Featured Stories
Director's Notes
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…
Supporting Faculty
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.
2018–2019 Scholarships
The School is awarding more than $200,000 in named scholarships to incoming and current students this year. The recipients and donors are recognized at an invitation-only event on October 18.
New Faculty for 2018
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.
Rometti Prize
The School has sent students to the Rometti Prize competition in Italy for five years, but the 2018 competition included several firsts, one of which was the top prize going to one or our students.
Jugalbandi [Duet]: Power and Pleasure in Indian Painting
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.
Neddy Artist Awards
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.
2018 SDF Block Party
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.
Transitions 2018
Every year the School experiences a variety of changes. As autumn quarter begins, we tally the shifts involving faculty and staff since last year.
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.
Donors: September 2017 – September 2018
Gifts from our generous donors — individuals, foundations, and organizations — are critical to the success and morale of the School. We are deeply grateful for their support. Join them by selecting one of our top funds for your donation.
Student Stories
Summer Adventures
We asked one undergraduate from each of our divisions to write about what they did this summer outside the traditional classroom. Their experiences all resulted in growth and insight.
Amanda Pickler
Division of Art
Curatorial Practice and Beyond
Background
Juan Franco, born in Bogotá, Colombia, is a visual and performance artist, community organizer, arts educator, and currently a student in the Master of Arts in Art History practicum program (with a focus on contemporary art & curatorial studies) at the University of Washington. Franco received a BFA in Art from Cornish College of the Arts, graduating summa cum laude.
Printmaking Association + Sale
Print Sale
- November 14 + 15, 2018
- 8am to 7pm both days
- Art Building, rooms 120/122
- Open to all
- Cash + credit cards accepted
Background
Academic Adviser Liz Copland recently posed some questions to Anne Bryson Doyle who co-founded the Printmaking Association during the 2017–2018 academic year.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery Stories
Fundraiser for Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery has a fundraising campaign to support the 2019 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency. This residency and its accompanying exhibition were established in 2015 and are a cornerstone of the Gallery's program, enabling artists, students, faculty, and staff to engage in dialogue as new work is incubated.
10 Études for Summer
Exhibition
September 27 – October 13, 2018
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Reception: Wednesday, September 26, 5–8pm
MONDAY – Volume 2
About
MONDAY is a limited-edition journal focused on critical art writing in the Pacific Northwest. Published twice a year by the Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design, it is a platform to support emerging and established critical voices and to help spur new ideas.
Other News
Photomedia Professor Ellen Garvens has work in the 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography in Barcelona during October.
Graduate students Jeremy Viny (Design) and Lucy Copper (Painting + Drawing) have collaborated with one other person to create a light art installation for Borealis: A Festival of Light taking place on October 11–14 in the South Lake Union neighborhood.
Staff member Kim Van Someren (MFA 2004) has a solo exhibition at Bridge Productions from October 13 through November 3, 2018.
The Alden Mason Foundation is raising funds to complete a monograph about the artist's work. Mason was a Professor Emeritus who passed away in 2013.
Exhibitions of work by the late Professor Emeritus Francis Celentano are currently on view in New York and Paris.
Robin Held (MA 1998) became Executive Director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University on August 7.
Alfredo Arreguin (BA 1967, MFA 1969) is having a solo exhibition at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art from October 13, 2018, through February 3, 2019.
Joe Feddersen (BFA 1983) and Matt Browning (BFA 2007) each received a Luminary Artist Award from the Museum of Northwest Art on September 26.
We are sad to share that Deborah Horrell (MFA 1980) passed away in August; she started her career in ceramics and later became known for glass work.
Read all our alumni news since the last newsletter: June, July, August, and September.
Mailing Lists
Did you know that the School now has three email mailing lists: News, Events, and Jacob Lawrence Gallery? Take a few minutes to be sure you are signed up for the ones that interest you, especially now that we have only four newsletters a year. Read more.
Contacts
Merith Bennett, Constituency Relations Officer, mab4@uw.edu
Jeanette Mills, Newsletter Writer/Editor, soanews@uw.edu