SoA Alums Among 2012 CityArtists @UWalum
The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs yesterday announced $156,000 in awards to forty-five individual artists for the 2012 CityArtist Projects. Among those artists are seven School of Art alumni (list below). More information about their projects and links to artist websites are available online.
Zack Bent (MFA 2008)
Mandy Greer (MFA 1999)
Gail Grinnell (BFA 1988)
Victoria Haven (BFA 1989)
Margie Livingston (MFA 1999)
Tivon Rice (MFA 2006)
Nicki Sucec (MFA 2008)
On Thursday, 01 March 2012, from 3:30-7:00pm in room 003 of the Art Building, join the nine Art History undergraduates who have completed their honors requirements and will present papers based on their research. Topics will include Carl Balth, Viollet-le-Duc, graffiti and street art, Abelardo Morell, Bellini and Orientalism, analog and digital videos, Victorian jewelry, Hollywood’s Pollock biopic, and Michelangelo’s Florentine Pietá.
In order to qualify for honors in Art History, these nine students have maintained a minimum 3.50 GPA in Art History course work, worked closely with faculty to develop research topics, completed two 20-page research papers, and participated in a graduate student seminar.
Congratulations to Alexa Anderson, Lena Hart Bundy , Alice (Dabney) Donigan, Levi Higgs, Natalie Karbelnig, Piper Milton, Kaitlin Nowlin, Natalie Raciborski, and Mairi Snow.
Refreshments will be served, and there will be a 30-minute break in the middle of the event.
Clausen Lectures in Italy + CBD
During Autumn Quarter 2011, Art History Professor Meredith Clausen traveled to Italy to present two lectures. One presentation took place at the Universita Politecnica della Marche in Ancona, and it was titled “Pietro Belluschi: Classical Values and a Sense of Place.” This was part of a tribute to Belluschi and the event was held in a building that Belluschi designed. The other lecture was titled “Big Buildings, Loved or Loathed: The Critical Response,” and it was at Politecnico di Torino. More recently, several of Clausen’s images were requested by Phaidon for a new edition of one of their architectural atlases. They had found the images through the Cities and Buildings Database.
Winter IVA Senior Show @UW @UWArtSci
Opening Friday, 24 February 2012, at 6pm in the Sandpoint Gallery is the Senior Show for Interdisciplinary Visual Arts students in Winter Quarter’s capstone class taught by Associate Professor Curt Labitzke. Participating students are Rebekka Dunlap, Christopher Ferris, Miguel C. Hansen, Charlotte Harper, Casey Hart, Toto Hu, Michelle Huh, Angela Jaquith, Peter Kim, Sarah Kuether, Nina Lascano, Quynh K. Le, Jiyeon Lee, Lilly Marchuk, Jessica Mathisen, Kali Meyer, Huyah Tan Nguyen, Jeanie Richardson, Jeffrey Sabourin, Loren Taylor, Alicia Wimmer, and Hannah Yu. In addition to the opening reception, the exhibition will be available for viewing on Feb 25+26 and Mar 3+4 from noon to 4pm on each of those days. A map showing the location of the gallery in relation to other School of Art facilities is linked above.
Cole Benson (MFA 2011) submitted his “Identity for the ACM CHI2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems” work for the Print magazine competition and came out a winner. Associate Professor Annabelle Gould was his mentor on the project, and Derek Chan (BFA 2011) collaborated with Benson. Sophie Milton (BFA 2011) submitted her posters for the UW School of Drama’s 2010-2011 season and also won. Gould was her adviser as well.
Morka Fast Tracked @UW
Agata Morka completed her Art History PhD in 2011. She may have set a speed record for this endeavor since she started at the UW in 2007. Originally from Poland, Morka had received master’s degrees in Art History (Poland) and Culture Management (France) before coming to the United States. She also developed excellent language skills, with fluency in Polish, English, and French; intermediate knowledge of Russian; and reading knowledge of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. While here, she was supported by a Fulbright Grant, a Graduate School Fritz Fellowship for International Study and Exchange, and a Graduate School Presidential Dissertation Fellowship. She was a teaching assistant six times, with experience in each of the three Western art survey classes. She has a chapter, “Brief Encounters and Lasting Impressions: Contemporary Train Station Architecture,” in a recently-released book titled Trains, Culture, and Mobility: Riding the Rails. Morka returned to Poland after graduating and did freelance work until landing a position as a Publishing Executive at Versita, a scholarly publisher. She is working on a project involving Open Access scholarly monographs.
The 3D4M faculty–Doug Jeck, Amie McNeel, Akio Takamori, Jamie Walker, and Mark Zirpel–have a group show opening at Traver Gallery, Seattle, on Thursday, 16 February 2012, from 5-8pm. The exhibition will remain up through 01 April 2012.
Cheng Hosts Porchez
Design Associate Professor Karen Cheng is one of three UW professors who are this week hosting the visit of highly respected French type designer Jean François Porchez. While here, he will give two public lectures, present a type design workshop for Design Division students, visit UW classes, and make trips to selected local design firms. Additional information about all events is on a Simpson Center for the Humanities webpage; the Simpson Center provided funding for Porchez’s visit.
Update: Porchez’s workshop in Cheng’s class was highlighted in a UW Today article on 17 February 2012, and the article has been featured on the University of Washington homepage.
Scholarships for Scholars takes place on Tuesday, 07 February 2012, from 6:00-8:30pm. Over the last 11 years, S4S has raised more than $250,000 to help support 42 graduate students. Event tickets are just $30, which includes a unique, handmade cup of your choice, dinner, beverages, music, and parking. The evening also involves multiple activities: raffle drawing, silent auction, studio tours, and two exhibits of student work (1st year graduate students and a juried selection from undergraduates). This year’s grand raffle prize is an original suite of five heads created by Professors Doug Jeck, Amie McNeel, Akio Takamori, Jamie Walker, and Mark Zirpel. 3D4M faculty, staff, and 2nd year graduate students will have work featured in the silent auction along with work from alumni and friends.
Please note: online sales of event and raffle tickets will continue through Sunday, 05 February 2012, at 11:59pm. After that, tickets must be purchased at the event.
Four of the five study abroad programs offered by the School of Art this summer and early fall are still accepting applications. These programs offer fabulous opportunities to learn about art and culture, and they are open to UW students outside the SoA. Check our calendar for upcoming information sessions, or contact the trip leaders. Their information, full program descriptions, and applications can be found at the links below.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: 18 June – 17 August 2012; deadline 15 February 2012
Kyoto, Japan: 20 June – 20 July 2012; deadline 01 March 2012
Florence, Italy: 20 August – 18 September 2012; deadline 01 March 2012
London, England: 22 August – 15 September 2012; deadline 01 March 2012
