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Chinese Migrants & the Transcontinentals
Zhi Lin has done extensive research on Chinese immigrants for his artworks, on view at the Tacoma Art Museum in June.
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When is cultural appropriation OK? Never, say some Native Americans
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.
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Hosting Artists in the Lab
Through an NSF grant, scientist Jennifer Nemhauser is hosting three artists in her UW Biology lab over three years.
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Iconic Seattle artist’s last works touch on themes of remorse
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.
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Coupling Art & Technology to Spark Connections
Susie Lee's (MFA, 2006) desire to make art accessible to more people led to Siren, an award-winning online dating app.
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Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series now on display at Seattle Art Museum
A new exhibit at Seattle Art Museum features the work of iconic 20th-century painter and former University of Washington professor Jacob Lawrence.
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“Incremental Heroism": Beth Sellars Receives the 2017 Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award
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) -
Seattle Artist Akio Takamori Has Died
Akio Takamori, professor emeritus of art at the UW, died of cancer on Wednesday night. -
Two Passions, One Vision
Mary and Allan Kollar have combined their passions for writing and art through a graduate fellowship that honors both disciplines.
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Is Good Design a Result of Science, or an Evolution of Ideas?
"To be a great innovator, you have to do things – bring people together, explore ideas and experiment with different forms of realization," writes Axel Roesler.
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Meet the minds behind Axiomatic: An art project based in theoretical mathematics
Timea Tihanyi with the UW's School of Art and Jayadev Athreya, associate professor of mathematics at the UW, say art and math are much more similar than we often think.
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A True Gift of Creativity
Grad students in diverse creative fields collaborated through a summer colloquium, Multiplying Mediums.
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Art, design — and a ‘coffin-cradle’ for storytelling: Graduate student work intrigues at annual Henry Art Gallery show
The graduating class of Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design students from the School of Art + Art History + Design show their thesis work at the Henry Art Gallery through June 26.
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Cash in the trash: Interactive composting, recycling station shows savings in real time
A new installation at PACCAR Hall by UW design professors tells users how much money has been saved by correctly sorting items for composting, recycling or sending to the landfill.
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Veterans Dig Deep for Art
Two veterans majoring in art at the UW discuss their military service, their art, and the relationship between the two.