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Winter 2020 Newsletter

Featured Stories

Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

As 2019 rolled to a close and ushered in a new decade, the waning weeks of December were filled with joy, not only for completing another energizing quarter of teaching and learning but also for a number of newsworthy announcements, events, and… Read more
Danny Giles lecture in Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Help Us Match $300k Gift

An anonymous alum and passionate supporter of the School has offered to match up to $300,000 in gifts to the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Donations of any amount are welcome. Read more
Juliet Sperling

American Art History

The School is very pleased to announce the hiring of Juliet Sperling for the Kollar Endowed Chair in American Art. Sperling will join the UW faculty in September 2020 as a tenure-track assistant professor. Read more
The Reign of Narcissism by Barbara Bloom

2020 Critical Issues Lecture Series

This 2020 lecture series begins on January 9 and ends on March 12. All lectures are hosted at the Henry Art Gallery. They are free and open to the public. Read more
Meredith Clausen

A Fantastique Parisian Gift

Professor Meredith Clausen: "…Through this gift I’m able to do something for the University and make things easier for others who, like me, want to do research in Paris. It’s what I’ve always wanted to do." Read more
Northwest Coast Art Gallery at Burke Museum

Presenting Art History

Faculty from the Division of Art History regularly present their research at venues around the country and beyond. Several are doing so during this academic year. Read more
Maurice Woods with students

Woods + Inneract Project at 15

While Maurice Woods was a UW graduate student in Design, he created the Inneract Project (IP). We recently spoke with Woods about his early years as a designer, the creation of IP, and its future. Read more
Prepi case and pen

Students Win GRAY Award

Industrial Design students Jack Johnston and Lulu McRoberts won a 2019 GRAY Award for PREPI, a new epinephrine delivery system and accompanying app for people with severe allergies. Read more
Kollar American Art Lecture Reception, spring 2016

Donors: January 2019 – December 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. Read more

Student Voices

Light Again by Khadijah Jordan

Dani Elenga Art Scholarship

The Dani Elenga Art Scholarship is one of the newest scholarships in the School, and it is specifically for Painting + Drawing students. We asked three recent recipients of this scholarship to write about their studies and what the financial support means to them. Read more
Artwork by Heidi Acuna

Transfer Students

The School regularly accepts transfer students who want to study art, art history, or design. We asked three who just finished their first quarter at UW to write about their experience here. Read more
Photo from helicopter by Alex Chen

Alex Chen: Photographer + Videographer

We recently asked Alex Chen to write about the work he has done with C21 in the College of Arts & Sciences plus any other extra-curricular projects. This is what he had to say. Read more

Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Even ghosts have their ghosts by Marisa Williamson

Marisa Williamson: Angel of History

An exhibition in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery that features newly commissioned artwork by Marisa Williamson, the 2020 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident. It opens on January 28 and runs through February 28. Read more
Meany Exhibition 2019

Empathy

Eight students have work on display in the lower lobby of Meany Center for the Performing Arts until mid-June. The exhibition was co-curated by students Elizabeth Calvillo and Raziah Ahmad through their work with the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Read more

Other News

Professor Emerita Patti Warashina has been selected as the 2020 Visionary Award Recipient in conjunction with the Smithsonian Craft Show.

Associate Professor Marek Wieczorek will soon be a NIAS Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and he is working on a curatorial project with the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, Spain.

Professor Emerita Patricia Failing has received a Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant to support her article about Henry Ghent (1926–2009).

Professor Ellen Garvens has work in a two-person exhibition exhibition at the Missoula Art Museum through March 7.

Associate Professor Kristine Matthews, a number of her students, and her Studio Matthews have won awards for their design of the OMA&D 50th Anniversary exhibition: one from Communication Arts in their 2019 competition for environmental design and two from the University & College Designers Association (Award of Excellence for Exhibit/Display Graphics and a Gold Award for Student Classroom Work or Assignments).

Associate Professor Doug Jeck's experience at Pilchuck Glass School last summer is included in a recent American Craft article.

Professor Philip Govedare has a solo exhibition of new paintings at Winston Wächter Fine Art Seattle, which is on view through February 28.

Assistant Professor Whitney Lynn and alum Katie Miller were selected to create temporary artworks for FLOW 2020 in Seattle.

Alum Max Waugh won the black & white category in the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition hosted by the Natural History Museum in London.

Alum W. Scott Trimble has unveiled two new public artworks at the Seattle City Light North Service Center.

We are sad to report that alum Charles "Larry" Heald passed away in early October.

Read all alumni news since our last newsletter: October, November, December, and January.

Contacts

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

Jeanette Mills, Newsletter Writer/Editor, soanews@uw.edu

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