Featured Stories
Director's Notes – January 2024
In this [Winter 2024] Newsletter, our students, staff, faculty, and alumni continue to be fully involved in their passions and actively making a difference for themselves and others.
Art Faculty at Mumbai Gallery Weekend 2024
Sangram Majumbar and Kuldeep Sigh's solo exhibitions are part of the 11th edition of the Mumbai Gallery Weekend in January 2024; featured on Architecture Digest India
2024 MDes Work in Progress
Learn about the progress of the 2024 Master of Design thesis projects by the second-year design graduates.
ARTH 480/533: Museums and Decolonization
UW Students visit Seattle area museums with Art History Professor Bunn-Marcuse. Written by Mariah Ribeiro, graduate student in Art History and student in ARTH 533.
Support the Jacob Lawrence Gallery Endowment
Gifts helps us sustain the growth and cultural impact of our gallery.
Student Stories
The BASEMENT, a new student run online art gallery
A welcome letter from the co-editors; introducing Publication #0 featuring works from the 2023-2024 honors in art cohort and the publication's founding team.
The Power of Storytelling in Art Curation
Art History senior, Elizabeth Xiong, reflects on her experience as a Seattle Art Museum's 2023 Emerging Arts Leader on SAMBlog.
Design Pecha Kucha 2024: Summer and Fall of Design
Watch the 18 brief presentations by design students from across VCD, IxD and ID, about their past Summer and Fall of Design.
Meet the 2023-24 Henry Art Liaisons
Six students at the School of Art + Art History + Design selected for the 2023-2024 Henry Art Liaison Program.
Alumni Stories
Awards for painters to honor the legacy of Alden Mason
The inaugural Alden Mason Foundation Award and the Alden Mason Graduate Fellowship were established to support exceptional artists working in the medium of painting.
Alumni Story: East & West
Featured on UW Magazine: Cheryll Leo-Gwin (BFA 1975, MFA 1977) draws on her history with fabric and jewelry arts in her new Jack Straw exhibit Larger than Life.
Alumni Story: Community Visionary
From canvases in coffee shops to Brooklyn streets, Hoa Hong’s art and impact are far-reaching. Source: UW Magazine
Jacob Lawrence Gallery Stories
2024 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident: Simon Benjamin
Simon Benjamin is a Jamaican multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker based in New York who will be in residence at the University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design from March 24 through April 9, 2024.
Photo Gallery: Reopening Celebration
Thank you to all those who attended the Jacob Lawrence Gallery Reopening Celebration on November 14. It was a wonderful evening celebrating the legacy of Jacob Lawrence, and we were so glad to share it with you.
Berette S Macaulay, Guest Curator for the 2024 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency
Announcing Seattle-based interdisciplinary artist and writer, Berette S Macaulay as the Guest Curator for the 2024 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency.
Portrait celebrates Jacob Lawrence in his namesake gallery
The UW School of Art + Art History + Design unveiled a portrait of Jacob Lawrence created by Seattle-based artist Barbara Earl Thomas (MFA 77). Featured on UW Magazine.
Other News
Photo/Media Professor Rebecca Cummins has been very active on a number fronts including a presentation at ASAP14: The Association for the Art of the Present Conference “Arts of Fugitivity" in Seattle in October. She was also interviewed about her work and featured in two books: Entropia: Coleções Interlocuções and Experimental Engagements in Interdisciplinary Art: An Anthology of Contemporary Practices In Experimental Practices: Encounters across Arts, Sciences and Humanities. An image and mention appeared in Spike Magazine #77.
Visual Communication Design Associate Professor Kristine Matthews has been chosen to be a juror for the Society for Experimental Graphic Design (SEGD) Global Design Awards. Matthews will be joining the rest of the jury in Washington D.C. this March.
Congratulations to Photo/Media alum Jenny Irene Miller (BFA 2013) who made the 2023 Silver List organized by Silver Eye.
Art History Associate Teaching Professor Kolya Rice presented a lecture at Cascadia Art Museum on January 17, 2024 titled "The Triumph of Purism and the Fate of William Mortensen".
Mother Tongue at Sarah Spurgeon Gallery is a two-person exhibition featuring Photo/Media Associate Professor Victor Yañez-Lazcano and artist Rafael Soldi. The exhibition is showing from February 2 through March 9.
Artist Trust has awarded Perri Howard (BFA 1996) with a 2023 Grant For Artist Progress.
The solo exhibition of Eirik Johnson (BFA 97) The Light That Gets Lost was on view at Koplin del Rio Gallery
Yongqi Tang (BA 2019, MFA 2022) is selected as one of 30 contemporary artists for a Fountainhead Residency in 2024 in Miami, FL. She also received a 2023 Grant For Artist Progress from Artist Trust.
In Overburden, Katie Miller (BFA 23) shapes the Vestibule into an installation inspired by mining and mineral extraction, on view through February, 12.
Keepsakes at SHIFT Gallery features alum and current staff Laura Todd (MA 20), alum and former staff Liz Copland (BFA 09, MA 22), and Genny Costin. Exhibition will be on view from February 1 through March 2, Opening Reception on Feb 1, 5-8pm
Contacts
Leo Carmona, Media Relations Specialist, soanews@uw.edu