. That changed after taking a color theory class in the School of Art + Art History + Design.

March 2, 2020
Patti Warashina

The wonder of Patti Warashina

The Smithsonian honors Patti Warashina (MFA 1964), whose humor and innovative perspectives on the human condition put a new face on ceramics.

March 1, 2020
Ben Gale-Schreck (center) and others

Alumni News – February 2020

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

February 28, 2020
Ana Mari Cauce at Leonardo event

500 Years of Innovation

It was a dark and rainy December night in Seattle… over 800 people flocked to Kane Hall, eager to learn more about an innovator who paired art and science in ways never before experienced: Leonardo DaVinci.

February 17, 2020
Lauren Nguyen

Empathy and resistance: Lauren Nguyen on the intersections between her art and life

Lauren Nguyen, a senior double-majoring in CHID and 3D4M, "find(s) her own language of expression" through creating art.

January 23, 2020
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

As 2019 rolled to a close and ushered in a new decade, the waning weeks of December were filled with joy, not only for completing another energizing quarter of teaching and learning but also for a number of newsworthy announcements, events, and…

January 14, 2020
Omak Lake 2 by Joe Feddersen

Alumni News – January 2020

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.

January 11, 2020
White Noise exhibition by Kerry Skarbakka

Alumni News – December 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of December 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

January 2, 2020
Video by Gala and Zack Bent

Alumni News – November 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of November 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

December 2, 2019
Meredith Clausen

A Fantastique Parisian Gift

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."

December 2, 2019
Doug Jeck (right) at Pilchuck

Experimental Spaces

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

November 25, 2019
Flow by Kristen Ramirez

Alumni News – October 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of October 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

October 1, 2019
Benita Cooper with grandmother

Q+A with Cooper

We interviewed Interdisciplinary Visual Arts alum Benita Cooper to learn more about her UW experience, her life since graduation, and her non-profit that works to decrease isolation for older adults.

September 29, 2019
Work by Ellen Lesperance

Alumni News – September 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of September 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

September 27, 2019
Jordan Nicholson on UW Magazine cover

Jordan Nicholson takes off

How the self-proclaimed lover of life, Jordan Nicholson (BA, Drawing + Painting, 2012), followed his passions to become an accomplished photographer, artist, and man about town.

September 20, 2019
Keechelus 9032 by Joe Freeman Jr

Alumni News – August 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of August 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

September 3, 2019
Panther collection by ForanSuon

Alumni News – July 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of July 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

August 2, 2019
Timea Tihanyi and 3D printer

A Brave New World for Clay

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

August 1, 2019