Staff News – John Taylor
Originally posted on 21 Apr 10:
As previously mentioned in SoA News, John Taylor was nominated for a UW Distinguished Staff Award. He was ultimately chosen as one of 5 winners from among 150 nominees. All award winners will be honored at the Awards of Excellence ceremony on 10 June 2010, 3:30-4:30pm, in Meany Hall. A reception will follow the event.
Originally posted on 21 Jan 10:
3D4M Instructional Technician John Taylor has been nominated for a UW Distinguished Staff Award. Students, staff, and faculty are invited to a reception that will honor all nominees on Wednesday, 03 February 2010.
Alumni News – Michael Cepress
Originally posted on 19 Jan 10:
Recognition is growing for the work of Michael Cepress (MFA, 2006). His Studio/Showroom has been nominated for the 2009 Greater Seattle Business Association New Business of the Year Award; he was called a “favorite local designer of 2009” in a nwsource article; and he recently collaborated with Olivier Wevers and his Whim W’Him Dance Company for the premier of 3Seasons.
Faculty News – Curt Labitzke
Originally posted on 19 Jan 10:
Italy is becoming a second home for Curt Labitzke (Associate Professor, Art) because he has led so many study abroad programs there, so it is no surprise that his work was chosen for a show titled Rome as Studio: Visual Arts Faculty from American University Programs. The show is at the Temple University Rome Campus from 26 January through 11 February 2010.
Faculty News – Susan Casteras
Originally posted on 19 Jan 10:
The Tacoma Art Museum is having a lecture series title “Impressions of a Genre” to accompany the exhibit titled The Movement of Impressionism: Europe, America, and the Northwest. The first speaker in the series will be Susan Casteras (Professor, Art History) on Sunday, 07 February 2010, at 1pm. Her lecture is titled “Beyond French Impressionism”.
Faculty News – RRF Awards
Originally posted on 19 Jan 10:
Four SoA faculty have received Royalty Research Fund Awards in the last seven months to support special projects:
Stuart Lingo (Associate Professor, Art History) for “Bronzino’s Bodies: The Fate of Michelangelesque Art in an Age of Reform”
Cynthea Bogel (Associate Professor, Art History) for “The Floating World Across the Disciplines: Japanese Ukiyo-e Print Culture”
Philip Govedare (Professor, Art) for “Prehistoric and Post-Apocalyptic Landscape”
Haicheng Wang (Assistant Professor, Art History) for “Archaeology of Royal Spectacles in Early China”
All were designated as RRF Scholars, which includes a quarter of release time from teaching in order to pursue their research. The award includes funds for the SoA to hire replacement instructors.
Faculty News – John Young
Originally posted on 19 Jan 10:
YouTube has two videos about the work of John Young (Professor, Art). One is about a public art piece he created for the KCLS Federal Way Regional Library in 2009, and the other is the recently posted “Phibian Car Crushed: The Death of an Artwork“.
Image Blog
Originally posted on 08 Jan 10:
Visual Services in the SoA has a blog, titled Simulacrum, where information is posted periodically about the School’s digital image database (soaMDID), ARTstor, image resources on the internet, and other image-related topics. Subscribe to the RSS feed or check back regularly.
Staff News – Sharon Krachunis
Originally posted on 28 Dec 09:
Former staff member Sharon Krachunis passed away on 08 Nov 09 from pancreatic cancer. She worked at the UW from 1963 to 1991. In the School of Art, she was first a program assistant to design and photography, later becoming program coordinator for art history. Photographs of her are on the are on the SoA’s Facebook page (no Facebook account required to view this).
Faculty News – Philip Govedare
Originally posted on 28 Dec 09:
Philip Govedare (Professor, Art) has had work in several shows this quarter. Previously mentioned was his participation in the exhibit Representing Abstraction at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner. That show continues until January 3rd, and it includes two alumni as well. In October, Govedare was part of a group show at The Evergreen Gallery, Evergreen State College, Olympia, titled Landscape Visions. Several alumni and former faculty were also participants. Govedare currently has work in a group show at Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, titled Happy Birthday Francine! Part 1. This show is up until 10 January 2010 and includes alumni and other faculty (current and retired).
Faculty News – Joanne Snow-Smith
Originally posted on 18 Dec 09:
The SoA learned this week that Joanne Snow-Smith (Professor Emeritus, Art History) passed away in mid-October. She received her PhD from University of California/Los Angeles in 1976 and came to the UW in 1981. Snow-Smith’s specialty was Italian Renaissance art. Many former students fondly remember her classes and lectures, which often started with period music. She also led the Art History Seminar in Rome several times; through her contacts at the Vatican, she was once able to arrange a private viewing of the Sistine Chapel for the UW president and his family. Snow-Smith last taught during Autumn Quarter 2006 and retired in spring 2008. During her time at the SoA, she published two books (The Salvator Mundi of Leonardo da Vinci in 1982 and The Primavera of Sandro Botticelli: A Neoplatonic Interpretation in 1993) as well as numerous articles and book chapters. Snow-Smith also shared her wide-ranging research by regularly presenting papers at professional meetings. After leaving Seattle, she lived in Simi Valley, California, and then Kapaa, Hawaii. She is survived by two daughters, two sons, two step-daughters, five grandchildren, and five step-grandchildren. Photographs of her are on the are on the SoA’s Facebook page (no Facebook account required to view this).
