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February 2015 Newsletter

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In This Issue

Featured Stories:

  • Feb 2015 - Director's Notes
  • Black History Month + The Jake
  • 2015 Graduation Exhibitions
  • Dynamic Duo
  • What Makes Us Special?
  • Celebrating a Legacy

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Events

Wednesdays at noon
Factory Picnic

Feb 27
Exhibit Opening - 51 Days

Mar 10 - Apr 11
Jake Exhibit - Fixing the Future – Technics and Time

Mar 12
Lecture - Liz Craft with Pentti Monkkonen

Apr 7
Jake Reception + Screening - Fixing the Future – Technics and Time

Apr 15 - Jun 20
Jake Exhibits - BA/BFA/BDes Graduation Shows

May 13
Kollar American Art Lecture - Kenneth Haltman

May 22
Opening - 2015 MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition

Jun 11
Graduation Celebration

COMPLETE CALENDAR


 

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Jamie Walker

Feb 2015 - Director's Notes

For the students, staff, and faculty of the School of Art + Art History + Design, each academic quarter has its own identity and rhythm that we come to expect. Knowing that it is dark, damp, and cold outside, winter quarter is typically a time to be grateful for stimulating courses, engaging lectures and critiques, and dedicated hours in the classrooms, studios, and libraries. It is also the time of the season to select the next graduate class. With more than 400 applications for some 24… Read more
Jacob Lawrence in his home studio

Black History Month + The Jake

Since 1976, the United States has celebrated Black History Month during February. The School of Art + Art History + Design has never done anything special for Black History Month, until now. Scott Lawrimore, Director of the school’s Jacob Lawrence Gallery, proposed that, beginning in 2015, each February the gallery would have exhibits and programs relating to the African diaspora to honor the gallery’s namesake and Black History Month. Jacob Lawrence was a prolific artist of great renown.… Read more

2015 Graduation Exhibitions

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery and the Henry Art Gallery will once again host a series of exhibitions featuring work by Division of Art and Division of Design students who are graduating. The full list of Bachelor's and Master's degree shows, with reception dates may be found in this post.

Shio Kusaka and Jonas Wood posing as superheroes

Dynamic Duo

Shio Kusaka (BFA 2001) and Jonas Wood (MFA 2002) met while both were students in the School of Art + Art History + Design. Kusaka studied ceramics, and Wood focused on painting…In the last several years, separately and together, their stars have been rising dramatically...

LinkedIn design school rankings

What Makes Us Special?

In October 2014, LinkedIn ranked the UW as one of the top five schools for design based on the success of recent graduates in landing desirable design jobs. We thought it would be worthwhile to contact some of the companies and organizations who hire our graduates to ask what our students have...

Bill and Marty Holm

Celebrating a Legacy

Between 1968 and 1985, hundreds of University of Washington students took classes about Northwest Coast Native art from Bill Holm, who held a position split between teaching art history in the School of Art and curatorial work at the Burke Museum...


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

Jeanette Mills, News + Events Writer/Editor, soanews@uw.edu

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