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Our Dream Team
The School is happy to announce that our seven Instructional Technicians were nominated as a team for the UW 2018 Distinguished Staff Award. These staff play an integral part in the teaching mission of the School...
3D4M Open House
Join us on Tuesday, Feb 20, for the open house at our CMA Building. There will be much to explore in our ceramic, glass, and sculpture facilities; two galleries; and student studios.
Three at CAA
The annual College Art Association conference is the largest venue for presentations by artists and art historians working in academia. This year's conference in Los Angeles includes three Division of Art History faculty.
Mission to the Moon: 2030
Collaborations and connecting coursework to professional practice is a significant aim of the Industrial Design Program. The DESIGN 445 course during autumn quarter 2017 is an example of just how powerful these collaborations can be.
Spivey's Mobile Incubator
Lucas Spivey has a background that is all over the map in the arts, and that is a good thing. He is now traveling all over the US map to help artists and other cultural entrepreneurs bring ideas to life.
2018 Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Practice Lecture Series
This 7-speaker series starts on Jan 11 and ends on Mar 8. It is free and open to the public. Sponsored by The Boeing Company and The Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation.
Donors: January – December 2017
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.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Monday is a limited-edition journal produced by the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Each issue is thematically driven, highlighting artists’ writings alongside other diverse perspectives on a particular topic. Volume 1 focuses on materiality and transformation, and it debuts on February 21. Read more.
A Book with No Pages, the exhibition of work by C. Davida Ingram, has been extended through Tuesday, March 13. Read more.
Other News
Big congratulations to Professor Emerita Patti Warashina for being selected as a 2018 USA Fellow in mid-January.
Congratulations are also due to Affiliate Professor and Seattle Art Museum curator Dr. Chiyo Ishikawa for being awarded a Chevalier L’Ordre Des Arts Des Lettres by France.
Clay & Politics is open at Pottery Northwest through February 23. It includes three professors — Doug Jeck, Jamie Walker, Patti Warashina — and two alums: George Rodriguez (MFA 2009) and Kathleen Skeels (BFA 1978).
IVA Lecturer Dan Paz is showing Monument a Surface at Ditch Projects in Springfield, Oregon through March 3.
Erin Murphy (BDes 2013) was featured in a January article titled "A Designer with a (Mars) Mission" from the College of Arts & Sciences.
Eirik Johnson (BFA 1997) and Rodrigo Valenzuela (MFA 2012) are two of the artists selected for the current Henry Art Gallery exhibition titled The Time. The Place. Contemporary Art from the Collection. Students from UW Communications Leadership created a short video about Johnson.
Alaska Airlines unveiled new uniforms in January designed by Luly Yang (BFA Design 1990); see event photos on Facebook.
The Schack Art Center in Everett has an exhbition titled Looking Back: Honoring 25 Years of Artist of the Year through February 24. Among our included alums are Gale Johansen (BFA 1981), James Madison (BA 2000), and Lisa Spreacker (BFA 1991).
Sound Transit's University of Washington Station received a 2018 AIA Award for interior architecture; it incorporates public artwork by Leo Saul Berk (MFA 1999).
Read January alumni news and the start of our February alumni news.
Contacts
Merith Bennett, Constituency Relations Officer, mab4@uw.edu
Jeanette Mills, Newsletter Writer/Editor, soanews@uw.edu