Featured Stories
Director's Notes – October 2021
The typical energy and anticipation that comes with the beginning of the academic year was amplified by the joy and trepidation of returning to campus 570 days after classes were shut down on March 9, 2020. The start of the year…
Arts Capital Campaign + Renovations
The Arts Capital Campaign, to fund renovations in the Art and Music Buildings, is progressing. Work in the Art Building begins in late June 2022. Join us in supporting this important project.
Free Materials Library
This resource for School students opened at the beginning of autumn quarter 2021. It contains new and gently used materials and books that students may choose for use in their classes. We welcome donations to the library.
Autumn 2021 Part-Time Faculty
The autumn quarter part-time faculty are Andrew Allen, Melanie Enderle, Xiaoyi Gao, Midori Hirose, David Hull, Adam Jossem Philippe Hyojung Kim, Vassilissa Semouchkina, Connor Walden, and David Willis.
Faculty Searches for 2022
The School of Art + Art History + Design is excited to announce an opportunity for two faculty appointments, one each in the Division of Art (Photo/Media) and Division of Art History (Latin American art). Application deadlines vary.
Jacob Lawrence in Seattle: UW Students and Libraries Create New Book
Essays written by students in a new class about former Professor of Art Jacob Lawrence's work and teaching were combined into an online publication using Pressbook.
Rethinking the Ventilator
Industrial Design Associate Professor Jason O. Germany is the primary designer involved in developing WorldVent, a new ventilator, which has already won design awards.
GSAH + Dismantling the Canon
The Graduate Students of Art History (GSAH) is currently quite active. The student organization has a new website as well as a reading group called Dismantling the Canon, which received Simpson Center funding for this academic year.
2021–2022 Scholarships
The School is proud to share this year's scholarship recipients. This includes awards to incoming freshmen / transfer students as well as those to continuing undergraduate and graduate students in all three divisions.
Symposium Synopsis
On April 30, 2021, the Division of Design hosted a virtual event titled A Symposium on Design Graduate Education. The meeting was co-organized by Audrey Desjardins, James Pierce, and Annabelle Gould.
Transitions 2021
It is typical for the School to see changes in faculty and staff from one year to the next, but this year was unusual for the number of staff departures. Two moved into higher level positions in other units, and three retired.
In Memoriam – Denzil Hurley
The School of Art + Art History + Design will hold a memorial gathering on the afternoon of November 20, 2021, at Sand Point Gallery in honor of Professor Emeritus Denzil Hurley.
Q+A with Claire Cowie and Leo Berk
This couple are both MFA alums. They are currently working on their first large-scale artistic collaboration at MadArt Studio: Niche Audience. The resulting exhibition opens on October 14 and runs through November 20.
Donors: October 2020 – September 2021
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
Curating Contemporary Art
Each summer quarter, students gather for a class titled Curating Contemporary Art, a Jacob Lawrence Gallery Practicum. Some of the students go on to work as paid interns in the gallery during the following academic year.
Seeing myself in a 125-year-old photograph
Elizabeth Xiong says: "I'm a computer science major, but it was an art history class that shaped how I understand our complex and broken world, and also allowed me to better know myself as an Asian American."
The Benefits of Support
Three recent scholarship recipients share stories about their journey to the UW, what their scholarships mean to them, and what they’re looking forward to after so long away from campus.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery Stories
Audrey Desjardins: Data Imaginaries
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is pleased to present Audrey Desjardins: Data Imaginaries, featuring the work of Audrey Desjardins, Assistant Professor of Interaction Design. The exhibition runs from September 21 through October 9.
The Reordering of Things
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery presents The Reordering of Things, a group exhibition showcasing works in a variety of media by nine second-year MFA students. It runs October 19 through November 6.
(in)Visibility
This exhibition in the hall outside the Jacob Lawrence Gallery focuses on the work of UW custodians. It is curated by Evalynn Fae Taganna Romano and runs from September 28 – December 10, 2021.
Other News
Photo/Media Associate Professor Flint Jamison has a solo exhibition at Galerie Max Mayer in Dusseldorf, Germany, through October 24.
Interdisciplinary Visual Art Teaching Professor Timea Tihanyi curated an exhibition titled For the Love of Math!, which is presented by the Seattle Universal Math Museum and hosted at SZ Gallery on Mercer Island through November 24.
Andrew Fallat, an Instructional Technician in 3D4M and alum (MFA 2007), has a solo exhibition titled Timbre at Jack Straw New Media Gallery. It runs through November 5.
Shio Kusaka (BFA 2001) is a 2021 recipient of the Isamu Noguchi Award, presented by The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum.
Krista Schoening (MFA 2015, MA 2019) is the Windgate Representational Painter Artist-in-Residence at The University of Arkansas at Little Rock for three years.
Barbara Earl Thomas (BA 1973, MFA 1977) is on the cover of the current University of Washington Magazine because of an article titled "Visual Music." She also has work in Packaged Black: Derrick Adams and Barbara Earl Thomas at the Henry Art Gallery through May 1, 2022.
Adam Kingman (BDes 2014) is now a Master Maker since he won Season 3 of Making It on NBC.
Sarah Harvey (MA 2013) is celebrating five years as Gallery Director and owner of Harris Harvey Gallery; the anniversary exhibition includes several alums.
We are sad to announce the passing of three alums: Philip McCracken (BA 1954), Chuck Close (BA 1962), and Phillip Levine (MFA 1961).
Read all alumni news since our last newsletter: July, August, and September.
Contacts
Merith Bennett, Constituency Relations Officer, mab4@uw.edu
Jeanette Mills, Newsletter Writer/Editor, soanews@uw.edu