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Crocker's Jacob Lawrence show celebrates black history and the dignity of labor
If ever a show deserved a rave review, it's the Crocker Art Museum's "History, Labor, Life: The Prints of Jacob Lawrence." Lawrence was a professor of painting at the UW.
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Cool Courses in the Arts, Spring Quarter 2019
Need to fulfill your VLPA credits? These courses are sure to transform and inspire you!
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In Seattle galleries, art meets climate change
The work of alumni Eirik Johnson, Kristen Ramirez, and Margie Livingston, share the common thread of the natural environment and humans' relation to it in galleries throughout Seattle.
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Whitewashing: Seattle artist calls attention to censored history in series on WWII war crimes
Miha Sarani (BFA, 2015), an art history graduate, began the project after seeing news of the white nationalist march in Virgina and the lack of condemnation of white supremacy that followed.
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Playing with Fire
With ingenuity and perseverance, faculty and staff built the UW glass program one kiln at a time.
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Seattle to take closer look at public art to make sure it's culturally appropriate
Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, Assistant Professor of Art History, explains that there's no history of towering monumental poles being made by the Salish and other Puget Sound region tribes.
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The Sara Little Turnbull Foundation awards $200,000 to benefit University of Washington Design Students
The University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences and the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity (OMA&D) announced that the Sara Little Turnbull Foundation has made a $200,000 gift to benefit underrepresented minority, low-income and first-generation students pursuing design degrees within the School of Art + Art History + Design.
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How to navigate the Seattle art world on a budget
Seattle isn’t cheap, and that’s not changing anytime soon. But your budget shouldn’t stand in the way of seeing great art. Here’s how.
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On Capitol Hill, a new showcase for Mexican art
Adrián Gómez (BFA, 3D4M, 2018) is the first featured artist in "NosotrUS" at the Mexican Cultural Institute Gallery.
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Higgs: Wyoming needs to create an immersive art destination
Levi Higgs (BA, Art History, 2012) makes a case for his home state, Wyoming, to invest further in the arts and humanities.
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Sculptor George Rodriguez celebrates and transcends his Mexican heritage
George Rodriguez (MFA, Ceramics, 2009) unveils a mythical Mexican zodiac at the Seattle Art Fair.
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Artists and Writers, by the Book
Art and creative writing students collaborated on artist books through an interdisciplinary course.
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Talking about art and identity at KEXP
Four Huskies, all who studied in the Collage of Arts & Sciences, presented the rawness of struggle and survival at the UWAA Short Talks on Art.
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Meet the artist: Painter Miha Sarani
Columns Magazine's June cover is a painting of Orin Smith by Miha Sarani, a BFA alum, current MA student, and former Starbucks employee. What's his painting's secret? Coffee.
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Faculty Friday: Doug Jeck
Doug Jeck, College of Arts & Sciences associate professor of the Arts, teaches students to think on their feet--by asking them to painstakingly create life-size human forms.