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In This Issue

Featured Stories:

  • Director's Notes — April 2023
  • IxD Professor Audrey Desjardins awarded by the National Science Foundation 
  • Sand Point Open House
  •  2023 MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition
  • Redefining American (Art) History
  • Three faculty appointments
  • Donors: April 2022 – March 2023
  • Spring 2023 Part-Time Faculty

Jacob Lawrence Gallery Stories:

  • 2023 Graduation Exhibitions
  • A Gallery Renovation, Inspired by Jacob Lawrence

Alumni Stories:

  • The Art of Founders Hall
  • Accessible Art History
  • An Animated Life

 

Support Us

  • Donors [#ADDLINK]
  • Gallery Support
  • Graduate Student Support
  • Faculty Support
  • All School Funds

 

Featured Events

April 19, 2023
UW Public Lectures: Kent Monkman

May 2, 2023
Sand Point Open House
Sand Point Studios + Gallery

May 18. 2023
Christopher Ozubko Lecture
Kane Hall, 220

May 27 – June 25
MFA/MDes Thesis Exhibition
Henry Art Gallery

COMPLETE CALENDAR


 

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Featured Stories

Jamie Walker

Director's Notes — April 2023

Despite the blossom fest coming much later in the season than any of us can remember, we were immensely relieved and grateful when the certificate of occupancy for our newly renovated spaces was granted, as promised, just in time for the quarter to begin.

April 10, 2023
Audrey Desjardins

IxD Professor Audrey Desjardins awarded by the National Science Foundation 

Audrey Desjardins, Associate Professor of Interaction Design (IxD) at the University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design, was awarded the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award in February 2023. 

March 06, 2023
2023 Sand Point Open House

Sand Point Open House

Explore the private studios of the MFA students and faculty in Painting + Drawing at Sand Point Studios + Gallery. 

May 02, 2023
UW MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition 2022

 2023 MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition

The graduation exhibition for students receiving master's degrees from the Division of Art and Division of Design.

April 06, 2023
Resurgence of the people

Redefining American (Art) History

Five art historians reflect on Kent Monkman’s artwork and the role it plays in changing the past, current and future collective understanding of American art.

March 16, 2023
Three New Faculty Appointments

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. 

September 01, 2023
New Intro Ceramics Studio

Donors: April 2022 – March 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.

April 10, 2023
We Design by the Human Condition by Thomas Ham

Spring 2023 Part-Time Faculty

This quarter's part-time faculty include six in the Division of Art, two in the Division of Art History, and four in the Division of Design.

April 11, 2023

Alumni Stories

James Madison Carving

The Art of Founders Hall

Native art installations and historic sculpture enhance the PNW aesthetic of Foster’s newest building. 

March 06, 2023
Analisa Soverns-Reed

Accessible Art History

Analisa Soverns-Redd shares her journey to becoming an Art History educator and starting her passion project, Accessible Art History. 

March 27, 2023
Nathan Jones

An Animated Life

When Nathan Jones transferred to the UW, he chose majors based on interest rather than career security: Creative Writing in the Department of English and Painting + Drawing in the School of Art + Art History + Design. That decision paid off. 

January 08, 2023

Jacob Lawrence Gallery Stories

Material Latitudes

2023 Graduation Exhibitions


Each year the School proudly celebrates graduating Art and Design students with a series of exhibitions at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery and the Henry Art Gallery. Join us for one or more of these in April, May, and June.

April 25, 2023
Jacob Lawrence Painting

A Gallery Renovation, Inspired by Jacob Lawrence

With a renovation, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery in the UW Art Building will better reflect its namesake, whose paintings about the Black experience have inspired generations.

February 07, 2023

Other News

Expert of Denial is SOIL member Jasmine Fetterman's (MFA, 2021) first solo exhibition in the backspace gallery, showing in April 6-29, 2023.

Foster/White Gallery announces the debut of  Ritual Vessels, a new collection of ceramic sculptures by George Rodriguez (MFA, 2009), showing from April 6 to April 22, 2023.

J.R. Henneman (PhD, 2016) is featured in video and article by 9 News about her work as a curator while examining the Denver Art Museum's Western art collection.

ArtsWa announced Haiying Wu (MFA, 1996) as the selected to design the statue of renowned Nisqually activist Billy Frank Jr. for the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.

Maya Kaminishi Jeffereis (BA, 2006) was awarded the 2023 AIM fellowship by The Bronx Museum and the SHIFT Residency at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.

In March, Professor and Chair of Photomedia Rebecca Cummins and Stephanie Simek (MFA, 2020) exhibited Lumina at the 4Culture Gallery.

The Space Between Things is the exhibition of Emeritus professor Norman Lundin, which was instilled for two months at the Greg Kucera Gallery.

Academic Advisor Elizabeth Copland (BA, 2006 and MA, 2002) showed her ceramic vessels in Equipoise Lost at Shift Gallery in February.

We are sad to report the passing of Kirk Adams (BA, 1958) who died in December 25, 2022 at age 89.

Read all alumni news since our last newsletter: February, March, and April.


Contacts

Leo Carmona, Media Relations Specialist, soanews@uw.edu

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