Traces how American art has shifted, expanded, and contracted in step with the transforming nation from around 1650 to the present.
Explore the arts of Japan from prehistory to today with a focus on Buddhist art and architecture, sculpture, narrative handscrolls, ink painting, folding screens, and woodblock prints.
Visual presentation matters. Get introduced to the basics of visual communication including the creative process, fundamentals of composition, typography, color theory, and image-making.
Did you know there were two Michelangelos? Michelangelo Buonarroti and Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, lived a century apart but both revolutionized art in ways still felt today.
<h2>Event</h2>
<p>May 15 + 16, 2021 @ 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 5:30pm</p>
<p>Merrill Theater at On the Boards, <a href="https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5123562" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reservations</a></p>
<p>The School is pleased to announce the hiring of one new faculty member for each of our divisions: Sangram Manjumdar, Miriam Chusid, and Meichun Liu. Manjumdar and Chusid begin teaching in September 2021. Due to other commitments, Liu will start in September 2022. All are appointed as assistant professors.</p>
<h2><a id="art"></a>Art</h2>
<p>Painting + Drawing</p>
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<li>Friday, April 30, 2021</li>
<li>9am–4pm PT</li>
<li>Free and online via Zoom</li>
<li><a href="http://gradsymposium.designuw.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Event website</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Event</h2>
<p>Friday, April 23, 2021 @ 10am PT / 12pm CT</p>
<p>Online via Zoom; <a href="https://events.uw.edu/JLG2021Conversation" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">register now</a></p>
<h2>Class</h2>
<p>In a ten-week project during winter quarter 2021, students in Professor Axel Roesler’s DESIGN 483/582 (Advanced Projects in Interaction Design) explored the future of digital health, sponsored by <a href="https://www.lilly.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eli Lilly and Company</a> Design Labs.</p>
<h2>Event</h2>
<ul><li>Friday, May 14</li>
<li>6–7pm</li>
<li><a href="https://events.uw.edu/2021RonChew" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Register now</a></li>
</ul><p>This online celebratory gathering will take place via Zoom. The link will be provided in the registration confirmation email.</p>