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Director's Notes
As I sat down to write these quarterly notes, I struggled to find the concentration to focus. Given the current state of our world, which has at times been all consuming, it has been a challenge…
2021 Critical Issues Lecture Series
This 2021 lecture series begins on January 15 and ends on March 5. All sessions are hosted online in collaboration with the Henry Art Gallery. They are free and open to the public.
Winter 2021 Part-Time Faculty
The winter quarter 2020 part-time faculty are Andrew Allen, Romson Bustillo, Granite Calimpong, Alex Chang, Fiona Connor, Joe Costello, Stefan Gonzales, Arely Morales, Stephanie Simek, Rafael Soldi, Steven Watson, and Jayme Yen.
Voices+Voids: Reclaiming and Transcoding Our Data as Performance
A November 20 event launched a project website featuring research by Assistant Professors Audrey Desjardins (Interaction Design), Afroditi Psarra (DXARTS), and Bonnie Whiting (Percussion Studies). Discussion was moderated by Emily Zimmerman. Video is available.
2021 MDes Work in Progress
Four Master of Design students are working towards graduation in June 2021. In mid-December, they shared their current thesis work in an online session, and they are now ready to share that further.
Autumn Activities
Autumn quarter is over, but some work lives on digitally. We are pleased to share with you activities that occurred during the past few months within the UW and out in our broader community.
A Snapshot of America, in 18 Portraits
Assistant Professor of Art History Juliet Sperling analyzes 18 pieces of art that tell the tale of American history. Paintings by two alums are included in this University of Washington Magazine article.
In Memoriam – Bill Holm
The School of Art + Art History + Design is sad to announce the passing of Art History Professor Emeritus Bill Holm, expert on Northwest Coast Native art, on December 16, 2020.
Donors: January – December 2020
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.
Q+A with Robert Yoder
Yoder received his MFA in Fiber Arts in 1987. Since then, he has worked on his own art practice, and he became a gallerist when he founded SEASON in 2010. Tela Real, an Instagram-only gallery, is his most recent venture.
Student Voices Stories
Museum Guide Interns
The Henry Art Gallery and the School of Art + Art History + Design have long partnered on educational projects. One of these is the Museum Guide Program and its internship course. Starting in autumn quarter, eight students joined program manager Berette Macaulay for weekly sessions that introduced the students to the work of contemporary art interpretation and community engagement within a museum setting.
Learning Ceramics at Home
Learning ceramics through an online class is a challenge, but it can be done. Read what two students have to say after their autumn quarter classes.
Parnassus Gallery Online
Parnassus, the cafe in the basement of the Art Building, has also served as a gallery for student work and other exhibitions over the years. With the arrival of COVID-19 and the closure of the Art Building, this venue has not been available. A group of enterprising students, with help from two staff members, have come together to create an online version of the Parnassus Gallery.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery Stories
Ilana Harris-Babou: Long Con
Exhibition
November 19, 2020 – January 16, 2021
MONDAY – Volume 5
About
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is pleased to debut the fifth volume of its arts journal, MONDAY. Titled "Angel of History," the issue was guest edited by Marisa Williamson, the 2020 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident and a multidisciplinary artist who makes work about history, race, feminism, and technology. The issue features timely essays, conversations, poems, and images by Williamson as well as artists and writers Billie Lee, Malcolm Peacock, Crystal Z.
Ariel René Jackson: Descendance
COVID-19 Notice
Thirty-minute, no-contact viewing appointments are now available for this exhibition. All visits require a completed health attestation form, and all visitors must wear masks. No more than two individuals are permitted per appointment. Check appointment availability.
Exhibition
January 28 – February 23, 2021
Other News
Associate Professor Marek Wieczorek contributed five essays to Mondrian and De Stijl, an exhibition catalog published by Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, during autumn 2020.
Assistant Professor Rob Rhee is featured in a Frye Art Museum Virtual Visit video in which he has a conversation with Amanda Donnan, the museum's chief curator.
Teaching Professor Timea Tihanyi contributed a photo of her 3D-printed ceramics and text to a book titled Illustrating Mathematics, which was released in the autumn.
Watch a video of Associate Professor Curt Labitzke presenting a sample class, "Printmaking at Home," during the National College Fair in October.
Professor Karen Cheng and two BDes 2020 graduates — Maya Flood and Eli Kahn — worked on a Guide for People Living in Vehicles project, which won a PRINT 2020 Citizen Design Award.
Lane Eagles (MA 2013, PhD 2019) was named as the new associate curator at Bellevue Arts Museum in early December.
Rumi Koshino (BFA 2008, MFA 2010) had a book of photographs, Solo Walks, The First 100 Days, published by RITE Editions in autumn.
Maygha Puri (BDes 2020) has had her Bridge project (a new way to participate in political conversation) shortlisted in the Disrupting category for Interaction Awards 2021.
Christie Tirado (BA 2013) has a print series titled America's Essential Workers, and Crosscut interviewed her about it in December.
Read all the 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