<p>Alden Mason was an alum (BA 1942, MFA 1947) and professor emeritus of the School of Art. He began teaching here in 1946 and was appointed as an assistant professor in 1952. Mason was promoted to associate professor in 1957, became a full professor in 1965, and was designated a professor emeritus in 1981. A few of his notable students were Whiting Tennis, Roger Shimomura, Gene Gentry McMahon, and Chuck Close.
<p>Students in Timea Tihanyi's ART 400 (Interdisciplinary Visual Art Senior Studio) are wrapping up a rather unusual year with their online capstone exhibition, <em>Strangely Still</em>. After 15 months of remote classes, each artist has come to find their unique medium, content, and visual style and has developed that with self-confidence and passion. In their final quarter at the UW, these graduating seniors embarked on various ambitious projects, such as creating 3D animations, video diaries, web comics, graphic novels, and artist books.
<h2>COVID-19 Notice</h2>
<p>Thirty-minute, no-contact viewing appointments are available for this exhibition. All visits require a completed health attestation form, and all visitors must wear masks. No more than two individuals are permitted per appointment. <a href="https://calendly.com/jacoblawrencegallery/viewing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Check appointment availability</a>.</p>
<p>May brings the launch of Murmurations, a new Seattle-wide arts collaboration spearheaded by six cultural institutions: Frye Art Museum, Henry Art Gallery, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Northwest Film Forum, On the Boards, and Velocity Dance Center. Together, these organizations will present a series of multidisciplinary projects, including exhibitions, performances, screenings, community conversations, artist talks, and other programs co-developed with cultural organizations across the city.</p>
Traces how American art has shifted, expanded, and contracted in step with the transforming nation from around 1650 to the present.
Explore the arts of Japan from prehistory to today with a focus on Buddhist art and architecture, sculpture, narrative handscrolls, ink painting, folding screens, and woodblock prints.
Visual presentation matters. Get introduced to the basics of visual communication including the creative process, fundamentals of composition, typography, color theory, and image-making.
Did you know there were two Michelangelos? Michelangelo Buonarroti and Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, lived a century apart but both revolutionized art in ways still felt today.
<h2>Event</h2>
<p>May 15 + 16, 2021 @ 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 5:30pm</p>
<p>Merrill Theater at On the Boards, <a href="https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5123562" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reservations</a></p>
<p>The School is pleased to announce the hiring of one new faculty member for each of our divisions: Sangram Manjumdar, Miriam Chusid, and Meichun Liu. Manjumdar and Chusid begin teaching in September 2021. Due to other commitments, Liu will start in September 2022. All are appointed as assistant professors.</p>
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<p>Painting + Drawing</p>