Featured Stories
Director's Notes
On the first day of April, as I was enjoying that glorious rite of spring quarter — walking through The Quad in awe of the cherry blossoms and the vast crowds of fellow admirers — I overheard two couples exclaim…
Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award Recipient
The School is pleased to present the 2019 Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award to Steve Kaneko. With a passion for providing pathways for growth to generations of emerging talent, he embodies the power of arts leadership.
RRFs for Bunn-Marcuse + Jamison
Twice a year, the UW Office of Research awards Royalty Research Fund (RRF) grants to faculty who have submitted proposals for research-related projects. Two of our faculty received such grants in January 2019.
For Want of a Nail
3D4M Assistant Professor Michael Swaine is co-author of a new book documenting research that began with a 2014 Futurefarmers artwork responding to New Mexico's complex nuclear history and the Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer.
Bellingham National
The Whatcom Museum is showing Bellingham National 2019 Juried Art Exhibition and Awards through May 19. Painting + Drawing Professor Philip Govedare and three alums have work included. Govedare won the top juror prize!
IxD Students at Cooper Hewitt
Five junior-level students in Interaction Design answered a challenge from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Their design was selected and shown at the museum plus they made a presentation there.
Cobblestones and Lumber: UW x SFAI
IVA Assistant Professor Whitney Lynn collaborated with a colleague at San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) to organize a joint exhibition of MFA student work at the SFAI Fort Mason Campus.
Zhi LIn Exhibitions
With the 150th anniversary of the golden spike and the creation of the transcontinental railroad taking place in May 2019, Painting + Drawing Professor Lin's research on Chinese railroad workers is being shared in multiple locations.
Rodriguez at MadArt + More
George Rodriguez (MFA 2009) joined the School's Advisory Board earlier this year and has a project at MadArt Studio in April and May. He has been receiving growing recognition for his artwork.
4Culture Collection Additions
At the end of January, 4Culture announced additions to its Portable Works collection for the first time since 2013. Artworks by the late Professor Emeritus Akio Takamori and thirteen alums were included.
Donors: April 2018 – March 2019
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
Q+A with Ortblad
Clare Ortblad will receive her Master of Design degree in June. She answers questions about her background and her experiences as a graduate student in the Division of Design.
Students Respond to Critical Issues
ART 361/561 — Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Practice — is a course taught each winter quarter. Several students from this year's course write about the opportunity to hear and interact with multiple guest artists.
Scholarships Make a Difference
The School distributes scholarships each year, and two of them are particularly important for students just entering the UW. We asked two recipients of these scholarships to write about their first two quarters here.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery Stories
2019 Graduation Exhibitions
Each year we celebrate graduating Art and Design students with a series of exhibitions in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery and Henry Art Gallery. Join us for one or more of these in April, May, and June.
MONDAY – Volume 3
MONDAY is a limited-edition journal produced by the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Each issue is thematically driven, and volume 3's title is Études. Purchase a copy online.
Curating the Future
At the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, curatorial interns get hands-on preparation for careers in the art world — and roles in the community.
Other News
Visual Communication Design Associate Professor Annabelle Gould recently completed work on the AIGA Design Teaching Resource.
3D4M Associate Professor Doug Jeck will be Artist in Residence at Pilchuck Glass School during their Session 3 in July.
Interdisciplinary Visual Arts Senior Lecturer Timea Tihanyi was one of three master ceramists at the International Ceramics gathering in Spain during March.
Industrial Design Lecturer Michael Kritzer had a class project that partnered with Hightower featured in GRAY magazine.
Art History MA students Miha Sarani and Juan Franco are two of the 2019 Husky 100.
Marvin Oliver (MFA 1973) will receive the Charles E. Odegaard Award in May from the UW Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity.
Wes Hurley (BA 2004) received a Creative Capital grant; read a Crosscut article about it.
Xiaoyi Gao (BFA 2018) won a first grant from The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation.
Mike Simi (MFA 2007) has a solo exhibition at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art through May 11.
Jonas Wood (MFA 2002) has a solo exhibition at Dallas Museum of Art through July 14; read related articles in the New York Times, artnet news, and Bloomberg.
Susie Lee (MFA 2006) talks about four elements in creating art — clay, water, glass, and light — in a series of KCTS9 videos. Watch them.
Shayla Alarie (MFA 2010) is the subject of pine | copper | lime podcast episode nine; a Beyond the Studio podcast featured Emily Gherard (MFA 2004).
Read all our alumni news since the last newsletter: January, February, March, and the start of April.
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