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Graduation Speaker: Jia Jia, Graduate Student

<p>Jia Jia received her Master of Fine Arts degree in 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture in June 2021. She was the graduate student speaker for the School's virtual Graduation Celebration 2021. Below is the text of her speech.</p>
<hr /><p>Hi Everyone, I am Jia Jia, a second-year graduate student from the 3D4M program, and I come from China. I feel really honored to be here and to represent all the graduate students in the School of Art + Art History + Design.</p>

Q+A with Kathleen Ash-Milby

<h2>Background</h2>
<p>Kathleen Ash-Milby received her Art History bachelor's degree in 1991. She went on to receive an MA at the University of New Mexico and then to work in New York City for over 20 years, at American Indian Community House and at the National Museum of the American Indian. Ash-Milby was president of the Native American Art Studies Association from 2011–2015. She was appointed the Curator of Native American Art at Portland Art Museum in 2019.</p>
<h2>Interview</h2>

Alumni Spotlight: Malie Fujii

<p>UW Drama alum Malie Fujii <i>(she/her)</i> is a proud Yonsei Japanese American who pronounces her name “muh-LEE-ay foo-JEE-ee” and resides on the lands of the Coast Salish, Canarsie, and Munsee Lenape peoples. She works primarily in stage and production management, prioritizing projects that center Global Majority (BIPOC) artists, communities, and abundance. Recent credits include <i>Twelfth Night,</i> <i>As You Like It, Shout Sister Shout!

UW Drama alum Ada Limón (BA 1998) to give keynote address at 2021 School of Drama graduation ceremony

<p><span>Ada</span><span> Limón, a current Guggenheim fellow, is the author of five poetry collections, including <em>The Carrying</em>, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Her fourth book <em>Bright Dead Things</em> was named a finalist for the National Book Award, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She serves on the faculty of Queens University of Charlotte Low Residency M.F.A program and lives in Lexington, Kentucky.</span></p>

Alden Mason Book + Exhibitions

<p>Alden Mason was an alum (BA 1942, MFA 1947) and professor emeritus of the School of Art. He began teaching here in 1946 and was appointed as an assistant professor in 1952. Mason was promoted to associate professor in 1957, became a full professor in 1965, and was designated a professor emeritus in 1981. A few of his notable students were Whiting Tennis, Roger Shimomura, Gene Gentry McMahon, and Chuck Close.

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