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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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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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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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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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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.
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Art, design provide eclectic mix for annual graduate show at Henry Art Gallery
The annual thesis exhibition for Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design at the Henry Art Gallery is the culmination of two years of these students' amazing work.
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From UW to Whole Foods, remembering a local ceramics artist
The halls of the University of Washington’s ceramics and metal arts building is abuzz with new students embarking on a new school year. But for some, the building feels empty.
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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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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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Seattle Artist Akio Takamori Has Died
Akio Takamori, professor emeritus of art at the UW, died of cancer on Wednesday night.