
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…

Design Faculty + Seattle Children’s Physicians Collaborate
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.

UW professor Sonal Khullar speaks at Frye Art Museum on her current book about South Asian contemporary art
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.

Students & Superlatives
Among the 2019 Graduate Medalists for the College of Arts & Sciences is Jackie Granger from Photo/Media.
Meet the Amazon Voice Designer Who Is the ‘Real Alexa’
Alison Atwell (BDes, Visual Communication Design, 2013), who trains and guides conversations with Amazon's Alexa made Fortune's 40 Under 40 list.

Design Presenting + Publishing
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.

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

Northwest’s functional fashion finally takes a turn in the spotlight
Twenty years ago, alum Luly Yang began her career in architectural graphic design then became a couture designer. She played a role in a 2019 Museum of History and Industry exhibition.

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

Help by design: Art assists science at UW Design Help Desk
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…

These artists want to draw the Chinese railroad workers back into history
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.

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

Rodriguez at MadArt + More
George Rodriguez (MFA 2009) joined the School's Advisory Board earlier this year and has a project at MadArt Studio in April and May. He has been receiving growing recognition for his artwork.

A University of Washington Course Gives Design Students Real-World Experience
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.

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

Renee Erickson short-listed for Outstanding Chef at 2019 James Beard Awards
Renee Erickson (BFA, Painting and Drawing, 1995) is being honored for her work at her restaurant Bateau.

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

Chinese culture inspires designer in creating uniforms for major U.S. airline
"Everything I do is influenced by my Chinese background," said Luly Yang (BFA, Graphic Design, 1990), about the cultural elements in her project with Alaska Airlines.

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

Cool Courses in the Arts, Spring Quarter 2019
Whether you are curious about studying the arts, need to fulfill your VLPA credits, or are just looking to further your education, these courses are sure to transform and inspire you!

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

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

Alumni News – November 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of November 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.
In Seattle galleries, art meets climate change
The work of alumni Eirik Johnson, Kristen Ramirez, and Margie Livingston, share the common thread of the natural environment and humans' relation to it in galleries throughout Seattle.

Whitewashing: Seattle artist calls attention to censored history in series on WWII war crimes
Miha Sarani, an art history graduate student and alum (BFA 2015), began the project after seeing news of the white nationalist march…

Playing with Fire
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.

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

Seattle to take closer look at public art to make sure it's culturally appropriate
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.

Sara Little Turnbull Foundation Award Benefits Design Students
A $200,000 gift from the Sara Little Turnbull Foundation will be used to establish an endowed scholarship that benefits underrepresented minority, low-income, and first-generation students pursuing Design degrees.

Alumni News – September 2018
This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of September 2018. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.
On Capitol Hill, a new showcase for Mexican art
Adrián Gómez (BFA, 3D4M, 2018) is the first featured artist in "NosotrUS" at the Mexican Cultural Institute Gallery.

The Road to Burning Man
Alum Nora Atkinson earned a 2002 BFA in Photography with an Art History minor. She is now Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC, and curated No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man.

Held is WSU Museum Executive Director
Alum Robin Held is now the Executive Director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University. Her appointment was announced on June 26, and she began work on August 7.

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

Higgs: Wyoming needs to create an immersive art destination
Alum Levi Higgs makes a case for his home state, Wyoming, to invest further in the arts and humanities.

Sculptor George Rodriguez celebrates and transcends his Mexican heritage
Alum George Rodriguez unveiled a mythical Mexican zodiac at Seattle Art Fair, where he was the solo artist in the Foster/White Gallery booth.

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

Artists and Writers, by the Book
Interdisciplinary Visual Arts Lecturer Claire Cowie and English Professor Maya Sonenberg brought together two classes to build artist books during spring quarter 2018.

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.

Meet the artist: Painter Miha Sarani
Columns Magazine's June 2018 cover is a painting of Orin Smith by Miha Sarani, a BFA alum, current MA student, and former Starbucks employee. What's his painting's secret? Coffee.

Faculty Friday: Doug Jeck
Doug Jeck, College of Arts & Sciences Associate Professor of the Arts, teaches students to think on their feet — by asking them to painstakingly create life-size human forms.

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.

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.

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.

Spivey's Mobile Incubator
Lucas Spivey has a background that is all over the map in the arts, and that is a good thing. He is now traveling all over the US map to help artists and other cultural entrepreneurs bring ideas to life.

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.

MFA painter Arley Morales brings laborers into the limelight
Morales, a fine arts graduate and DACA recipient, took inspiration from Latino artists and a poet in developing her style.

Boettcher is New BMA Director
Graham Boettcher (MA 1999) was recently appointed as the new R. Hugh Daniel Director at the Birmingham Museum of Art. He has served the museum in several roles since 2006.

Doubleluck for Meany Patrons
Visitors to Meany Hall for the Performing Arts will soon encounter a new piece of art: a 20 foot wide, 8 foot tall original artwork by one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century, Robert Rauschenberg.