Featured Stories
Director's Notes – June 2021
What a year it has been.
And suddenly the end of the academic year was in sight, heralding graduation time for over 200 of our students who persevered through unimaginable circumstances…
2021 Graduation + Teaching Awards
Six graduate students and four undergraduates were recognized with individual awards during our virtual 2021 Graduation Celebration. Four students also gave short presentations during the ceremony.
Two in 2021 Husky 100
Each year, the University of Washington recognizes 100 students from across all three campuses. Tiffany-Ashton Gatsby (Interdisciplinary Visual Art) and Han Eckelberg (Photo/Media) were both selected for 2021.
2021 Graduate Showcase
The School is pleased to announce the website documenting the work of our graduating graduate students. We are proud of their research and accomplishments. Nine MFA, one MA, one PhD, and four MDes graduates are included.
2021 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. We have a combination of online and in-person exhibitions this year.
Alden Mason Book + Exhibitions
Alden Mason was an alum of the School of Art as well as being faculty here. He also had a successful career as a painter. A new book and three exhibitions celebrate his work and legacy.
Q+A with Kathleen Ash-Milby
Kathleen Ash-Milby received her Art History bachelor's degree in 1991. After receiving an MA and working in New York for over 20 years, she was appointed the Curator of Native American Art at Portland Art Museum in 2019.
Donors: June 2020 – May 2021
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
Graduation Speaker: Jia Jia, Graduate Student
Jia Jia received her Master of Fine Arts degree in 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture in June 2021. She was the graduate student speaker for the School's virtual Graduation Celebration 2021.
Graduation Speaker: Ebrima Jassey, Design
Ebrima Jassey received his Bachelor of Design degree in Visual Communication Design in June 2021. He was the Division of Design's undergraduate speaker for the School's virtual Graduation Celebration 2021.
Graduation Speaker: Alexis Calma, Art History
Alexis Calma received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History in June 2021. She was the Division of Art History's undergraduate speaker for the School's virtual Graduation Celebration 2021.
Graduation Speaker: Lily Stelzer, Art
Lily Stelzer finished her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art in December 2020. She was the Division of Art's undergraduate speaker for the School's virtual Graduation Celebration 2021.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery Stories
Queer Imagination
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery proudly presents a group exhibition curated by Brittney Frantece, recipient of the gallery’s 2021 Curatorial Fellowship for BIPOC Graduate Students. It is on view June 3 through July 8, 2021.
Lux Aeterna
This year-long online research platform and exhibition traces and troubles the currents of technical migration and image circulation. It is curated by Jacob Lawrence Gallery Director + Curator Emily Zimmerman and produced in partnership with Northwest Film Forum.
Other News
Industrial Design Associate Professor Jason O. Germany was part of a team that designed WorldVent Ventilator, which recently won a Core77 award.
If you want to learn more about our new faculty members, read these articles from The Daily: Meichun Liu (Industrial Design), Miriam Chusid (Art History), and Sangram Majumdar (Painting + Drawing).
Studio Matthews, which is led by Visual Communication Design Associate Professor Kristine Matthews, is featured in the July / August 2021 issue of Communication Arts.
Kudos to the Design students who have won funding for their 2021 Seattle Design Festival projects: Sophie Kim for pop-up experience "Dear Friend" and Isabella Ceriale, Isabella Gaule, Sophia Johnson, Peyton Todd, Charmaine Yabut for built installation "Hello World."
Erin Giffin (MA 2012, PhD 2017) will be the 2021–2022 Robert Lehman Fellow at I Tatti in Florence, Italy. She will be working on her monograph titled Translating Space: Replicas of the Holy House of Loreto.
On view now at Whatcom Museum is El Zodíaco Familiar, which features work by George Rodriguez (MFA 2009) in collaboration with 13 other artists; among the group are Christie Tirado (BA 2013) and Gustavo Martinez (MFA 2011). Learn more about Rodriguez in a recent UW Magazine profile.
Adam Kingman (BDes 2014) is one of the makers on season 3 of Making It, an NBC show. He also has a YouTube design drawing playlist worth checking out.
Another Industrial Design alum, Shu Jones (BDes 2017), was recently interviewed by UW Magazine about his creative work and its links to nature.
Did you know that the manager of the UW Visitor Center is an Interdisciplinary Visual Arts alum? Read a bit about Alice Lee (BA 2011) in UW Magazine.
Read all alumni news since our last newsletter: April, May, and June.
Contacts
Merith Bennett, Constituency Relations Officer, mab4@uw.edu
Jeanette Mills, Newsletter Writer/Editor, soanews@uw.edu