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Notes from the Director
I am rellnqulshlne my space this
Issue to make room for the bumper
crop of newsworthy Items that have
surfaced this quarter. Just one
elimpse of the Events Calendar In
this newsletter will lnlonn readers
that Sprl ne Quarter promises to
be an excltlne and busy t ime at
th e School of Art. We hope that
you are able to participate In the
events we have made available to
our alumni and friends. Until next
time,
Ak10 Takamori
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Layne Goldsmlll
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John Marshal
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(>enyce Celentaoo
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F'ti.p Govedare
Oentil Hurley
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Christopher OzubM
Director
II/I School of Art
PitA Berger
Ron Carraher
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C~Wt labltzke
Sh~rleySc heter
Bille Grace l ynn
Normln T~
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Dfvtsion of Att Histofy F•culty
Rene BravmaM
Meredth Clausen
Jeffrey Collins
Julie Nelson Dav~s
Patrteiafailing
ChriStine Goettler
Chnst()l)her Hallett
AnnaKartsonis
Martha Kingsbury
Jerome Silbe<getd
Marek Wieczorek
RobonW!igllt
DtvWon of Deslcn Facutty
Crt~~~bh: Dni&ll
Judy Anderson
Karen Cheo(l:
Christopher Ozubko
Ooofl\as Wadden
John YtWtehifl.Ward
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James Nichols
Geoqje Scott
L001se St. Pierre
PAINTER ROBERT RYMAN
TO VISIT THE ScHooL OF ART
A lecture by minimalist painter Robert Ryman will be the School of Art's
third annual commencement event (preceded by Chuck Close In '97 and
Vito Acconci in '98), to be held In Kane Hall on Wednesday, 2 June.
ample opportunity to view the MFA Thesis Exhibition and chat with Robert
about his work and extensive career. Robert Ryman's work Is housed in
the collections of the Art Institute of Chicaao. Boston's Museum of Fine
Arts, Los Anaales's Museum of Contemporary Art, lha Whitney Museum ol
American Art, the Stedelijk Museum In Amsterdam, the Seattle Art Museum,
and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Yorlt, to nama a lew. In 199394 a retrospective exhibition of Ryman's work was oraanized by the Tate
Gallery In London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Robart
Ryman was recently elected as a member of the American Academy and
Institute of Arts and Letters.
Humanities Opens Doors of Opportunity
The
over the fast few quarters been eiven an
of opportunllies to showcase our academic strenetiJs
e local arts community. Most recenlly, the Walter
Chapin Sim
n Ce
for the Humanities awarded over $37,000 of
support to th School o
tor a number of varied projects:
Student Painters received a second erant to help
unde...,;rne a Miles of lectures palrine artfsts and art critics to
address the Nllllonlhlp between a practiclne artist's and a critic's
perception llld llarpretatlon of contemporary art and art theory. This
year,~.., and lma1!: Critical Discourse in Contemporary
Art attr cted auch uminaries as Barbara Rose, David Reed, Glenn
Gold r~
ic..key, John Yau. and Catherine Murphy.
Art~
Pror.ssor Jerome Sllbereeid was awarded support for an
eraduate seminar that complements the Henry Art
Gaiety's upcomlne lruid e/ Out, New Chinese Art exhibition. The
Mmlnar will include up to five visiting Chinese avant-earde artists,
tlmmakers, and scholars.
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Recenlly hired Assistant Professor Christine Goettler was awarded a
research fellowship leadlne to the completion of her book, The Body
of the Soul, The lma~ry of Purgatory from the Middle Ages to the
Present Day. Her research will take her to Princeton to study the Index
of Christian Art, and to Los Angeles to study manuscripts at the J. Paul
Getty Museum and to do research at the Hollywood film archives.
Art History lecturer Julie Davis secured the funds to examine the idea
of mengei (Japanese folk arts), its political and philosophical orlelns,
and the ways It has played out in theory and practice in Japan since
the 1920s.
Assistant Professor Jeffrey Collins secured support for his research on
artists' concealed self-representations from the 17th century forward ,
llld for research on 17th-century mythological painting in the Veneto
(Northern Italy).
Flben Pror.nor Layne Goldsmith and Special Collections Book Arts
Librarian ndra
a colloquium on
upa ·developed a successful proposal to produce
(,......,.,,..,_11)_ e Phyaical Book: Structure, Image and Text
In this issue:
• Robert Ryman
• School of Art: a brief history
• Gre1 Kucera Gallery
• SOA•FACTOIDS
• Student Spotli1ht: Brian Murphy
• SOA Events Calendar Sprln1 '99
• Student + Facuity Hl1hli1hts
Faculty and Staff Notes
Design Professor Judy Anderson foood herself
described in a recent CotUIIHIIutiiM Attr
article entitled llflllltliM, 1.,_,, 1oq~n~~oo,
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Oe~gner
Petrula Vrootikis credited Judy's mentorship
for •giving her the confidence to pursue
goals without compromise.·
Assistant Professor of Painting David Brolty
recently was awarded the $10,000 Basil
H. Alkazzi Award. The purpose of the award
is to support individual artists, wtlo show a
firm commitment to their art form, and
whose work also shows a promise at any
stage in a career, from beginner to
emerging. In February his work was on
display at Madrid's ARCO art fair, and the
SOA•FACTOIO I I
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Studio art alurml are encouraeed to
mall In postcards ol-ont wor1t and
exhibitions to the School. These will
local Estber C~ypool Gallery will be hanging
a show by David~ .June, 1999. Three works
be included In a l•rte collaee of
by David were selected by Kerry James
Marshall for the Center on Contemporary
lmaees of alumni work belne
assembled In the first floor hall for
Art's 1998 Northwest Anooal. Only 33 works
current I1Udenls and visitors to enjoy.
were selected from the 1,240 pieces
submitted for the show.
The Dean Jensen Gallery in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin recently produced an exhibition
of oil painting portraits by Assistant
Professor Ann Gale. Miltlflukte Wlfk/y's R. M.
Ryan writes, ., suppose one could mention the
echoes of British Painters Lucian Freud and Francis
BaCfNI in Gale's wOO', but these artists are, at most,
reference points for someone who has embarked on
her own unfortettable study of the human psyche
in oils:
SOA•FACTOIO 12 I
A eraduate paintin& studio In the
School of Art caueht fire earlier this
year. Take the wamlnes on linseed
oil containers seriously; it DOES
School of Art Open House a Great Success
The Washington State Capital Museum
recently featured the work of 17 artists
exploring the world of weaving, including
gold weavings by Metals Professor Mary Hu.
spontaneously combust. Fortunately,
our palntlna student had stored her
Conservative estimates placed over 500 visitors at the School of Art during its 17 January
Open House event. Organized by first year MFA students, the open house traditionally draws
the arts community to the School to visit MFA student studios . MFA students are on hand
Professor of Metals John lllarsllall was one throughout the day to talk with visitors about their work. Vans shuttle visitors from the main
of a three member jury for the 1999
Smith sonian Craft Show. This prestigious, campus to the Ceramics and Metal Arts Facility. This year, the second year MFA students took
nationally-recognized show typically draws the opportunity to produce a fund-rai sing auction at the Open House to help support their
over 1600 applications for 120 slots in the upcoming MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery. Each year the Open House expands
show. The other jurors were li1da Threadg~.
in both the number of visitors and the number of things to see and do. Plans are afoot to make
metalsmith, and Stuart Kestenbaum,
the next Open House even bigger.
Executive Director of Haystack.
flammable sofvonll I!">P"rty and
Oil paintings by Assistant Professor of
Palrtilg Ha~n 01ooll were recently on display
at Linda Hodges Gallery in Seattle . Helen
came to the University of Washington by
way of her homeland, Ireland, with teaching
stints in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Chicago
on the way. The , ,...,.
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Artner wrote of O'Toole's work, •[her) large
canvases have the diffused, atmospheric
light of Turner and thus are extremely
romantic abstract paintings, occasionally
thick in pigment and rich in texture... the
haziness of O'Toole's shifting layers of paint
resists any attempt to take the works in all
at once, which protracts the time element
and, ideally, suspends viewers in a kind of
meditation.·
Carotlne Swope, a eraduete student
mfo day ot the uniwnity of WCHhin&ton
't'igorous)y dedicoted to your incf'Mduoliwn.
disposed of her oilY rae• before she
loft tho nlcht IN!fore 10 !hoy dldn1
accelerate tho fire; however, k_,.
that one remalr*'c oily &loYo reltlnc
on a rolktd canvas caused the
conflaaration.
SOA•FACTOID 13 I
In Art History, was awarded a
Huckabay Toachln& Feffowlhlp lor
Winter Quarter 1999. Her project
lnvolved ~uftymonton
Moortlul Kinlllbu!Y IIIII Robin Wrl&ht
to doolflll cwric~ mater1all about
Native Amoilclin WI to suppfemont
- ··Alan
standard textboolts on American Art
History. Swope located readlnes
appropriate for undera:raduete use,
selected balanced coveraee
addreuin& coocraphy, tribal fiJOOPI ,
and art forms, and then desl&ned
Assistant Professor of Industrial Design
Louise St Piern recently scored the highest
student evaluation review on record at the
University of Washingtoo, receiving perfect
scores from eleven of her students.
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foctualllnks -.en tho Native
American art and the Issues and
An exhibition of self-portraits by 2nd-year MFA painting student Brian
Murphy was on display in February at the King County Gallery in Smith
Tower. The show received critical acclaim, even securing a coveted star
next to the show's listing in local weekly newspapers. The gallery noted
that as .., form11r abstract painter, Brian dolls not considllf hims111f' fiturative
New work by Associate Professor of
Ceramics Akio Takamorl graced Pioneer
SQuare's Grover/Thurston Gallery in March.
Financial supporters of the School of Art
were invited to a special evening reception
where Professor Takamori walked donors
through the exhibit and shared insights on
his artistic process.
materials already present In the
texts. ~·· resufts wll be available
on campus and as a Web site.
paint11r despit11 crt~atint this body of self·portraits. He uses his own fiCI and
f11tur~s as 1 const1nt framework for tht construction of thiiSII plintint
compositions." Brian came to the School of Art with an undergraduate
degree from the University of Connecticut and several prestigious
scholarships to his credit. Look for his work at the upcoming MFA Thesis
Exhibition Show at the Henry Art Gallery.
Instructional Technician Michael qn Hom was
a juror at the Photographic Center
Northwest's Annual Holiday Exhibition. In
add ~ion to his work at the School of Art,
Michael is the curator the Joseph and E~m
Monsen Collection, a famous collection of
photography spanning 150 years.
Professor of Design Doua:las Wadden was
recently nominated to the membership of
prestigious Alliance Graphique htemationale.
Founded in 1951 by Swiss and French
designers, the current membership of 320
represents 27 nations worldwide.
Membership in the AGI is by invitation on~.
Bellevue Art Museum recently assembled
the 'NOrk of seventeen contemporary artists
to "explore beauty, metaphor, and meaning
through flowers and floral imagery.• Frtlll
FIIJwrs inckJded an instaHation by Associate
Professor of Ceramics Jamie Walker.
Partnerships for a Seamless Education
SOA Oes1gners Infiltrate the
Leonhardt Group
Ted and Ca rolyn Leonhard! fonned
the leonhllrdt Group 23 years aao In
Sootlle, IIIJOCiallzinlln brand
development, a .....l ...,.m and
dl&ltal media. Ono of lllo la'IOJt and
fastest &rowina clellan firms In the
Pacific ~st. lllo Loonlulrdl
Group employs a n dre of School of
Art alums includin& Jeff Culver, Ben
Graham BFA '97, Jon Kin& BFA '96,
Mart< Poplch BFA '91 , Ron Sasaki BFA
'82, and Ray Ueno BFA '89.
Design Division chair Judy Anderson surmises
that ' our alumni are consistently takint
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positions in top design firms throughout the
Unffed States, and assume leadership positions
in those firms. Ray Ueno, for example, took an
tntry-Jevtl position in the early 90s at Leonhardt
Group and is now the head desitner for the
firm. He continues to be a valuable resou~U in
our classes by participating as aguest lecturer
and guest critic every year."
Begi nning in Spring Q u ar ter 1999, Sch ool of Art st udents will begin part icipat in g in a grant that a ims to
co nnect their academ ic experien ce to wo rlt experience in K-12 schools and in u n der -served co m munities. Th e
Aca de mi c Advis ing and Stude nt Se rvi ces O ffi ce i.n the Sch ool of Art is assistin g th e Office o f Edu cation al
O ppo r tu n ity Programs to advise, suppo rt , recru it , and evaluate art and art history stude nts wh o p articip ate
in three proj ects:
• Native American Education Network will focus on buildirtf an alliance between three lar1e Native American schools: Harrah
Elementary School, Yakama Tribal School, and Pathfinder School.
Students participatina: in the Harrah Elementary School project will live on the Yakama Resertatlon for a quarter while workin&
In the school. UW art and art history students will work wittt the Harrah Elementary art teachers to plan and implement art
projects.
Community members in Wapato, Washincton are Interested in unitina: their culturally diverse community, and they seelncorporJtina
art into the bealltification and unification efforts of the town as one way of achlevina this 10al. Students particlpalilll in the
Wapato project will live in the community for one quarter.
The grant, called Partnerships for a Seamless Ed ucation , provides transportation , program support funds , and
scholarsh ip awards to participating students. Undenvritten by a University Initiative Fund grant awarded to the
Office of Educational Opportunity Programs, this project affords students the opportunity to explore and
strengthen their leadership and o rganiution shlls as they plan and implement activities for K - 12 students and
community members.
Sch ool of Art students have already made plans to participate in these programs during Autumn
Quarter 1999, an d it is anticipated that student and faculty participation will expand during the nat few years.
Greg Kucera Gallery Relocates to Smashing New Space
Since 1983, Gre1 Kucera BA '80 has rented a narrow space on Second
Avenue in Seattle for his successful gallery (voted "Best Gallery" in The
Seattle Weekly readership poll in 1996, 1997, and 1998). Autumn 1998 saw
the purchase of a commercial space in the lofts Building at 212 Third Avenue
South. The 3,500 square foot new gallery, 30 percent larger than the first
gallery, was designed by School of Art alum David DiMarco BFA '81.
Greg Kucera Gallery is home to many members of the UW School of Art
community including Claudia Fitch BFA '75, Gene Gentry
McMahon MFA '78, and Ro1er Shimomura BA '61. Other artists in
the Kucera team include Carolyn Krie1 and Peter Millett, who both
attended the UW School of Art as they developed as artists .
Visit www.are1kucera.com to view the new exhibition spaces!
Spring '99EVENTS Calendar
5April
Lecture by painter Jerome Witkin
003 Art Building, 7:30pm
14-14 April
BFA Exhibition 1 I Palntln&
Jacob l.awrenco Gallery, Art Buildiltl. Gallery hoursoTuesday-Saturday, 12-4pm
Opening Reception, Tuesday 13 April, 4pm
IS April
Lecture by painter Charles O'Conner
003 Art Building. 7:30pm
A Brief History of the School of Art
1862
1882
1895
1912
1920
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1935
1949
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New Dean Embraces Art on Loan
Newly appointed Dean af the Colqe
1958
1969
1969
of Arts and Sciences, David Hodce ,
has been very supporttve of the
School af Art's Art Ofl Loan procram.
Last summer he visited the School
to look at student work and talk
about placlnc several places In his
office. As a result, several students
In the School have their work on
display In his office: painter Se111io
Gonzales, sculptor Stephanie Alhby,
1984
1991
ceramist Plaa Lemsalu, and
1993
prlntmakor Kamta Kakarla . •~t •u
re11 trill to h1•• such be1utlful pieces
In my office, • says Hodce, whose
enthusiasm for Art on Loan hiS
prompted an article about the
procram In AIS /'mplctirrs.
1994
1997
First art teacher, Miss Sarah Cheney, hired at the Territorial University.
The University catalogue lists an art department for the first time.
University President Harrington discontinues instruction in art and
music ("art is not a collegiate subjecr). For the next 17 years, there
is no art department.
College of Fine Arts is established: Design, Music, Dramatic
Art.
University art department is renamed Department of Painting,
Sculpture and Design.
PS&D changed to the School of Art
The first wing of the current Art Building was bui~ at the north end
of the quad.
Parnassus Coffee Shop and Art Gallery opens.
All addition to the art building is completed, tripling tts size.
On the far eastern reach of the University campus, the Ceramics
and Metal Arts Facility is born.
Geo111 TsutakJwa MFA '50 receives the University's Alumnus Summa
Laude Dignatus Award
The Boyer and Elizabeth Bole Gonzales Scholarship Fund is
established, forming the School of Art's largest endowment wtth a
current market value of S1.8 million
Dale Chihuly BFA '65 receives the University's Alumnus Summa
Laude Dignatus Award
The Studio Art study abroad program in Rome was launched, the
Art History Rome program follows two years later.
Chuck Clost BFA '62
Alumnus Summa
Laude Dignatus Award
School of Art CONTRIBUTORS
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Gii&JoleneM!u
YIK>nneBanks
Donald Bert<
R. liyBert<
JaiawBo•
Frances l Bndae
Caroline Cooley Browne BFA '74
Ruth & Rocco tarnpanelli
Judy Colons
Lynne M. Conarty
John & Anne COMe
MtcMel & Coleen Demson
KnSO&JoOeVL.Marto-..RickElber
Blal<e & St.., Gray
Col. lroll & lh. -*'* l. c;,_.
Bob & Mariyo New
Dive, Oar, & Jem New
The Physical Book:
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Structure, Image, and Text
lloyd & T...cey New
All & Jane Nguyen
Paui&Thao~
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Peter laird Osborne
Bat'bara J. Papenfuse BFA '75
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GroallfY&--Peny Peny BFA "74
Thomasf'hbl
Mozele Costa Pinto BFA '87
Rebecca C. Rueter
Caryl Roman
Nona Roo!<
Ma<k & Wendy Rosef"l>km
OIVId & Sue Rowel
PIITWTl Hanson
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Sheny Scruus
Hommelflrtl
..loot Hixson
.Judy&AianHodson
O.s.Solomln&EdllhHonc
Katy Cllqhon Huston BA "73
Nancy londr\m
Unda & Lance LaVne
lin Gordon & C. l.awtoo
TheAusllnlazOIUSfonily
Albert Lew.s BfA '86
Andrta Knstint lybedcer BFA '70
Be-Mar1>Soler
Mary s.lzo & Omd Fooestef
Jennifer Shafi
Jan&BnlnSriist
Klltly&GradySmttl
Mary !Cornel Smlh
Matw1 Soutl1cott BFA '58
.Jmy & .1m Swartout
Karen Marie Stltnn BfA "65
-TowneloFA"66
Slrlh & Nice Treves
PIIJock ~- BfA '81
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Doane P. Mlrtin.l'tD
Sleven Wll1"fn0d< BfA '86
linin Seats BFA "82
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Simon Martin
Patnc~Mollhiasser>Nebe!BFA"85
NellahB.-
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Saly McMahan
Nancy Mee BFA "75
IWI & Blrtl¥1 Meellan
WiiQm C. Wells
Glon&--BA ....
Jeanette Mills MA '90
Kristin Phillips W.chel
Of. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. Morgenstern
Nancy Mooow BFA "83
Raymond & Sandy hUphy
Oanoet&R""'hUphy
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W.C. w.tls&Fonily
Ron & VICioe
Yoooa
Ronnoe. Marl<, Scott. & Enily Zoback
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What makes a book a book? An upcoming senes (1-23 May) will explore
the book arts and endeavor to answer the question. The School of Art,
w1th the support of the Waller Chapin S1mpson Center for the Humanities
and the Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation, IS proud
to host the upcoming colloquium, The Phys1cal Book, Structure, Image.
and Text, orgamzed by Professor layne Goldsm1th, Fibers, and Book Arts
librarian Sandra Kroupa . The proa:ram will conSISt of three consecut1ve
one-week programs featunna: vtsrtina: artists Kate leonard. Mare Blocker,
and Julie Chen. and selected graduate students from the School of Art
and the Textual Studies program. Each art1st will teach a stud1o workshop
w1th focus on selected aspects of the "PhysiCal Book"; topiCs w1ll Include
medieval book structures, the v1sual narrative, and structural mtegrat1on
10 contemporary art1st books. A reception will be held for each of the
v1s1tmg artists, who will present an evenmg lecture on related areas of
research, and teach a weekend mv1tational studio intens1ve for K-12
educators from the commumly. See Events Calendar for dates and t1mes
For more mformat1on, please contact layne Goldsmith at (2061 543 0999 or l golds C u .was h ~ngton . ed u
11 April
Tourist Art and Cu~ralldentity: Graduate Studenrtt of Art History
Colloquium at the Henry Art Gallery.
Keynote speaker: Ruth Phillips
Contact: Katie Bunn-Marcuse [email protected].
5May
RKonnecting the Threads: Tradrtion and Innovation in the Book Arts:
Sandra Kroupa with Kate Leonard
220 Odegaard Undergraduate Library, 7pm
Part of the Book Arts colloquium, The Physical Book, Structure, lmatt, & Tell.
Reception for the artist, following the lecture, in 308
Parrington Commons.
5-15May
BFA Exhibition 2 1 Ceramics, Abers, Metals, Photocraphy,
Prlntmaklne, Sculpture
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Art Buildlnt. Gallery hounoTuesday-Saturday, 12-4pm
Opening Reception, Tuesday, 4 May, 4pm
101/ay
Lecture by painter Catherine Murphy
Henry Art Gallery Auditorium, 7pm
Part of the series Elplorint Wont andlmopoCrlllcJI Discourse In C--ary
Art. Free admission.
II May
Lecture by poet and art critic John Yau
003 Art Building, 7pm
Part of the strits Elplorint Wont and lmopo Critical Discotntln C--ary
Art. Free admission.
11Miy
A conversation with poet and art critic John Yau and painter
Catherine Murphy, 210 Kane Hall, 7:30pm
Part of the series Elptorint Wont andlmopoCritical Discourse In Coatomporary
Art. Free admission .
11May
Eye Talk: the VIsual Narrative, Mare Blocker
220 Odegaard Undergraduate Library, 7pm
Part of tltt Book Arts colloquium, The Physical BookoStructure, lmJ&t, & Tell.
Reception for the artist, following the lecture, in 308 Parrington
Commons.
13Miy
Readln& by poet John Yau
101 Thomson, 7:30pm Yau's reading is funded by the English
Department while here taking part in the series [Xfllorin& Word and
lmaae: Critical Discourse In Contemporary Art. Free admission.
191/ay
The Anatomy af Content Slructuralfnlacratlon In Contemporary
Artists Books, Julie Chen
220 Odegaard Undergraduate Library, 7pm
Part of tltt Book Arts colloquium, The Physical Book, Structure, lmaae. & Tell.
Reception for the artist, following the lecture, in 308 Parrington
Commons.
UM1y
Lecture by multi-media artist lftlco Manelano-Ovalle.
220 Kane Hall, 7pm. Free admission.
16 May-3 Juno
BFA Exhibition 3 1 Ceramics, Fibers, Metals, Photoeraphy,
Printmakln&, Sculpture.
Jacob Lawrence GalllfJ, Art lklildin&. Gallery houn: Tuesday-Saturday, 12-4pm
Opening Reception, Tuesday, 25 May, 4pm
19 M•y-11 Jun•
MFA Thesis Exhibition.
Henry Art Gallery. Gallery hours: 11-5 Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 11-8 Thursday.
11 M1y Opening. Henry Art Gallery, &8pm
3/une
School of Art Annual Commencement Event:
Lecture by painter Robert Ryman
130 Kane Hall, 7pm $6 General Admission, $4 School of Art Alumni
& Henry Art Gallery Members, $1 WI Students. Call 206 543 0970
~Kolyfllnlly
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Paint the Town
Str-l'rodociUtrechtArtSopl)lyCenter
7-11 June
BFA Exhibition 4 I
Industrial Deslen, Visual Communication Deslen
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Art Buildlnt. Gallery hoursoTuesday-Saturday, 12-4pm
Opening Reception, Tuesday, 8 June, &8pm
Milestones
Alumni Notes
Political cartoonist, outspoken cultural critic,
and painter &onion Lie Anderson MFA '57 sent
in a pack of cartoons and press clippings,
keeping us up-to-date on his volumioous
activities.
El&ln Fuller BFA '58 and his wife, Ginger,
continue to practice clown performance art,
designing and producing their own sets,
costumes, and performances, and touring
the Northwest and california from their home
base in Seattle.
Marrin Southcott BA '58 is Professor Emeritus
of Technology at Western Washington
University and was instrumental in developing
WM.Js IOO..tstrial Design major. He was asked
to speak at last year's Industrial Designers
Educators Convention to share how he
brought that program to fruition. Marvin
currently spends his time traveling and
painting; his paintings will be on display at
Bellingham's Blue Horse Gallery in March.
A sculpture by Dale tllihuly BFA '65 entitled
Fiori Di Como was recently unveiled in the
Bellagio Hotel in l as Vegas, Nevada. The
30' x 70' piece stretches across the ceiling
of the hotel's lobby.
Since 1986, Willem Yofkeru BA '65 is has
been a Professor at Montana State
University's School of Art. PriOf to moving
to Montana, Willem taught at Kansas City Art
Institute fof 18 years. Bellevue Art Museum
recently presented ao award to Willem at the
Pacific Northwest Annual. This summer he
will be installing a solo exhibition of neon
sculpture at the Museum of Northwest Art
in La Conner, and team-teaching a neon
sculpture class at Pilchuck Glass School.
Professor Volkersz has also amassed with
his wife a large collection of American folk
art that has traveled extensively under the
title The Radiant Object.
The Association of Collegiate Schools of
Architecture (ACSA) recently recognized
University of Utah architecture professor
Thomas klu MA '66 (Art Education) with its
Distinguished Professor Award for Im99.
Kass was hooored for his positive and
nurturing influence upon students over the
past thirty years, many of whom have made
significant contributions to the advancement
of architecture .
A retrospective collection of paintings by
MichoacatV'Seattle artist Alfredo AITifUin MFA
'69 entitled Lis tt.WdMJts ctNr AJfrHo Ampln
1 Sus AnliPs was on view at Galeria El Centro
at El Centro de Ia Raza 1'1 Seattle 1'1 Decerriler.
This was the largest presentation of Arreguin
paintings ever displayed at a single show.
A collection of earthenware vessels by Rm Kratt
BFA '79, entitled StriU, were shown at
foster/White Gallery in Pioneer Square in
January. Accompanying publicity materials
stated that •Kraft focuses on the vessel
because he feels that it is the purest sculptt.nl
form."
New York's Educational Alliance's Ernest
Rubenstein Gallery recently included work
by Reed Ander~on BA '95 and Julie Ryan MFA
'95 in their show entitled Comp/imfnts.
Akihito Morino MFA '95 recently left Tim Girvin
Design in Seattle for a design position at
Fitch in Boston, Massachusetts.
Mixed media sculpture by Janice Maher MFA '80
was on display at Patricia Cameron f ine Art
in Seattle in December. Janice is an instructOI'
at Seattle Pacific University and Bellevue
Community College, and her public
commissions include sculptures at University
Presbyterian Church and Spokane's City Hall.
Fotocrc~ Giilery ~Pioneer SQuare presented
WOf'ks by Susan Robb MFA '95. Susan's show
of black and white photography involved
images of toys and found objects; these
prints were up to 48 inches tall.
Jonathan Zlealer BFA '95 and his wife Molly
recently moved back to Pennsylvania where
he is now working for the Center for the
Performing Arts at Penn State. He designs
some publications, but focuses mostly on
advertising and poster design. He remembers
of the Graphic Design faculty, "the time the
faculty spent exposing us to theory and
history made our work speak for itself and
improved our ability to think beyond the limits
of our tools."
The Main Gattery at the Everett Public Market
exhibited a collection of handmade vessels by
School of Art alum Jon Kevin Blackburn BFA '81.
Recent work by Pat DeCaro MFA '82 was
exhibited at Gallery Space at Bellevue
Community College in february.
Bremerton's Metropolis Gallery recently
produced a show entitled Rruds 1m/ Rirers,
which included work by Bernice 0. Walsh BFA
'82. The exhibition focused on images of the
road and other landscape elements that
represent sense of place.
SculpWre magazine's January/February 1999
issue included an article by Carol AdWnen MFA
'97 on the David French exhibition at the
Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery in Portland.
Jill Rullkoetter MFA '84 is the Kayla Skinner
Director of Education and Public Programs at
the Seattle Art Museum.
Ceramist Yuki Nakamura MFA '97 had a sitespecific installation unveiled at Shoreline
Community College in December. Potenti1f
Encount•r was described by Yuki as an
experimental piece that used industrial
materials and lighting to create an art
experience unique to the College Art Gallery,
where it was displayed.
Graphic Designer David Rrtter t.-FA '97 recently
secured a position at VSA Partners in
Chicago, Illinois.
Two works by Ina Wu MFA '97 were accepted
into the 22nd Anmul Minority Art Exhi/HtiDn,
presented by the Urban League of
Metropolitan Seattle at the Washngton State
Convention and Trade Center
At Starwave, Usa-Marie Mtlfat BFA '98 is a
designer for ESPN Sportszone.com. She
designs story packages, Ylrites HTML code,
and designs logos. She loves her work but
is not so keen about the commute.
Both Nicola Yrw+nk MFA '98 and Professor of
Photography Paul Beraer were featured in the
final show at Meyerson & Nowinski Gallery
in Pioneer SQuare this Janoary. Meyerson &
Nowinski closed its doOfs after a very
entoyable three year stint, due to Robert
Nowinski's increasing time commitment with
his San Francisco-based company, VAXGEN.
L.aurl Chambers BFA '86 shared the spotlight
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at francine Seders Gallery in January; wOfk
by both Professor Emerib.Js Robeft c. Jones, and
Wendell Brazeau MFA '4 7 were also on display
in the exhibition entitled Bilek I White I Color.
A recent Widing addition to Harborview Medea!
Center includes an instaHation by Deborah Mirsky
MFA '86. Deborah's wall mural in the cafeteria
consists of 97 ~near feet of laser~tched steel
panels. Deborah's work llas been collected by
Microsoft, Safeco, the tJW Medical Center,
Washington State Arts Commission and others.
Deborah is slated to have an exhibition at
Esther Claypool Gallery in March 2000.
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Seattle's Linda Hodges Gallery recently had
an exhibition of still life paintings that included
Michael Friet BFA '88. Since 1995, Michael has
been a Drawing and Painting Instructor at the
Academy of Realist Art 11 Seattle and llas been
exhibiting extensively since he graduated.
Francine Seders Gallery in Seattle this february
presented ?J show of mixed media installations
by GaM Grtooei1 8FA '88 entitled Out llf WJtcW
Clollr.
Photographer Corinne !McMullan) Martin MFA '88
is Associate Professor of Art at James Madison
University's School of Art and Art History in
Harrisonburg, Virginia. She has had recent
solo exhibitions at Tyler School of Art in
Philadelphia, and the Photography Gallery at
lthacaCollege in NewYork.
Brooke bans BFA '90 is nearing completion of
her degree ~ \letemiwyMe<ici"e atWaslingtoo
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Robert Connell BFA '70 recently was awarded
CkcuUtfon: 8,500 • lumnl & trlende ot the Unlvertlty of W•thlnaton School of Art
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in Port Townsend, Washington in 1997, and tenure and promotion to Associate Professor
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Art Development Fund I MTOEV: This fund will be used to underwr~e the production of this
The Ku-Tee-Ya dancers helped dedicate a
and the American Philosophical Association.
mixed media installation by llllnin OI!Ytf MFA
newsletter, as well as keep alumni notified of upcoming School of Art-t'elated lectures,
An exhibit by Isabel Kahn MFA '90 that included
'73 at Sumner School District's Mountain
exhibitions, and openings.
monumental 75-inch high hanging scrolls and
View Junior High School recently. Time
Art Dlocretlonary Fund I CAIWIT: Our Director's discretionary fund that provides the School
Traveler commands the school's rotunda and a large collection of oil paintings recently
graced the walls of the Bryan Otmo Gallery in
flexible funds that are frequently used to cover shortfalls in other funds and events,
is composed of plates of glass forming a
and fund improvements to the School that our normal operations budget cannot.
canoe surrounded by aluminum waves. The Seattle.
accompanying paddles are constructed from Portland's Laura Russo Gallery presented
Art Scholarship Fund 1 ARTSCH : A SchooWiide general scholarship fund .
neon, wood, glass, and other materials.
sculpture (including pieces constructed out of
rubber, sand, and steel) by Ruth Marie Tomlinson
Art Procram Support Fund I ARTPRO: A Schoo>wide program support fund that programs typically
None Sato MFA '73 was recently Visiting
use for VISiting lecturers, field trips, art supplies, and improvements to teaching tools.
Lecturer in Printmaking at the University of MFA '90 in January. Her show was entitled
Gt1'1fty: An lnstlllltiDn of Welfltty Sculpture. Ruth
Michigan Ann Arbor. She has been busy,
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our Administrator and Development 9fficer, Simon Martin, at 206 685 2552 for a list of other de~rving funds in the School of Art.
venues. Norie has also taught at COfnish
Kathleen Ash-Milby 8A '91 completed her MAin
College of the Arts and Western Washington Native American Art History at the University
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of Directors of the College Art Association. currently Assistant Curator at the National
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Arts were installed above the library soffits. exhibition of paintings by Caryn Friedlander MFA
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and the Pratt Fine Arts Center since 1989.
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