Student News – Peter Nelson
Originally posted on 13 Oct 09:
MFA student Peter Nelson received recognition in a Seattle Times article about his exhibit at Gallery4Culture, Seattle, which runs through October 30, 2009. [Nelson graduated in June 2010.]
Exhibit at BAM – Robert Sperry
Originally posted on 07 Oct 09:
The late Robert Sperry (MFA, 1955; Professor, Art) is being featured in a retrospective exhibition at Bellevue Arts Museum titled Robert Sperry: Bright Abyss. The show runs from 10 October 2009 through 31 January 2010. There is a film series associated with the exhibit.
Faculty News – Asia in Focus
Originally posted on 30 Sep 09:
The Seattle Asian Art Museum is hosting the Saturday University Lecture Series this fall. The series theme is Asia in Focus, and it includes three lectures each on India, China, and Japan. The series starts on October 3rd at 9:30am. Three SoA faculty are lecturing for the series: Sonal Khullar, Haicheng Wang, and Cynthea Bogel.
Special note: UW students with ID may receive complimentary admission at the door on a first come, first served basis.
Alumni News – Barbara Brotherton
Originally posted on 03 Mar 10:
Curator of Native American Art at the Seattle Art Museum, Barbara Brotherton (PhD 1994), gave a sold-out lecture on 03 February 2010 titled “Vampires, Werewolves and Quileute Art”. The lecture introduced Quileute culture and art, partially in preparation for an August 2010 exhibit, and raised questions about media appropriation of Native people. The Quileute have been forced into the media spotlight by the Twilight series of books. [Update on 03 Sep 10: Behind the Scenes: The Real Story of the Quileute Wolves is on display at the Seattle Art Museum until August 2011.]
Originally posted on 24 Sep 09:
Barbara Brotherton (PhD, 1994) edited S’abadeb, The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists, which has recently been chosen to receive the 2009 Washington State Book Award in the general non-fiction category.
Exhibit – Window Art Project
Originally posted on 22 Sep 09:
Many SoA alumni and friends are part of The Window Art Project, in Madison Park, Seattle, which was organized by MadArt. It runs through 04 October 2009. The seven alums are:
Stefanie Ashby (BFA, 2004)
Zack Bent (MFA, 2008)
Evan Blackwell (MFA, 2008)
Julia Freeman (MFA, 2007)
Ben Hirschkoff (MFA, 2006)
George Rodriguez (MFA, 2009)
Kinu Watanabe (MFA, 2008)
Another alumna and current Art History PhC, Gayle Clemans (MA, 2001), wrote an article about the exhibit in the Seattle Times.
Originally posted on 08 Sep 09:
Roger Shimomura (BFA, 1961) has a show opening at the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle. The exhibit is titled Yellow Terror: The Collections and Paintings of Roger Shimomura, and it runs from 11 September 2009 through 18 April 2010. More information is available on the museum’s website. [URL updated on 03 Sep 10.]
Originally posted on 03 Sep 09:
Thirteen SoA alums received Artist Trust GAP (Grants for Artist Projects) awards this summer in the Visual Arts category:
Julie Alpert (MFA, 2008)
Alicia Basinger (MFA, 2008)
Lanny Bergner (BFA, 1983)
Nicholas Brown (BFA, 1990)
Claire Cowie (MFA, 1999)
Molly Epstein (MFA, 2008)
Andrew Fallat (MFA, 2007)
Allison Manch (MFA, 2004)
Anne Mathern (BFA, 2004)
Samantha Scherer (MFA, 1997)
Katy Stone (MFA, 1994)
Kinu Watanabe (MFA, 2008)
Laura Wright (MFA, 2004)
Information about the artists is available on the Artist Trust website.
Exhibit at Wing Luke – Parallel Lines
Originally posted on 03 Sep 09:
Alumni News – Francis Luu
Originally posted on 27 Aug 09:
Adobe received 3243 entries for the ADAA this year. Of these, two School of Art projects created by students who who graduated in June were given special notice:
category: Installation Design
project: The WANT Store
leader: Francis Luu
members: Donica Ida, Terry Liu, Ivy Sa
designated: Finalist
category: Non-Browser Based Design
project: UW Campus Experience
leader: Francis Luu
designated: Honorable Mention
The ADAA winner will be presented at the ICOGRADA World Design Congress in Beijing during October 2009. Francis Luu will be attending to represent the team that was designated as Finalists.
SoA benefits from UW STF grants
Originally posted on 17 Aug 09:
The School of Art is once again benefiting from grants awarded by the UW Student Technology Fee Committee. Five School of Art proposals were funded for a grand total of $113,172. All Student Technology Fee grants must support the purchase of equipment and/or resources that students can use or from which they directly benefit. To see the complete descriptions of the funded grants, go to this webpage, click on the first “Art, School of” link in the right column, and scroll to the bottom.
