<p>The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is showing two solo exhibitions that feature people with close ties to the School.</p>
<h2>Jacob Lawrence</h2>

<h2>Background</h2>
<p>Holly Chan received her Bachelor of Design degree in 2017, majoring in interaction design. After graduation, she spent more than two years working for Ancestry in the San Francisco Bay area. Chan became a user experience designer at Blue Origin in May 2020.</p>
<h2>Interview</h2>
<p><strong>Did you enter the UW with the intention of studying design?</strong></p>

<p>We have four part-time lecturers who have taught in previous quarters during this academic year: <a href="/news/2020/09/28/autumn-2020-part-time-faculty#costello">Joe Costello</a>, <a href="/news/2020/09/28/autumn-2020-part-time-faculty#enderle">Melanie Enderle</a>, <a href="/news/2021/01/04/winter-2021-part-time-faculty#gonzales">Stefan Gonzales</a>, and <a href="/news/2020/09/28/autumn-2020-part-time-faculty#yen">Jayme Yen</a>.

<h2>Exhibition</h2>
<p>May 29 – June 27, 2021</p>
<p>Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design students — all graduating in 2021 and some from 2020 — are taking part in this exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery.</p>
<h3>2021 Participants</h3>
<h4>Master of Fine Arts</h4>
<ul>
<li>Payton Cahill</li>
<li>Henry Detweiler</li>
<li>Jacob Fetterman</li>
<li>Xiaoyi Gao</li>
<li>Holly Hazelton</li>

<p>We have three part-time lecturers who are continuing from autumn quarter 2020: <a href="/news/2020/09/28/autumn-part-time-faculty#costello">Joe Costello</a>, <a href="/news/2020/09/28/autumn-part-time-faculty#morales">Arely Morales</a>, and <a href="/news/2020/09/28/autumn-part-time-faculty#yen">Jayme Yen</a>. Here are the other part-time faculty for this quarter:</p>
<h2>Andrew Allen</h2>

<p>The School of Art + Art History + Design is sad to announce the passing of Professor Emeritus Bill Holm on December 16, 2020. He died at home in his sleep at the age of 95.</p>
<h2>Brief Biography</h2>
<p>Holm was born in Montana, and his family moved to Seattle when he was twelve. Shortly after that, he met Dr. Erna Gunther, director of the Washington State Museum. She helped to grow his already deep interest in Native peoples and their cultures.</p>

<h2>Background</h2>
<p>Yoder received his MFA in Fiber Arts in 1987. Since then, he has worked on his own art practice, and he became a gallerist when he founded SEASON in 2010. Tela Real, an Instagram-only gallery, is his most recent venture.</p>
<h2>Interview</h2>
<p><strong>What made you choose the School of Art for your graduate studies?</strong></p>

<p>Warmest congratulations to our students, faculty, and staff for completing an autumn quarter like no other. While the hallways of the Art Building were unusually empty and void of end-of-quarter work for final critiques, the digital realm is very much alive. We are pleased to share with you some of the activities that occurred throughout the past few months within the UW and out in our broader creative community.</p>
<h2>Art</h2>

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alexandra Bradshaw-Yerby</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (MFA ’18)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has been named </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Utah Higher Education Dance Educator of the year award from Utah Dance Educators Organization (UDEO)-- the Utah Chapter of National Dance Educators Organization (NDEO). </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alex has a way about teaching that allows the class environment to feel extremely inviting and safe. Along with being wise and having expertise about the body, Alex is always open to discussion and helping everyone with their own kinesthetic awareness in becoming smarter dancers. In her classes, it feels like a real dance laboratory where exploration and growth is deeply encouraged. Alex shows immense care for every single student, and goes above and beyond for them in any ways she can. Everyone at SUU is so inspired by her humility, love, and passion for dance, and it ultimately becomes contagious."</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Darcie Miles, UDEO Newsletter</span></p>
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<p><a href="/sites/dance/files/documents/udeo_newsletter_2020_-_online_version.pdf">Read the full newsletter here. </a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bradshaw-Yerby formerly danced with Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company (RWDC), touring annually throughout the United States and abroad. In fact, several UW Dance alumni have worked with RWDC in the past, including Jo Blake (MFA </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">’17) and most recently, Fausto Rivera (BA’13) who joined the company this past June of 2020.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alexandra Bradshaw-Yerby</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (MFA ’18)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has been named </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Utah Higher Education Dance Educator of the year award from Utah Dance Educators Organization (UDEO)-- the Utah Chapter of National Dance Educators Organization (NDEO). </span></p>