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January 2016 Newsletter

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Featured Stories:

  • Jan 2016 - Director's Notes
  • Jacob Lawrence Gallery + Steffani Jemison
  • 2016 Design Career Fair

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Jan 15
Exhibit Opening - Painting + Drawing First-Year MFA Work

Jan 21
CICAP Lecture Series - Steffani Jemison

Jan 28
CICAP Lecture Series - John Knight

Feb 4
Painting + Drawing Graduate Studios Open House

Feb 11
CICAP Lecture Series - Anicka Yi

COMPLETE CALENDAR


 

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Jamie Walker

Jan 2016 - Director's Notes

December is a curious month at the School of Art + Art History + Design. It begins with the insular rush of finishing the quarter, immediately followed by the holiday break that can make one forget about school for a few weeks. The energy level ramps up in anticipation of finals, students actually study in Parnassus, lights glow...

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Jacob Lawrence Gallery + Steffani Jemison

In honor of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery’s namesake, the 2016 Jake Legacy Artist-in-Residence is Brooklyn-based Steffani Jemison. Jemison is a conceptual artist whose work uses improvisation, repetition, and fugitivity as formal strategies across multiple media. During her period in residence, Jemison is building an exhibition and facilitating a series of research and performance workshops. There are still two more workshop sessions at the Gallery: Session 1:… Read more

2016 Design Career Fair

Friday, April 1, 2-5pm
The Division of Design is pleased to announce the third annual Design Career Fair. The fair will offer employers a preview of the 2016 graduating class in Industrial Design, Interaction Design, and Visual Communication Design. Participating firms will be able to host a table promoting their company as well as spend time engaging with students and reviewing their portfolios. Juniors in the Division of Design will also attend. If you wish to meet with our upcoming graduates or hire summer interns, the Design Career Fair is for you!


Art History Faculty Candidate Lectures

Four finalists for a tenure-track position that is a 50% appointment as a faculty member in Art History and a 50% appointment as a curator at the Burke Museum will give presentations. The first one is on Thursday, January 14, at 4pm in the Burke Museum's Burke Room. See the full list of lecture dates and locations in this news post.


Save These Dates!

Tuesday, February 16, 7-9pm
3D4M Open House

Join us for this fun event.

Wednesday, March 2 - Thursday, March 3
BuyArt - a sale of student + alumni work
Back by popular demand.


Social Media Tidbits

We regularly post alumni news on our Twitter feed. Here is a recent sample:
Wow! Seven alumni in this @SOILArtGallery show opening Thursday, Jan 7, 6-8pm soilart.org/exhibitions/st… #FirstThursday

Check out this time-lapse video posted on our Facebook page of students reconditioning clay using a traditional technique called foot wedging.


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

Leena Joshi, Marketing + PR Specialist, lsjoshi@uw.edu

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

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