Director Notes
Greetings from the School of Art + Art History + Design. Winter quarter is in full swing here on campus and students are braving the elements to focus on ideating, writing, drawing, experimenting, prototyping, and making. Most days still feel cold and gloomy so the tendency is to want to stay in bed and sleep until spring. Despite living in Seattle for over 20 years, I concur with that sentiment! But on we must go, and the gift of a deadline can be a powerful motivator.
Speaking of deadlines, our new School website will launch at the end of February. The site will improve the user experience, feature more time-sensitive information, and highlight student and faculty research in the top-level menu. It will also strengthen our connection to the College of Art & Sciences and the University by better aligning with the UW brand.
We hope you will join us for some exciting programming in the School in the coming weeks. Of particular note is artists & poets which opened in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery last Thursday, and the Kollar Lecture on American Art on February 27 in the Intellectual House.
Despite the bustle of activity here, we are cognizant of the rapidly shifting federal policies that will affect students, staff, and faculty in the School and across campus. If you are interested, the Provost has a website with up-to-date information including institutional resources.
In addition, President Cauce maintains a blog with resources on how to navigate the uncertainty that comes with rapid change. Recent posts cover efforts by UW to protect research and reiterate the university’s mission and values.
The School of Art + Art History + Design is committed to providing our students, staff, and faculty with a safe, supportive environment where everyone can learn and thrive.
We hope you are all well,
Annabelle Gould
Director
Professor, Visual Communication Design
Wyckoff Milliman Endowed Chair in Art
School of Art + Art History + Design
Featured Stories
Collaborative Design
Every quarter design students engage in collaborative projects through valuable partnerships with peers, alumni, and businesses. This story highlights four collaborations from Autumn 2024.
Tanya Sheehan is the 2025 Kollar Lecturer in American Art
Sheehan's lecture on Jacob Lawrence's Harlem Hospital murals is happening on February 27, 6 pm in UW's Intellectual House.
Photo/Media + New Genres
The MFA in Photo/Media is renamed and expanded to MFA in New Genres to more accurately reflect the work the program emphasizes.
You Discover You're on Camera. Now What?
A growing number of people use surveillance cameras inside their homes. Associate Professor of Interaction Design James Pierce explores how others spending time in the home are affected.
Student Voices Stories
MFA student Kyler Pahang has been featured in three publications
Second-year Painting + Drawing graduate student, Kyler Pahang, is featured in three publications: Seattle Times, NW Asian Weekly and
Alumni Stories
BDes 2024 grad designed Arcade's latest print journal
Visual Communication Design alum Natalie O’Rourke (BDes 2024) was the guest designer ARCADE’s latest print journal. Issue 41.2: Collaboration was launched on November 22nd.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery Stories
artists & poets
SEATTLE, WA – The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is pleased to announce their next curated exhibition artists & poets, on view from February 13 through April 19.
Other News
Associate Professor of Industrial Design Jason Germany's collaborations result in NSF and CoMotion grants. Germany is co-principal investigator for the two research projects being awarded.
Associate Professor and Chair of 3D4M Michael Swaine was the Merwin Conservancy Artist in Residence for September 2024, in collaboration with Archie Wessells. This video by Pacific Story Tellers on The Merwin Conservancy's website highlights Swaine's and Wessells' residency reflections.
Congratulations to Professor of Photo/Media + New Genres Rebecca Cummins, who is part of the group exhibition Engaging the Margins, co-curated by Antoinette LaFarge and Jesse Colin Jackson at UC Irvine Beall Center. Dr. Cummins also completed a residency at UC Irvine during the exhibition's opening week in January. The exhibition is on view through April 29, 2025.
MDes student Lisa Bambach is showing her object-based sculpture project developed in autumn, titled "relics of communal memory", in Concourse A at Seatac Airport. The piece is displayed next to two 3D4M MFA students for 3–6 months starting in January 2025.
Professor of Painting + Drawing Zhi Lin is one of the artists featured in The Other Side of The Tracks, a group exhibition curated by Jorge Rojas at 516 ARTS—Contemporary Art Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The exhibition was on view November 9, 2024 – February 8, 2025.
Professor of Interdisciplinary Visual Art Timea Tihanyi is featured in MoNA Ceramic Invitational 2025: Build Me Up, Tear Me Down, Why Don’t You Love Me Babe Like There’s No One Around?, curated by Stefano Catalani. The exhibition is on view through May 11th and a VR and percussion performance is happening on April 19th. Tihanyi recently had an artist talk at The Shop in Seattle hosted by LMN Architects and has an upcoming talk at Kirkland Arts Center on February 21st.
This winter, Art History PhD candidate Or Vallah is presenting aspects of her dissertation (Dis)ability and the Making of the Early Modern Artist in two conferences. In February, she will present at the CAA in New York in the panel "Body As Surface (Landscape)" and at the RSA in Boston in the panel "Changing Bodies and Subjects in Early Modernity" in March.
Emily Gherard (MFA 2004) is a 2024 recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, which awards winning artists with an unrestricted grant to produce new work.
Peter Millet’s (MFA 1975) first museum survey, Built Forms, features artworks from Northwest private and museum collections in a review of the artist’s expansive body of work. The exhibition was on view at the Museum of Northwest Art from October 12 through January 12, 2025, and was accompanied by a major catalog.
Miha Sarani's (BA 2015, MA 2019) exhibit of select work, Art Matters, is on view through March at the UW Tower.
Contacts
Leo Carmona, Media Relations Specialist, soanews@uw.edu