Chair, 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture Associate Professor, 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture Jack and Grace Pruzan Endowed Faculty Fellow ART 324swaine@uw.eduFields of Interest 3D4M (Three-Dimensional Forum) Ceramics Background and ExperienceSummaryEducationMA, College of Environmental Design, University of California at BerkeleyBFA, Ceramics, Alfred UniversitySwaine was originally trained as a ceramicist, but he works in a variety of materials, methods, and media and has had a long-time focus on collaborative work — in particular with Future Farmers. He has participated in exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico; The Guggenheim, New York; among others. His Free Mending Library received notice on CBS Nightly News (video) in May 2015, and it won him a Jefferson Award for Public Service (video) in San Francisco two months later. Swaine began teaching at the University of Washington in 2015. His most recent prior teaching was at California College of the Arts and Mills College. Research + Creative Work Michael Swaine with Futurefarmers, installation view from Futurefarmers: Out Of Place, In Place, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, 2018 Michael Swaine with Futurefarmers, installation view from Futurefarmers: Out Of Place, In Place, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, 2018 Michael Swaine with Futurefarmers, installation view from Futurefarmers: Arrange, Hunter East Harlem Gallery, 2017–2018 Selected Publications + Projects Michael Swaine with Amy Franceschini / Futurefarmers. For Want of a Nail. Distributed by The MIT Press (Cambridge, MA) for no place press, 2019. Read more Michael Swaine. Artwork exhibited in Futurefarmers: Out Of Place, In Place. Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco, California. April 20 – August 12, 2018. Read more Michael Swaine. Artwork exhibited in Futurefarmers: Arrange. Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York, New York. October 4, 2017 – February 4, 2018. Read more Michael Swaine with Futurefarmers. A Variation on Powers of Ten. Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2012. Read more Michael Swaine with Amy Franceschini. Erratum: Brief Interruptions in the Waste Stream. San Francisco Center for the Book, 2010. Read more Courses Taught Autumn 2024 ART 360 C: Topics in Studio Art and Practice ART 553 A: 3D4M Grad Studio Summer 2024 Full-term ART 253 A: Introduction to 3D4M: Ceramics ART 253 B: Introduction to 3D4M: Ceramics Spring 2024 ART 360 A: Topics in Studio Art and Practice ART 553 A: 3D4M Grad Studio Winter 2024 ART 233 A: Introduction to 3D4M: Glass Autumn 2023 ART 253 C: Introduction to 3D4M: Ceramics ART 553 A: 3D4M Grad Studio Spring 2023 ART 353 A: Intermediate Ceramic Art ART 360 A: Topics in Studio Art and Practice Winter 2023 ART 272 A: Introduction to 3D4M: Sculpture Autumn 2022 ART 131 B: Alternative Approaches to Art and Design ART 480 A: Cross-Disciplinary Honors in Art ART 553 A: 3D4M Grad Studio ART 600 A: Independent Study or Research Spring 2022 ART 272 A: Introduction to 3D4M: Sculpture Winter 2022 ART 253 A: Introduction to 3D4M: Ceramics ART 353 A: Intermediate Ceramic Art ART 453 A: 3D4M Senior Studio ART 553 A: 3D4M Grad Studio Autumn 2021 ART 131 A: Alternative Approaches to Art and Design ART 272 B: Introduction to 3D4M: Sculpture ART 553 A: 3D4M Grad Studio Spring 2021 ART 253 B: Introduction to 3D4M: Ceramics ART 353 A: Intermediate Ceramic Art Winter 2021 ART 453 A: 3D4M Senior Studio Autumn 2020 ART 253 B: Introduction to 3D4M: Ceramics ART 272 C: Introduction to 3D4M: Sculpture Spring 2020 ART 372 A: Intermediate Approaches to Sculpture ART 453 A: 3D4M Senior Studio Autumn 2019 ART 131 A: Alternative Approaches to Art and Design ART 353 A: Intermediate Ceramic Art ART 553 A: 3D4M Grad Studio Winter 2019 ART 253 B: Introduction to 3D4M: Ceramics ART 453 A: 3D4M Senior Studio Autumn 2018 ART 480 A: Cross-Disciplinary Honors in Art ART 553 A: 3D4M Grad Studio Winter 2018 ART 272 A: Introduction to 3D4M: Sculpture ART 353 A: Intermediate Ceramic Art Autumn 2017 ART 253 B: Introduction To 3D4M: Ceramics ART 553 A: 3D4M Grad Studio Spring 2017 ART 273 A: Introduction To 3D4M: Wood And Metal ART 353 A: Intermediate Ceramic Art Winter 2017 ART 272 B: Introduction To 3D4M: Sculpture Autumn 2016 ART 453 A: 3D4M Senior Studio ART 590 A: Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar In Contemporary Practices Spring 2016 ART 272 A: Introduction To 3D4M: Sculpture ART 353 A: Intermediate Ceramic Art Winter 2016 ART 353 A: Intermediate Ceramic Art ART 553 A: 3D4M Grad Studio Autumn 2015 ART 134 B: Concepts In Three-Dimensional Art ART 453 A: 3D4M Senior Studio Related News Related News Out in the elements, for art Feb 24, 2021 Sang-gyeun Ahn | Flint Jamison | Michael Swaine Sep 28, 2020 The classroom is full of life’: How one studio art professor is adapting to Zoom and connecting his students Apr 16, 2020 Support for Faculty Projects Apr 9, 2020 RRF Scholar Award for Swaine Sep 30, 2019 2019 Undergraduate Research Symposium May 10, 2019 For Want of a Nail Apr 7, 2019 President's Office Features Faculty Work Dec 5, 2016 New School Website Sep 13, 2016 Take a Professor to Lunch Sep 13, 2016 Multiplying Mediums Jun 20, 2016 2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium May 16, 2016 New Faculty Activities Apr 10, 2016 Directions for a cloud-crowd Mar 28, 2016 Socially Engaged Art in Japan Nov 3, 2015 Faculty Hires in 2015 Jun 3, 2015