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Autumn 2019 Newsletter

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Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

It is a beautiful, sunny afternoon with the irrefutable signs of autumn accompanying the recent return of students and faculty to campus. The meetings and gatherings in preparation for the new academic year… Read more
Danny Giles lecture in Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Help Us Match $300k Gift

An anonymous alum and passionate supporter of the School has offered to match up to $300,000 in gifts to the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Donations of any amount are welcome. Read more
Drumheller Fountain

Faculty Searches for 2020

The School of Art + Art History + Design is excited to announce an opportunity for three faculty appointments, representing each division within the School. Application deadlines vary. Read more
Log book with computer bug

RRF Scholar Award for Swaine

3D4M Assistant Professor Michael Swaine is working on a project titled "Debugging" that received support from a UW Royalty Research Fund Scholar Award. Read more
Summer Institute in the Arts & Humanities

Summer Institute in the Arts & Humanities

During summer quarter, twenty undergraduates in the College of Arts & Sciences worked with a teaching team of five to explore the topic of creating alternate worlds. Read more
Autumn leaves and Art Building

Faculty Lectures

During autumn quarter, six faculty members will each give presentations as part of the promotion process. They begin on September 26 and end on October 30. All three divisions are represented. Read more
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. Read more
Ken Pawula

In Memoriam – Kenneth Pawula

Professor Emeritus Kenneth Pawula passed away in late June. He began teaching painting in the School during 1965 and continued until his retirement in 2000. Read more
Annie Pearson

Transitions 2019

The School typically experiences at least a few staff and faculty changes each year. As autumn quarter begins, we summarize the shifts during the last September. Read more
2018 Scholarship Reception

2019–2020 Scholarships

Due to the generosity of donors, over $225,000 in named scholarships is being awarded to incoming and current students this year. The recipients and donors are recognized at an invitation-only event on October 16. Read more
RepairCycle by Coreen Callister, David Duyker, and Logan Windish

2019 SDF Block Party

The Seattle Design Festival Block Party took place on August 24 and 25. Numerous installations in Lake Union Park addressed issues related to BALANCE, this year's festival theme. At least three of these involved School-affiliated people. Read more
Kollar American Art Lecture Reception, spring 2016

Donors: September 2018 – August 2019

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. Read more

Student Voices

SITSA 2019 participants

Art History Grad Student Activities

Graduate students in the Division of Art History are often busy with projects outside the traditional classroom. Here are a few examples from 2019. Read more
Anderson Ranch

Summer Learning

We asked one undergraduate from each of the School's divisions to write about a summer experience. Learning comes in many forms and takes place both on campus and farther afield. Read more
Painting by Shuo Yin

Yin + Tropical Lab 13

Shuo Yin, a Painting + Drawing MFA student, attended this residency in Singapore during the summer. He has an exhibition of work created during and inspired by that experience opening on November 7. Read more

Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Title page design by Annabelle Gould

Composite Gestures

This exhibition in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery highlights work by three Division of Design faculty members: Jason Germany, Annabelle Gould, and Axel Roesler. It opens on September 25 and runs through October 12. Read more
Area Array by Stephanie Simek

Irreducible Forms

An exhibition in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery that features artwork by eight second-year Master of Fine Arts students. It opens with an evening reception on October 23 and runs through November 9. Read more

Other News

Art History Assistant Professor Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse is giving this year's Artist Images lecture for the UW Libraries on October 29. It will be about a collaborative restoration of Kwagu’ł films. More information and link to register.

Interaction Design Assistant Professor Audrey Desjardins has been selected as one of six 2019–20 UW Mellon Faculty Fellow in Arts, a project that is part of UW’s Arts and Creativity Initiative sponsored by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Interdisciplinary Visual Arts Senior Lecturer Timea Tihanyi was featured in two online publications this summer: an interview in Studio Potter and "A Brave New World for Clay" from the College of Arts & Sciences.

Visual Communication Design Professor Karen Cheng and Selina Nguyen (BDes 2019) have received a 2019 Sappi Ideas that Matter grant to refine and produce Nguyen's brochure explaining Seattle parking regulations to people living in vehicles.

Photo/Media Assistant Professor Aaron Flint Jamison is showing work in Europe this autumn: at Felix Gaudlitz through October 12, at Air de Paris opening October 20, and a solo exhibition at Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen opening October 26.

Painting Professor Emeritus Michael Spafford was selected for the Washington Governor's Legacy Arts Award. An event in Olympia on November 19 will celebrate all the recipients.

Constituency Relations Officer Merith Bennett was given the Robert C. Stacey Award during the summer for the exemplary service she provided to the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences team in the College of Arts & Sciences in relation to the Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award events earlier this year.

We are sad to note the passing of Marvin Oliver (MFA 1973) on July 17. He was a well-known First Nations artist and a Professor Emeritus in American Indian Studies at UW.

Alison Atwell (BDes 2013) was named to the Fortune 40 under 40 in Tech list this summer for her work as a Voice User Interface Designer at Amazon.

Jordan Nicholson (BA 2012) was featured in an article and on the cover of the newly re-imagined University of Washington Magazine in September.

Maria Phillips (MFA 1997) has a solo exhibition titled Hidden in Plain Sight opening on October 4 at Bellevue Arts Museum. It runs through March 8, 2020.

Read all alumni news since our last newsletter: June, July, August, September, and October.

Contacts

Merith Bennett, Constituency Relations Officer, mab4@uw.edu

Jeanette Mills, Newsletter Writer/Editor, soanews@uw.edu

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