Alumni News: Callie Neylan
Callie Neylan (MFA 2006) has started a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Graphic Design at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). Neylan previously worked as a Senior Interaction Designer at National Public Radio, where she was one of the lead designers responsible for the redesign of the NPR website, and she was the art director for the development of an iPhone app. She has also been a guest faculty member in Graphic Design at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).
Artist Trust Awards!
The two recipients of the first ever Arts Innovator Award from Artist Trust are both graduates of the School of Art: Leo Berk (MFA 1999) and Margie Livingston (MFA 1999). This is now the largest grant available to an individual artist in Washington State.
Artist Trust also announced this week its 2010 Grants for Artist Projects (GAP). Two faculty and several alumni received these awards: Chris Engman (BFA 2003), Eroyn Franklin (BFA 2006), Noah Grussgott (BFA 2008), Zhi Lin (Professor, Art), Yuki Nakamura (MFA 1997), Nicholas Nyland (BFA 1999), Nicki Sucec (MFA 2008), Mark Zirpel (Assistant Professor, Art), and Jennifer Zwick (BFA 2004).
Congratulations to everyone!
The School of Art Design Division has begun a search for a new Interaction Design faculty person to begin teaching in September 2011. The full job description is available online.
Come to room 317 in the Art Building at 4:30pm on Thursday, 14 October, to learn about the Spring Quarter 2011 Art History Seminar in Rome and have your questions answered. A flyer and map links are on the Google Calendar.
Mark your calendar for Wednesday, 10 November 2010, at 7pm. To accompany the Picasso exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum, the School of Art Division of Art History and the UW Simpson Center for the Humanities are hosting a free lecture by Richard Kendall titled “Picasso Looks at Degas: Homage, Mockery or Theft?” More information about Kendall and the lecture is available on our Google Calendar.
This Satuday, 09 October, starting at 1pm, there will be a free seminar on safely working with chemicals when creating art plus information on proper storage and disposal of these chemicals. It will take place in room 003 of the Art Building. This is part of the Art Hazards Project from the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program of King County, and it is jointly sponsored by Seattle Print Arts and the UW School of Art. More information (including a flyer) may be found by clicking on the calendar item on our Events Page.
Student News: Gayle Clemans
In November 2009, Princeton Architectural Press published The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography. The author is Katharine Harmon, but the essays were all written by our own Gayle Clemans, a PhD Candidate (or PhC) in Art History. Clemans is also a regular writer of exhibit reviews in local publications. A paperback edition of the book will be released in October 2010.
Upcoming Design exhibits
Two Design Division exhibits will run from 13 October through 30 October. One is titled The Humanization of Flight: Teague + UW ID and the other is Annabelle Gould, Visual Communication Design. The Teague exhibit has a reception on the evening of 12 October while Professor Gould’s exhibit reception will be after her lecture on the evening of 19 October. 
More information may be found by clicking on the calendar items on our Events page.
Fulgencio Lazo show closing Saturday
Don’t forget that the Fulgencio Lazo show at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery closes on Saturday at 4pm. Find full information by clicking the calendar item on our Events page.
UW Rome Center at 25
Anyone who has ever had contact with the University of Washington Rome Center should attend this event. On Sunday evening, 17 October 2010, there will be a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the center. It will take place at the Seattle Art Museum, and advance registration (by October 11th) is required. General admission is $25; patron and benefactor level tickets are available. Full information and registration is online. You can also register by phone at 206-543-0540.
