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…

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…

The School is pleased to announce the website that documents the work of our graduating graduate students, and we are proud of their accomplishments. Ten MFA, seven MA, one PhD, and eleven MDes graduates are included.

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.

Grace Budgett, who just completed her Bachelor of Design degree, was selected in May by the Industrial Designers Society of America as the 2019 West District Student Merit Award Winner.

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…

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.

Five junior-level students in Interaction Design answered a challenge from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Their design was selected and shown at the museum plus they made a presentation there.

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.

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.

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…

Industrial Design students Grace Budgett, Perry Burke, and Andie Niebling won a 2018 GRAY Award for their T1 Traveler, a packing system for people with type 1 diabetes.

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…

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.

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.

This symposium on November 17 focuses on Indian painting in Mewar and Marwar, distinct areas of Rajasthan ruled by Rajputs (Hindu kings), and the Mughal empire between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.

IVA Senior Lecturer and alum Timea Tihanyi won the Open Medium category! Photomedia Assistant Professor Aaron Flint Jamison was a finalist. Both will have work in a November 14 to December 16 exhibition.

The School is pleased to announce the website that documents the work of our graduating graduate students. We are proud of their accomplishments. Nine MFA, one MA, two PhD, and four MDes graduates are included.

Several students, representing all three divisions of the School, are participating in this year's symposium on May 18. There are oral presentations, a poster presentation, and the Visual Arts & Design Showcase.

Collaborations and connecting coursework to professional practice is a significant aim of the Industrial Design Program. The DESIGN 445 course during autumn quarter 2017 is an example of just how powerful these collaborations can be.

The annual College Art Association conference is the largest venue for presentations by artists and art historians working in academia. This year's conference in Los Angeles includes three Division of Art History faculty.

MONDAY is a limited-edition journal produced by the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Each issue is thematically driven, highlighting artists’ writings alongside other diverse perspectives on a particular topic. Volume 1 focuses on materiality and transformation.

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 . . .

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.

Industrial Design Associate Professor Sang-gyeun Ahn is co-PI on a project that will develop a modular kit to modify wheelchairs for the safe use of public restrooms. They have received Amazon Catalyst funding.

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.

Graduate students in the Division of Art History are often busy with projects outside the classroom. Here are a few examples from 2017.

This past year, students in the Interaction Design (IxD) Program have explored the new possibilities of holographic interactions with a number of projects using the Microsoft HoloLens.

Art History Associate Professor Sonal Khullar received a Royalty Research Fund Scholar Award for her book project Fertile Grounds: Art, Primitivism, and Postcoloniality in Twentieth-Century India and Britain.

The interactive recycling and composting station was designed by an interdisciplinary research group led by Karen Cheng and Kristine Matthews, Professors of Visual Communication Design.

Photomedia Assistant Professor Aaron Flint Jamison was selected as one of five 2017 Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts. An exhibition at Pacific Northwest College of Art displays the work of the fellows.

The UW Simpson Center for the Humanities recently announced its Spring 2017 Awards to support work during the 2017-2018 academic year. Three people from the School are involved in these projects.

Five graduate students from the Division of Art History completed their degrees during the 2016-2017 academic year: Beetem, Budnick, Giffin, May, and Mayer.

Three projects led by Associate Professor Kristine Matthews won 2017 awards in Wayfinding and Interactive Experience. A fourth project with Professor Karen Cheng as design lead won in Public Installation.

Erin Giffin, who completed her PhD this month, was chosen by the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences as the Graduate Medalist in the Arts. The medalists are selected from faculty nominations.

A dozen students, representing all three divisions of the School, participated in this year's symposium on May 19. There were oral presentations, a poster presentation, and the Visual Arts & Design Showcase.

Two of our Painting + Drawing professors — Denzil Hurley and Zhi Lin — each have solo shows at regional museums. Hurley's is May 20 – Nov 5 at Seattle Art Museum, and Lin's is Jun 27 – Feb 4 at Tacoma Art Museum.

Congratulations to Art History Associate Professor Haicheng Wang for receiving a 2017 New Directions Fellowship from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation! He will use the fellowship to pursue further study in several subjects.

UW art professor Zhi Lin has spent nearly a decade researching the men’s lives and remembering them through his artwork, on view at the Tacoma Art Museum beginning this summer.

One unforeseen benefit arising from this particularly moist and chilly winter quarter was the delay of the annual burst of the Yoshino cherry blossoms in the Quad. There was a certain sense of relief and joy in the air as students...

Biology Professor Jennifer Nemhauser leads a research laboratory of scientists, all immersed in the complex world of plant hormones.  Claire Cowie — an artist, UW alumna and lecturer — spent three months as a part-time artist in residence in Nemhauser’s lab.