<p>After five years as the director + curator of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the University of Washington, Emily Zimmerman will depart her post April 8, 2022, to become Assistant Director at the <a href="https://arthurrossgallery.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Arthur Ross Gallery</a>, University of Pennsylvania. UW’s School of Art + Art History + Design will soon launch a national search for her replacement.</p>
Contemporary art today confronts viewers with a bewildering array of images, objects, and processes. This can leave viewers thinking: can anything count as “art?” And what’s the point of it all? Explore how contemporary art connects artists and viewers in forms of creative engagement with pressing social and political issues.
We live in a visual world. Everyone should know and understand how to communicate through design. Learn the principles inherent to the discipline of visual communication design, including the fundamentals of composition, typography, color theory, storytelling, and image-making.
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<ul><li>Thursday, May 5, 2022</li>
<li>6pm</li>
<li><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/u8qzNLKmXeancBPN9" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House</a></li>
<p>The School of Art + Art History + Design is sad to announce the passing of Associate Professor Doug Jeck on February 7, 2022. He died unexpectedly at age 58 from natural causes. Jeck taught at the University of Washington from 1996 to 2022.</p>
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<p>The School of Art + Art History + Design is sad to share the passing of Professor Emeritus Michael C. Spafford on January 29, 2022. He taught at the University of Washington from 1963 to 1994.</p>
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<p>February 8 – March 5, 2022</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What happens in the wake of state violence, particularly against Black people in the United States? Absence and erasure challenge the imagination in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lauren Williams: Wake Work*,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> an exhibition created as part of Williams’ 2022 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency. </span></p>
<p>Due to the passing of Professor Doug Jeck, 3D4M has decided to cancel the open house. There will still be an opening for the two student exhibitions starting at 6pm.</p>
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<li>Tuesday, March 1, 2022</li>
<li>6–9pm</li>
<li><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/pjbKW1VXuaZoUZmK6">Ceramic + Metal Arts Building</a></li>
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<p>Join us for the 3D4M Open House!</p>
<p><span>Eight Master of Design students are working towards graduation in June 2022. In mid-December, they shared their current thesis work in an online session, and they are now ready to share that further.</span></p>
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<h2><b>Julian Body</b></h2>
<ul><li>Title: Deconstructing the Hype: Interacting with the Abstract to Empower Sneakerheads</li>
<li>Chair: Kristine Matthews</li>
<h2><strong>Background</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The start of this academic year brought layers of anxious excitement for our new cohort of BA in Art Departmental Honors students. This group of 17 were selected through a competitive admission process during the year prior, and for many of them, this autumn was their first time stepping onto the UW campus, their first quarter in the UW Art Building, and their first time meeting their classmates in real life.</span></p>