Tanya Test (BFA 2010) created a “Take Off Your Headphones” stencil as a visualization project for her Visual Communication Design degree. The stencil was eventually seen on the UW Design Show 2010 website by a New York City designer, Julie Goodman, who found a way to contact Test. Goodman asked permission to use the stencil. She then adapted it for an event related to the National Day of Unplugging that was being promoted by Reboot and Sabbath Manifesto. You can see both designs below.
Students from Photomedia Professor Ellen Garvens‘ Art 342 class (Contemporary Issues in Photography) have chosen pairs of images to display in the Reed Collection Study Center of the Henry Art Gallery. The final presentations by the students of this project is 6-8pm on Thursday, 10 March 2011, and it is open to the public. You can RSVP on the Facebook event page.
This year, Susie Lee (MFA 2006) has topped receiving the 2010 Stranger Genius Award in Visual Art by being chosen as one of seven winners of the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards at the Portland Art Museum. This select group will be featured in a show at the museum in June 2011, and one of them will be given the Arlene Schnitzer Prize. There were two other School of Art alumni among the 29 finalists for the award: Jaq Chartier (MFA 1994) and Isaac Layman (BFA 2003).
Lee has also been recently appointed as a member of the 4Culture Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC). She and another new PAAC member are replacing two School of Art alumnae who have completed terms: Mary Ann Peters (MFA 1977) and Jennifer Dixon (MFA 1997). Another School of Art alumna is still on the PAAC: Claudia Fitch (BFA 1975).
Berger in “ink + jet” at Rock|DeMent
Photomedia Professor Paul Berger has work in ink + jet = a digital print show at Rock|DeMent in the Seattle Pioneer Square area. On the show’s webpage it says, “The digital print process has long given way to the voice of the artist. Owners Stephen Rock and Nichole DeMent have been privileged to work with numerous artists over the past decade through their involvement with digital printmaking at Rock’s Studio, a Seattle-based digital print service for artists by artists.” The show runs through 26 March 2011; the space is open noon to 5pm on Saturdays or by appointment.
Opening on Friday, 04 March 2011, from 6-8:30pm is (Be)Longing: Apprehensions and Opportunity at the Cultural Crossroads hosted by the Kirkland Arts Center. Painting + Drawing Professor Zhi Lin is in the exhibition as are two alumnae: Jana Brevick (MFA 1999) and Saya Moriyasu (BFA 1991). Moriyasu and some of the other artists from the show will speak at the Henry Art Gallery on Thursday, 17 March 2011, at 7pm.
George Rodriguez (MFA 2009) is currently a resident artist at Pottery Northwest. This Friday, 04 March 2011, at 7pm, he will give a lecture there about his experience as a Bonderman Graduate Fellow. After graduation, he was able to use this generous fellowship to travel alone for at least eight months. Fellows must visit a minimum of six countries in two or more world regions. During his time on the road, Rodriguez visited 26 countries. Among the countries he saw were Chile, Argentina, Peru, Japan, China, Korea, and much of Eastern Europe. In addition to images of his travels, he will also talk about his work before and after this life-changing experience.
Opening Thursday, 03 March 2011, from 6-8pm, is an exhibit curated by Art Division Professor Layne Goldsmith. The show’s title is A Pattern of Warmth: Artists Rugs and Related Works, and it is at Gallery I|M|A in Seattle. Goldsmith has work in the show as do several alumni: Koren Christofides (BA 1975, BFA 1982, MFA 1984), Alan Corkery Hahn (MFA 2000), Rock Hushka (BA/BFA 1991), Joonwon Lee (MFA 2008), and Deborah Mersky (MFA 2008). The show remains open through 02 April 2011; normal hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10:30am-5:30pm, and Sunday, 12-5pm.
Michael Knutson (BFA 1972) will speak on Thursday, 03 March 2011, at 5:30pm in Art 317 about his recent paintings. He received an MFA from Yale University School of Art, and he is currently teaching painting, drawing, and printmaking as a Professor of Art at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Knutson’s work has been exhibited nationally in numerous solo and group exhibitions, and it has been included in publications such as Artweek, The Oregonian, and The New York Times. He is represented by both the Blackfish Gallery in Portland, Oregon, and by Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle. Knutson is a recipient of the Betty Bowen Memorial Special Recognition Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant, and an Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship. He has twice been selected for the Juror’s Award at the Oregon Biennial.
Wednesday evening, 02 March 2011, from 5-8pm is the opening of Show and Tell: Objectivity in the Main Gallery at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. Faculty and staff at Cornish were invited to choose artworks for inclusion in the show. Several School of Art alumni are part of the faculty and staff there: Cable Griffith (MFA 2002), Rob Lutz (BA 1994), Kathleen Rabel (BA 1970, MFA 1985), Kristen Ramirez (MFA 2004), and Ruth Tomlinson (MFA 1990). The works they chose include examples by 3D4M Assistant Professor Mark Zirpel and several additional alumni: Eroyn Franklin (BFA 2006), Victoria Haven (BFA 1989), Jim Rittimann (MFA 1985), Whiting Tennis (BFA 1984), and William Turner (MFA 1973). One unusual part of the opening is that each selector will have 3-5 minutes to talk about the artwork they chose. The show will continue through 30 March 2011.
Shayla Alarie finished her Art History MA in December 2010, and she is already Director of the Antique Print Department at Davidson Galleries in Pioneer Square, Seattle. This position was previously held by Emily Pothast (MFA 2005). Pothast left to pursue her art and music; she has a blog titled “translinguistic other.”
