Featured Stories
Director's Notes – October 2023
The new academic year already seems well underway, and the autumn colors have transformed our beautiful campus once again into an amazing palette of yellows, oranges, and reds complementing the ubiquitous greens that our state is named for.
Jacob and the Builders
Commissioned by Allan and Mary Kollar, Barbara Earl Thomas’ Portrait of Jacob Lawrence installed near the entrance of the gallery at its new home within the recently renovated UW Art building.
Three faculty appointments
The School is pleased to announce the hiring of three faculty – two for the Division of Art and one for the Division of Design.
Staff + Faculty Transitions in 2022-2023
A list of employees who departed or joined the School in October 2022 through September 2023.
UW Scholars meet Howardena Pindell
Hosted by the LAB, the acclaimed artist shared her perspectives on life and art in an illuminating conversation with the students, faculty and staff who attended.
Featured on King 5: Kim Van Someren
Watch Van Someren's process of creating the work for her exhibition in this Behind the Scenes look from Evening Magazine
Donors: October 2022 – September 2023
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.
Student Stories
Meet the Incoming Graduate Students
We are excited to introduce the incoming class of graduate students to the School community.
2023-2024 Scholarship Recipients
Thanks to the generosity of donors, $218,000 is being awarded in scholarships this year: $101,000 to incoming students and $117,000 to current students.
2023 HUB Director’s Art Awards
Congratulations to this year’s HUB Director's Art Award winners: Neylan McCormick, Leah Matsumoto and Jai Sallay-Carrington.
Alumni Stories
Shaping the future
Five industrial designers, five decades of influence and one message for tomorrow’s designers.
Artist Patti Warashina finds playful edge to world’s problems
A recent interview with Warashina, in advance of her August show at Seattle’s Traver Gallery, confirmed what many already know about the artist: She is self-deprecating, deeply committed to her craft and funny as hell.
Made There: A Yakima printmaker crafts impressions of unsung labor
Drawing on traditional Mexican design, artist Christie Tirado spotlights Washington’s agricultural workers and those who perform essential services.
2023 Graduate Showcase
Explore the online showcase to discover how each graduate student transformed their ideas, passions, and skills into a body of research.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery Stories
Featured on Crosscut: Jacob Lawrence Gallery and three faculty
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery's Promotion and Tenure Exhibition and Barbara Earl Thomas’ newly installed paper-cut portrait of Lawrence highlighted in a Crosscut article.
JLG 2023 Highlights
Following the completion of the building renovations earlier in the year, the Jacob Lawrance Gallary has been filled with special moments commemorating its new space.
Other News
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Caitlin Earley for the publication of her first book, The Comitán Valley: Sculpture and Identity on the Maya Frontier.
Kathy Liao (BFA 2008) wins the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship. Lios is one of 5 artists from across the United States who will each receive $60,000 in unrestricted funds.
The Art Zone features Camila Patha and her exhibit Camille Patha: Passion, Pleasure, Power showing at Tacoma Art Museum through Sept. 3.
Restauranteur, alum and Advisory Board Member Renee Erickson featured in the NY Times.
ORDINARY TO EXTRAORDINARY on UW Magazine features Nathan Vass (BA 2009). Vass talked about why he loves film photography as a medium, buses as a model for their cities and finding beauty in everyday things.
Ellen Lesperance is featured as one of three contemporary artists in Exemplary Modern, a special exhibition at Hauser & Wirth New York honoring Sophie Taeuber-Arp
ArtSEA: A playful barrage of collage at Seattle arts spaces on Crosscut features Seattle artist Cathy McClure.
Jerred Mace (BDes 2023) along with his co-founding collegues of OneCourt were named to Forbes 30 under 30 Local Seattle list. Mace is also a 2023 Husky 100.
In July, Photo/Media Professor Rebecca Cummins gave two talks: one at the international conference FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science and Technology, Taos Center for the Arts and another at the Harwood Museum of Art during a session on “Gender and ArtSci in the America.” In October, Professor Cummins will participate in the conference "Arts of Fugitivity" on the panel “Recursive Fugues: The Technical Image in a Digital Age” and will be exhibiting Annularity at Praxis Gallery at Oregon State University.
Contacts
Leo Carmona, Media Relations Specialist, soanews@uw.edu