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Meet the UW Libraries’ keeper of rare books and artifacts
Since 1968, Sandra Kroupa (BA, English, '80/MLib,'85) has worked in UW's Special Collections. As book arts and rare-book curator, she provides access to a vast collection.
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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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UW Books in brief: Urban diaries, battling Jim Crow on campus, dictionary of Middle East politics and more
Recent notable books by UW authors tell of the struggle to break free of racism in higher education, taking an "urban diary" approach to documenting city life and more.
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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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Spiders are your friends!
Rod Crawford, Curator of Arachnids at the University of Washington's Burke Museum, debunks spider myths.
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Mother as muse in a powerful show of Black beauty
Mickalene Thomas' 'MUSE', at the Henry Art Gallery, uses photography to transform perceptions of Black femininity, sexuality and motherhood.
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Seattle playwright’s ambitious new drama is a warning for the future
UW School of Drama's Director of Engagement Holly Arsenault, '01, is the playwright of the new drama "The Great Inconvenience", opening July 27 at Annex Theatre.
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The Paper Protector
Art conservator Claire Kenny works with collections at the Henry Art Gallery and University Libraries.
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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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Up Close and Personal with Mickalene Thomas
The day before her photography show's opening at the Henry, Michalene Thomas talks about her time as a model, the class that changed her life and how art is always personal.
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Seattle Piano Institute draws students from around the world for piano and life lessons
Robin McCabe and Craig Sheppard, professors of piano at the University of Washington, founded the innovative Seattle Piano Institute in 2010.
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KEXP and dream team of archivists plan digitization labs to help listeners save their music memories
KEXP and the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives, connected to the School of Music's Ethnomusicology Division, host Pop Up Music Memory Digitization Labs on July 28.
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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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Mickalene Thomas Photographs a Week in Her Life, in Polaroids
From a trip to New Orleans and visit Connecticut, Thomas shares snapshots of her friends and travels. Her work will go on display at the Henry Art Gallery on July 14.