Featured Stories
Director's Notes – October 2022
Despite the unusually warm summer glow still with us, we welcomed the start of autumn quarter last week and the influx of students and faculty to campus. The beginning of the academic year brings…
Faculty Searches for 2023
The School is excited to announce an opportunity for three tenure-track faculty appointments, two in the Division of Art (Dale Chihuly Endowed Chair of Glass and Photo/Media) and one in the Division of Design (Visual Communication Design).
Transitions 2022
The School has not been immune to the societal shifts the pandemic has introduced resulting in several changes in staff and faculty since last autumn.
Autumn 2022 Part-Time Faculty
This quarter's part-time faculty are Melanie Enderle, Stefan Gonzales, Holly Hazelton, Natalie Krick, Jake Matauch, Miha Sarani, Yongqi Tang, Arianne True, and Jayme Yen.
Pierce Receives NSF CAREER Award
This is the NSF's "most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization."
Simpson Center Support for Art History
Two Art History faculty — Adair Rounthwaite and Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse — and two Art History graduate students — Nicole Block and Ananya Sikand — have received 2022–2023 funding from the UW Simpson Center for the Humanities.
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.
Exhibitions at Cascadia + MoNA
Two museums near Seattle — Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds and the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner — currently have exhibitions that include former faculty and alumni.
2022 Graduate Showcase
We are pleased to announce publication of the 2022 Graduate Showcase. This website presents the work of 19 recently graduated students who received Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Master of Arts (MA), or Master of Design (MDes) degrees.
Donors: October 2021 – September 2022
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
Why Scholarship Support Matters
Each October, the School awards over $210,000 in scholarships to new and returning students. Two recent scholarship recipients — Zoë Tsai and Finn Johnson — share stories about their journey at the UW, their scholarships, and returning to campus this autumn.
Study Abroad in Amsterdam and the Netherlands
Summer 2022 fortunately enabled the reemergence of study abroad offerings through the School. We were pleased to send undergraduate students on a 10-week immersive Art History program…
Henry Art Liaisons Find Their Voice
Tour a Henry Art Gallery exhibition with UW senior Em Chan, and you can expect to do more than just look and listen. In addition to providing information about the works on display…
Alumni Stories
Black Arts Legacies: Barbara Earl Thomas
With meticulous skill and a communal approach, the longtime Seattle artist has cut her own path.
Stolen Beauty
The story of the shocking theft, destruction and replacement of George Tsutakawa’s sculptural gates at the Washington Park Arboretum.
Filmmaker Wes Hurley and His UW Crew are Living Their ‘Potato Dreams’
Wes Hurley (BA 2004) has been on the film festival circuit with his autobiographical film, Potato Dreams of America. Articles in UW Magazine and on the website of Creative Capital, which helped fund the project, provide background on the film.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery Stories
The Traveling JLG
While the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is undergoing renovation, this exhibition of MFA student work will be on view at SOIL Art Gallery. It opens on the evening of October 6 and runs through October 29.
Other News
Interaction Design Associate Professor Audrey Desjardins is co-Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation Award of nearly $1.8 million over three years.
Art History Assistant Professor Juliet Sperling is at The Huntington during this academic year as a Barbara Thom Postdoctoral Fellow.
Studio Matthews, which is led by Visual Communication Design Associate Professor Kristine Matthews, has recently won awards for two projects.
Photo/Media Professor Ellen Garvens has a solo exhibition titled Holding Unsteady at Koplin Del Rio Gallery through November 5.
Visual Communication Design Professor Karen Cheng is the first recipient of the new Design Alumni Endowed Faculty Fellowship.
Two Industrial Design undergraduates — Ann Lai and Carter Heikkila — were part of a September 14 panel at the International Design Conference in Seattle.
Kathleen Ash-Milby (BA 1991) is curator of Dakota Modern: The Art of Oscar Howe, which initially opened at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City and will soon be on view at Portland Art Museum.
Han Edward So Eckelberg (BA 2022; aka Eckel Tech) recently unveiled Bruce Lee Ascending in the UW's Odegaard Undergraduate Library. It is a work he first designed in a 2020 Art class. Note that a current UW Husky Card is required to see the artwork.
Onyx Montes (BA 2014) was featured in a September Newcity Art article regarding her work towards salary transparency in the museum world.
These folks have new positions: Peter Nesbett (MA 1995; Director of Mitchell Gallery at St. John’s College in Maryland), Krista Schoening (MFA 2015, MA 2019; Assistant Professor of Painting at University of Arkansas Little Rock), Anna Wager (PhD 2018; Curator of Exhibitions at University of Buffalo Art Galleries), and Jayme Yahr (PhD 2012; Executive Director / Curator of Carpinteria Valley Museum of History in California).
Read all alumni news since our last newsletter: July, August, September, and October.
Contacts
Leo Carmona, Media Relations Specialist, soanews@uw.edu