Autumn 2004 ...... University of I USA School of Art UW SCHOOL OF ARr The State of the Art School Christopher Oztbko, Director

0/risfonofArtfiCU/ty Honoring our graduating students Centmlcs Doug Jeck A sunny sky shone on the SoA's second annual Ben and Grace deCillia Graduation Aldo Takamori Celebration on 12 June 2004, held in the Solomon Katz Sculpture Garden. Th ree hundred Jam1 e Wa!ker Fibers graduabng students and their families attended the fesbvrties, which included congratulatory LouCabeen remarks by Christopher Ozubko SoA Director, Divisional Dean Michael Halleran, and a Layne Goldsmith memorabl e commencement speech by alumnus Robert Milnes, Professor of Art and Metals MaryHu Di rector of the School of Art and Design at San Jose State University. Paintina +Drawina The fac ulty awarded five Graduating with Exc ellence Awa rds totaling $10,000 to Riley Brewster Notes from the Director David Brody Vina Rust BFA, Metals, Anne Saliceti-Collins BA, A1t History, Dan Johnston BFA, Visual Communication Ann Gale Design, Kriszta Kotsis PhD, Art History, and Joan Li MFA, Visual Communication Design. They also One of my favorite times of the academic year has Philip Govedare always been the beginning of Autumn quarter and this Denzil Hurley pre sented two $2,500 Excellence in Teaching Awards to Brent Holland MFA, Painting + year, in particular, the School of Art and the University Zhi L1n Drawing and Kath ryn Bunn-Marcuse PhC, Art History, and they recognized fifteen of the are excited and enthusiastic about the arrival of the Helen O'Toole UWs new president, Mark Emmert. From ali i have Photoaraphy school's outstanding with book award s. seen, read and heard, President Emmert will be a great Paul Berger Honored guests scholarship donors Steve Lockitch and Buzz & Sa ndy supporter of the arts and it is our intent to have him Rebecca Cummins involved with our activities as soon as he settles into EllenGarvens de Cillia whose constant and generous contributions make thi s event possible. his office. Printma kina Another new beginning will take place on Curtlabitzke Friday 15 October when the University opens its doors Shirley Scheier and launches Campaign UW: Creating Futures with a Sc ulpture celebration of the contributions made by the University Dan Loewenstein of Washington's students, faculty and staff to our Norman Taylor region and our world. I invite all of you to attend the John Young festivities starting at 4pm at the Bank of America Arena , Hec Edmundson Pavilion. Later that evening, DirislonofArtHistory Fi cufty during the second half of the event, there will be a live Cynthea Bogel feed directly from the l.ftN Rome Center where our Rene Bravmann Studio Art program is in session. Also of note in regards SusanCasteras to the Rome Center, a special trip for members of the Meredith Clausen SoA Visiting Committee is being organized by Elaine Patncia Failing Ethier, Director of Development for the Arts, to travel Christine G6ttler to the Center for one week in October to partake in Shih-shan Susan Huang the student experience. Anna Kartsonis Other new beginnings at the School i~cl ude Margaret laird the arrival of our new faculty members: Peg La1rd, Joanne Snow-Smith Assistant Professor of Roman Art History, and Stephanie Marek Wieczorek Andrews, an Assistant Professor in the Digital Arts and Robin Wright Experimental Media program. Both faculty members join us from the Chicago area. Please see the related Oirisfonof Oesifn Ficufty article on page 2. YisuaiCommunicationDesian As you will read in this edition of Artifacts Karen Cheng the School has been embracing technology in a number Annabelle Gould of areas to benefit the students and their ability to Christopher Ozubko research, formulate, and implement their work. To this John Rousseau end, ~e Slide li b~a_ry is _ta king a large step fo~ard Douglas Wadden and Will start to digitize 1mages from its collection to lndustriaiD esi&n improve access for faculty and students. Mark Rector lOUISe St. P1erre fT Manager worked hard this summer installing an new high--end G5 Macintosh computers in the SoA Computer Auxiliary faculty Center, which will enable students to use the James Nicholls sophisticated software required by many of our Anne Hayden Stevens programs. 1 am proud to say that our computer lab is TimeaTiha11yi one of, if not the, best labs available to all WJ students Di'ectorOztbkov.fthguestspeakerRobertMhs for creative digital arts on campus. DXARTS Affiliated F:~cu/ty As you read through the newsletter yo_u will Stephanie Andrews see that our faculty have been extremely active 1n Shawn Brixey exhibitions both nationally and internationally, and MASTER OF FINE ARTS CO!ltinue to receive awards and graflli! for th_eir research. SoA Advisory Board Th1s also holds true for our alums, 1nclud10g recent GaryCrevting Thesis Exhibition graduates from this year. I am pleased to say that the Gayle Eisele entire graduate program at the SoA, as well as the Madelaine Georgette Thirty MFA students graduated in June, and the May opening of their thesis exhibition at Harold Kawaguchi ~~a~~J~ i g~~~~aD:st~n~~~~ ~~~~~3 ~~s~a~ us World JackKieinart the was an exciting event. Prior to the opening University Week ran an News Report. This is a great honor for the School as Alida latham we continue to offer excellent education in all of our Simon Martin article featuring several of the students: http://admin.urel.washington.edu/ uweek/archives/ programs. Alison Milliman Please make a note of the many exhibitions Bryan Ohno issue/uweek_story_sma ll. asp?id=l948&paget=section. The show al so was reviewed in we have scheduled for this quarter and bookmark the Elaine Ethier School's online Events Calendar the Seattle Post-/ntel/igencer. http:jjseattlepi. nwsource.com/Visualart/1 77281_visualll.htrnl. (http:// art. washington. edu/icalendar /month.php), as we will update it with lectures, presentations and After the show closed in June, many of the works were moved to University House exhibits on a regular basis. This is one step in improving our communication with our alums so that they may in Wall in gford. Last year the participate in the muttitude of events and opportunities we have to offer. University House in Issaquah Once again, I would like to thank and ac knowl~dge our hosted a similar exhibit. spring and summer quarter donors for enabling us to offer greater experiences for our students and faculty. We are grateful and appreciative

ChristopherOzubko Dire ctor UWSchool a!Art ROMA REPORTA Christine Gottler Associate Professor, Art History led the Art History Rome Program during Spring Quarter 2004. Here is what she wrote prior to leaving Rome: Autumn '04 After near continuous rain and occasional hail, the eternal city is finally showing herself in her brightest cloth. events are tree and open to all un~ss otherwise noted Rome has become our second home, and we will miss much of our daily routine : buying produce at the bus~ing Check the SoA 's Calendar of Erents online at http://art.washington.edu market on the Campo, tasting fresh croissants and pizza bianca at the Fornaio, not to mention the lovely coffee. for additional erents. Despite the capricious weather, spirits remained For tn0r1 itdorm8tion about any of our rmrts. p/BIS6 emH artiNntsOirt. ns/linfton.«

URASENKE SAYS THANK YOU More STF Money Several arts-related Student Technology Fee proposals were funded The Urasenke Foundation Seattle Branch, whose staff regularly lead the popular during Spring 2004. David Halsell BFA student, Sculpture applied for money Art History course titled 'Chad<>-Japanese to upgrade and enhance hardware, software and other equipment in the Esthetics," recently hosted a reception each CMA Digital Imaging Center; he was awarded $28,497. Another grant for SoA staff and Art History faculty as of $139,100 was received by Mark Rector SoA IT Manager to replace and a thank you for the moral and logistical support they have received while teaching here. The events were upgrade hardwar e, software and other equipment in the SoA Computer much appreciated by all who attended, many of whom had never experienced the Way of Tea or visited Center . DXARTS received two awards, one for $266,133 to improve the facility where students attend their studio sessions in a traditional Japanese setting. We hope to their n ew labs and another for $38,480 to provide more audio hardware. continue this mutually beneficial relationship into the future. For more information about the Urasenke Congratulations to all who were involved in these proposals! Foundation visit http://urasenkeseattle.org/.

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Dons Chue '4l, '45 was awarded the Twining Hlrnbef Lifetime Achievement Award from Artist James lraft 'Jt exhibited his ceramic pieces at Trust. She was honored at the Henry Art Gallery Foster/White Galery, Seattle, from 03- 22 June ltannt Quinn '!5, who teaches ceramics at the ~sO:w~~ ~~~g=.~~;.~T~nts of 2004. · · olorado at Boulder, will be taking Emeritus JIIIIIOIIJ Solberj '51 and Professor Emeritus ln&ela t.ars011 '114 had work included in the exhibit off from teaching to be an ~st· Patti WariiShlna '62, '64. titled Dressed to ThriU at the Yeiser Art Center in at Hunter College, New York City. The WOfk of Chuck Close '&2 and Ro&er Shlmomura ~~~e~~w~~ ~s~h~:Yb~· '11 was featured in Super-Sized: the BIG Print postcard. ~~H~~~t r:m=f~: 14 where she was able to focus on her drawing and Kucera Gallery, Seattle, May The Tacoma Art Museum featured the work of printmaking. David Rubin '04 was selected as one of 21 ~~J~~8