Featured Stories
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.
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.
Sand Point Open House
Explore the private studios of the MFA students and faculty in Painting + Drawing at Sand Point Studios + Gallery.
2023 MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition
The graduation exhibition for students receiving master's degrees from the Division of Art and Division of Design.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Alumni Stories
The Art of Founders Hall
The newest building on the UW campus also functions as a de facto gallery, exhibiting several stirring works by Northwest masters.
Accessible Art History
Analisa Soverns-Reed (BA, Art History, 2013) shares her journey to becoming an art history educator and starting her passion project, Accessible Art History. Through a mixture of podcast, Youtube videos and social media content, Analisa aims to make art history learning fun and reachable to history lovers from all walks of life.
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. Jones now has his dream job at Titmouse, an animation production company.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery Stories
2023 Graduation Exhibitions
Each year the School proudly celebrates graduating Art and Design students — both undergraduate and graduate — 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.
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. Read in the link below.
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