Autumn 2004 .........University of Washington I Seattle 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 Henry Art Gallery 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.«<u. bright throughout the program. Senior colleagues who attended some of our sessions were amazed by the quality Autumn 2004 of the students' contributions. One student, who led her mother through St. Peter's, was soon followed by a group 06 October - 16 October of American tourists who left their own guide behind. Rebecca Cummins Opening Reception: Tuesday 05 October, 4 - 6 pm The program was very rich. High points rarely Jacob Lawrence Gallery, 132 Art Building shown to the public or seen by the ordinary tourist included: Rebecca Cummins Assistant Professor, Photography exhibits her work. Santa Maria Antiqua, after a twenty-year long official closure, Gallery Hours: Tuesday- Satunlay, 12--.tpm. For more information ptease can 206.685.1805. opened for one month; the lith-century oratory behind the apse of Santa Pudenziana was shown to us by a 07 October knowledgeable church warden ; the painted birds and maps Rebecca Cummins Lecture in the "galleria delle carte geographiche" in the Vatican; 003 Art Building, 5pm the Farnese gallery (we knew so much more than our Rebecca Cummins Assistant Professor, Photography presents a lecture about her work. French guide!); two early 17th­ 27 October- 13 November century garden casini decorated with magnificent frescoes of the goddess SOA I Dirision of Art 12004- 2005 Aurora-one of them containing Cardinal Del Monte's alchemical study Opening Reception: Tuesday 26 October, 4 - 6 pm decorated by the young Caravaggio, with personifications of the elements Jacob Lawrence Gallery, 132 Art Building around a crystal globe; Legros' statue of the young, dying Stanislas Kostka, Group exhibition of SoA faculty artists from the areas of ceramics, fibers, metals, in front of which we reenacted an old debate about the cult value of painting+ drawing, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. images; and Giuseppe Chiari's delightful ceiling painting in the Palazzo Gallery Hours: Tuesday- Saturday, 12-4pm. For more information please call206.&85.1805. Barberini, presented to us by lisa Schultz '03 . 24 November- 08 December The day trips and overnight excursions were special treats: Vicino Works on Paper + Small 3-D Orsini's Sacra Bosco at Bomarzo and the fantastic fountains at Villa d'Este Opening Reception: Tuesday 23 November, 4 - 6 pm (Tivoli) were lovely refuges from the noisy city life. Thanks to a thunderstorm Jacob Lawrence Gallery, 132 Art Building with lightning and heavy rain, the visit to Villa d'Este became a dramatic Juried exhibition of work by SoA undergraduate +graduate artists.