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September 15, 2017
Visitors to Meany Hall for the Performing Arts will soon encounter a new piece of art when they attend an upcoming performance. Walking through the lobby, patrons will be greeted by a 20 foot wide, 8 foot tall original artwork by one of the most influential American artists of the... Read More
July 28, 2017
A new exhibition featuring UW art professor Zhi Lin at the Tacoma Art Museum focuses on a time in history when U.S. society rejected immigrants. seattletimes.com
July 19, 2017
An interactive recycling and composting station designed by a UW team will move to the HUB this summer. Read More
June 12, 2017
June 7, 2017
Four graduate students are receiving the A&S Graduate Medal along with their PhDs. Read More
May 2, 2017
Zhi Lin has done extensive research on Chinese immigrants for his artworks, on view at the Tacoma Art Museum in June. Read More
March 21, 2017
Assistant Professor of Art History and Curator of Northwest Native American Art at the Burke Museum, Kathyrn Bunn-Marcuse, offered some choice words on cultural appropriation of native art. kuow.org
March 21, 2017
Through an NSF grant, scientist Jennifer Nemhauser is hosting three artists in her UW Biology lab over three years. Read More
March 8, 2017
UW School of Art faculty member Akio Takamori, a renowned local ceramics artist, completed his final body of work just a day before dying from pancreatic cancer. nwasianweekly.com
January 31, 2017
Susie Lee's (MFA, 2006) desire to make art accessible to more people led to Siren, an award-winning online dating app. Read More
January 26, 2017
A new exhibit at Seattle Art Museum features the work of iconic 20th-century painter and former University of Washington professor Jacob Lawrence. king5.com
January 18, 2017
During a celebration of her work, the term "incremental heroism" was used to describe the career of Beth Sellars, now the namesake of the biennial Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award (AFALA) vanguardseattle.com
January 12, 2017
Akio Takamori, professor emeritus of art at the UW, died of cancer on Wednesday night. thestranger.com
January 3, 2017
The School of Art + Art History + Design is pleased to announce that Emily Zimmerman is our new Director of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Read More
December 15, 2016
Mary and Allan Kollar have combined their passions for writing and art through a graduate fellowship that honors both disciplines. Read More