Division of Art

Katherine Munoz-Castano, a first year student pursuing a double major in Art and Cinema + Media Studies and a recipient of the Crabby Beach foundation Art Scholarship, is interviewed about her time at the UW.

Gigi Costello-Montgomery, an Art major, discusses her unique pathway at the UW.

This week at the UW, attend the Kollar Symposium in American Art History: Legacies and Futures, Music of Today: Indigo Mist, and more.

Curt Labitzke, chairman of the Printmaking Program, is featured in this article about his recent work.

Steve Ibsen, who studied art at the University of Washington and created the 'Kitty Cat Dance' meme, now makes crypto art.

Barbara Earl Thomas, who received both her BA and MA in art from the University of Washington, has an exhibition on display at the Seattle Art Museum.

Carley Long, a senior studying art and psychology, and Shiuan Chu, a junior studying art, explain what it is like to learn the art of ceramics at home.

Jack Lenor Larsen (BA, Art, 1949), a textile designer who blended ancient techniques and modern technology to weave fabrics that enlivened postwar American homes and workplaces and in the process became an international presence, died on Tuesday at his home in East Hampton, New York.

George Rodriguez (MFA 3D4M 2009) is one of five artists featured in the 12/11/20 Storytellers episode of the PBS Craft in America series.

Professor Curt Labitzke adpated his popular course for the virtual environment.

Christie Tirado (BA Interdisciplinary Visual Arts 2013) is the subject of a 12/8/20 article on Crosscut.

Mona Lee Locke, UW President Ana Mari Cauce, Seattle Storm co-owner Dawn Trudeau and Seattle fashion designer Luly Yang (BFA, Graphic Design, 1990) comment on hop topics, including masks as a fashion accessory, favorite Halloween costumes, traveling for the holidays and more.

From the University of Washington’s Jacob Lawrence Gallery comes a new exhibit of art created by nine graduate students from the School of Art + Art History +Design. This new exhibit will examine neglected realities, repressed traumas, and invisible contagion through instillations and paintings, to name a few mediums. 

Proving that creativity can flourish in the face of adversity, at least six new art spaces have opened across King County in recent months, despite and in some cases inspired by COVID-19 closures. The works of Luke Armistead and Stefan Gonzales, recent graduates of the Master of Fine Arts program in the UW School of Art, are available for view in socially distanced settings. The work of Gonzales is on display at the UW’s Jacob Lawrence Gallery as part of a residency and is accessible online.

The chair of UW’s Printmaking Program designed a popular new class during the pandemic, stamping out doubt about how effective remote learning can be.