School of Art + Art History + Design explained

School of Art + Art History + Design
Image Alt:University of Washington Art Building
Established:1935[1]
Coordinates:47.6585°N -122.3064°W
Director:Jamie Walker[2]
Academic Staff:79[3]
Administrative Staff:24[4]
Students:608
Undergrad:564
Postgrad:44

The School of Art + Art History + Design is in the Arts Division of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, a public research university in Seattle, Washington.[5] The school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees.[6]

History

Art has been taught at the University of Washington off and on since around 1890. The School of Art was established in 1935, and the school name was changed to School of Art + Art History + Design in 2015.[7]

There have been eight directors of the school from 1935 to the present. The current director is Jamie Walker,[8] who is also a Professor of 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture.

The school was one of the first to offer Master of Fine Arts degrees in the United States.[9] It is in the top 20 best fine arts graduate programs as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.[10]

Divisions and degrees

The school consists of three divisions to represent the three major areas of study.

The Division of Art grants Bachelor of Arts (BA) degrees with concentrations in Painting + Drawing, Photo/Media, and 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture.[11] It also offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in New Genres, Painting + Drawing, and 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture.[12]

The Division of Art History grants Bachelor of Arts (BA), Master of Arts (MA), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees.[13]

The Division of Design offers Bachelor of Design (BDes) degrees in Interaction Design, Industrial Design, and Visual Communication Design.[14] It also grants Master of Design (MDes) degrees.[15]

Faculty and staff

The school has more than 35 full-time faculty, 30 affiliate/adjunct faculty,[16] and a number of part-time instructors each year. There are more than 20 staff members who provide administrative, curatorial, and technical services.[17]

Several of the faculty have won major honors and awards. In the Division of Art, Aaron Flint Jamison[18] was a 2017 Hallie Ford Fellow[19] and had work included in the 2017 Whitney Biennial;[20] Sangram Majumdar received a 2023 Gottlieb Foundation' grant, a 2018 New York Foundation for the Arts grant in Painting; and a 2010 Purchase Award from American Academy of Arts and Letters; Helen O'Toole was a winner of the 2015 Contemporary Northwest Art Awards[21] and has received a 2016 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship;[22] Timea Tihanyi[23] won a 2018 Neddy Artist Award.[24] ; Whitney Lynn is a 2024 Black Cube Artist Fellow.[25] In the Division of Art History, Estelle Lingo[26] was a 2016–2018 Andrew W. Mellon Professor at the National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA);[27] Haicheng Wang[28] received a 2017 New Directions Fellowship from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation;[29] and Marek Wieczorek[30] is a 2020 NIAS Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences.[31] In the Division of Design, Kristine Matthews[32] won a 2018 Educator Award from the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD).[33] She and her firm, Studio Matthews, have won multiple awards, including 2019 recognition from Communication Arts for an exhibition about University of Washington OMA&D.<ref>Web site: University of Washington OMA&D. Communication Arts. en-us. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003849/https://www.commarts.com/project/29484/university-of-washington-oma-d. live. Sang-gyeun Ahn[34] was an Amazon Catalyst Fellow.[35] Interaction Design faculty Audrey Desjardins[36] and Axel Roesler[37] have won research awards from Mozilla and Google respectively.[38]

Facilities

The school's primary home is the Art Building[39] on the main campus of the University of Washington in Seattle. It is part of the Liberal Arts Quadrangle, commonly known as the Quad.[40] This building contains numerous teaching studios, classrooms, and offices. It also houses the Art Library,[41] which is part of the University of Washington Libraries. The school's main exhibition space, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, is in the Art Building. The gallery is named after Jacob Lawrence, who taught in the school from 1970–1985 and is one of the school's most well-known faculty members.[42]

Two other facilities are part of the school. The Ceramic and Metal Arts Building[43] houses studios and production spaces for ceramics, glass, and sculpture.[44] It also has two exhibition galleries.[45] The Sand Point Gallery[46] and studio spaces are in Building 5 in Magnuson Park.[47]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design / History. University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design. University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design. 2016-04-19. 2016-04-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20160415082418/http://art.washington.edu/about/history/. live.
  2. Web site: Art Faculty - Jamie Walker. University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design. 2016-04-19. 2016-05-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20160511173703/http://art.washington.edu/art/art-faculty/jamie-walker/. live.
  3. Web site: Fast Facts . University of Washington . 18 March 2021 . 29 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220829212523/https://art.washington.edu/fast-facts . live .
  4. Web site: People–Staff . University of Washington . 18 March 2021 . 29 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220829212524/https://art.washington.edu/people/all/staff . live .
  5. Web site: Arts. College of Arts and Sciences - University of Washington. en. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20191011205206/https://artsci.washington.edu/divisions/arts. live.
  6. Web site: About School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929111152/https://art.washington.edu/about. live.
  7. Web site: History School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929110918/https://art.washington.edu/history. live.
  8. Web site: Jamie Walker School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2020-03-20. 2020-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20200225014138/https://art.washington.edu/people/jamie-walker. live.
  9. Book: Singerman, Howard. Art subjects: making artists in the American university. 1999. University of California Press. 9780520215009. Berkeley, Calif.. en. 39733250.
  10. Web site: University of Washington, Graduate Schools, Fine Arts U.S. News & World Report. 2019-10-18. 2019-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730151705/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/university-of-washington-seattle-campus-236948. live.
  11. Web site: Undergraduate Program School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929110927/https://art.washington.edu/art/undergraduate-program. live.
  12. Web site: Graduate Programs School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929105806/https://art.washington.edu/art/graduate-programs. live.
  13. Web site: Art History School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929111643/https://art.washington.edu/art-history. live.
  14. Web site: Undergraduate Programs School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929110951/https://art.washington.edu/design/undergraduate-programs. live.
  15. Web site: Graduate Program School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20191018234539/https://art.washington.edu/design/graduate-program. live.
  16. Web site: Fast Facts School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-21. 2019-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929120352/https://art.washington.edu/fast-facts. live.
  17. Web site: People - Staff School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929095217/https://art.washington.edu/people/all/staff. live.
  18. Web site: Aaron Flint Jamison School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220829212525/https://art.washington.edu/people/flint-jamison . 2022-08-29 . 2020-03-20 . art.washington.edu.
  19. Web site: Hallie Ford Fellows 2017 The Ford Family Foundation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003850/https://www.tfff.org/what-we-do/successful-citizens/visual-arts/hallie-ford-fellowships/hallie-ford-fellows-2017 . 2019-10-19 . 2019-10-19 . www.tfff.org.
  20. Web site: Whitney Biennial 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191021224302/https://whitney.org/exhibitions/2017-biennial . 2019-10-21 . 2019-10-19 . whitney.org . en.
  21. Web site: 2015 Contemporary NW Art Awards School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019004022/https://art.washington.edu/news/2014/07/21/2015-contemporary-nw-art-awards. live.
  22. Web site: John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Helen O'Toole. en-US. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003850/https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/helen-otoole/. live.
  23. Web site: Timea Tihanyi School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2020-03-20. 2020-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20200814175204/https://art.washington.edu/people/timea-tihanyi. live.
  24. Web site: Lakshmi Muirhead and Timea Tihanyi win Neddy Artist Awards. Vansynghel. Margo. 2018-10-11. City Arts Magazine. en-US. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003859/https://www.cityartsmagazine.com/lakshmi-muirhead-and-timea-tihanyi-win-neddy-artist-awards/. live.
  25. Web site: Black Cube - Artist Fellow - Whitney Lynn . 2024-05-26 . Black Cube . en.
  26. Web site: Estelle Lingo School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2020-03-20. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003847/https://art.washington.edu/people/estelle-lingo. live.
  27. Web site: Andrew W. Mellon Professors. www.nga.gov. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003848/https://www.nga.gov/research/casva/members/andrew-w-mellon-professors.html. live.
  28. Web site: Haicheng Wang School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2020-03-20. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003931/https://art.washington.edu/people/haicheng-wang. live.
  29. Web site: New Directions Fellowships Recipients The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. mellon.org. 2019-10-19. 2019-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20190927154358/https://mellon.org/programs/higher-education-and-scholarship-humanities/new-directions-fellowships/new-directions-fellowships-recipients/. live.
  30. Web site: Marek Wieczorek School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2020-03-20. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003848/https://art.washington.edu/people/marek-wieczorek. live.
  31. Web site: Wieczorek, Marek. NIAS. en-GB. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003852/https://nias.knaw.nl/fellow/wieczorek-marek/. live.
  32. Web site: Kristine Matthews School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2020-03-20. 2020-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20200814180828/https://art.washington.edu/people/kristine-matthews. live.
  33. Web site: Educator Award. Makowski. Ann. 2018-06-19. segd.org. en. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003857/https://segd.org/educator-award. live.
  34. Web site: Sang-gyeun Ahn School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2020-03-20. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003954/https://art.washington.edu/people/sang-gyeun-ahn. live.
  35. Web site: Ahn an Amazon Catalyst Fellow School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003848/https://art.washington.edu/news/2017/12/08/ahn-amazon-catalyst-fellow. live.
  36. Web site: Audrey Desjardins School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2020-03-20. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003911/https://art.washington.edu/people/audrey-desjardins. live.
  37. Web site: Axel Roesler School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2020-03-20. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019003908/https://art.washington.edu/people/axel-roesler. live.
  38. Web site: IxD Research Awards School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019010122/https://art.washington.edu/news/2019/01/12/ixd-research-awards. live.
  39. Web site: Art Building (ART) on Google Maps. Art Building (ART). en. 2020-03-20. 2022-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20220712051805/https://www.google.com/maps/place/Art%20Building%20%28ART%29/%4047.6585016%2C-122.308639%2C17z/data%3D%213m1%214b1%214m5%213m4%211s0x5490148c598e5bc7%3A0x391a86049b24185d%218m2%213d47.6585016%214d-122.3064503?shorturl=1. live.
  40. Web site: The Quad on Google Maps. The Quad - University of Washington. en. 2020-03-20.
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  42. Web site: Jacob Lawrence Gallery School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20190920181047/https://art.washington.edu/jacob-lawrence-gallery. live.
  43. Web site: Ceramic And Metal Arts Building (CMA) on Google Maps. Ceramic And Metal Arts Building (CMA). en. 2020-03-20.
  44. Web site: 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019011753/https://art.washington.edu/spaces/technology/3d4m-ceramics-glass-sculpture. live.
  45. Web site: CMA School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019012220/https://art.washington.edu/spaces/galleries/cma. live.
  46. Web site: Sand Point Gallery on Google Maps. Sand Point Gallery, School of Art + Art History + Design, University of Washington. en. 2020-03-20.
  47. Web site: Sand Point School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019011743/https://art.washington.edu/spaces/galleries/sand-point. live.
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  49. Web site: Alum in Residence: Anne Focke School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019012230/https://art.washington.edu/news/2016/09/12/alum-residence-anne-focke. live.
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  51. Web site: Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award Recipient School of Art + Art History + Design University of Washington. art.washington.edu. 2019-10-19. 2019-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019013754/https://art.washington.edu/news/2019/03/03/anne-focke-arts-leadership-award-recipient. live.
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