<p>ART 361/561 — Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Practice — is a course taught each winter quarter by Assistant Professor Aaron Flint Jamison. An important part of the course is a series of lectures by guest artists, most of which are open to the public. The day after each public lecture, the artists usually meet with the students. Readings, discussions, and other visitors round out the quarter.</p>
<p>We asked students in this year's class to write about their experience in the class. Here is what they had to say.</p>

<p>Clare Ortblad will receive her Master of Design (MDes) degree in June. She chose a three-year MDes program, rather than two years, so that she could have more time to hone her design skills and the flexibility to take more electives.</p>
<p>Staff member Jeanette Mills asked her questions about her background and her experiences as a graduate student.</p>

<p>During autumn 2018, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York City issued a <a href="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018callforentries-mobility/">challenge to design students</a>: "How might automation change the mobility of people, goods, and services?" <strong>Ian Yu</strong>, a junior-level student in our Interaction Design major, decided to accept the challenge and gathered together several classmates for collaboration: <strong>C

<h2>Exhibition</h2>
<ul><li>May 25 – June 23, 2019</li>
<li><a href="http://www.washington.edu/maps/#!/henry-art-gallery-and-allen-center-fo… Art Gallery</a></li>
</ul><p>The graduation exhibition for students receiving master's degrees from our Division of Art and Division of Design:</p>
<h3>Master of Fine Arts</h3>

<p>The biennial Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award is offered by the School of Art + Art History + Design at the University of Washington to recognize individuals who pave the way for art, art history, or design to enliven and strengthen our community through their visionary and active leadership.</p>
<h2>2019 Award</h2>

With ingenuity and perseverance, faculty and staff built the UW glass program one kiln at a time.

How does one of the country's most celebrated ceramic sculptors celebrate the spirit of creativity in his University of Washington classroom? He asks students to start from the ground and build up.