The Gordon Woodside / John Braseth Gallery in South Lake Union has works by Johsel Namkung. I highly recommend this show to anyone who loves the Northwest and the UW. Johsel Namkung is a renaissance man. While never a member of our faculty, his amazing career is a tribute to the role the UW [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Art’
September 14th, 2011 - 8:45 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Henry Gallery Exhibits Mt. Rainier Made of Seattle Junque
Image 2: David Herbert. Holy Mountain. 2011. Digital collage. Courtesy of the artist and Postmasters Gallery, New York. Seattle native David Herbert utilizes everyday materials, including Styrofoam, PVC pipes, and Scotch Tape, to create eccentric sculptural installations of iconic subjects. During a[...]
February 20th, 2011 - 7:00 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Seattle’s Unique Opportunity: The Waterfront
This is the city founded centuries ago by people from the Salish Sea. The longboats of our Samish and Duwamish predecessors were part of a network of native navigation reaching from Tacoma to Alaska. The white men came and replaced Chief Seattle’s home but the waterfront remained the cor[...]
UW: Art History Goes Online
The University of Washington Press, in collaboration with Duke University Press, the Pennsylvania State University Press, and the University of Pennsylvania Press, has been awarded a collaborative publishing grant of $1.257 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to publish first books by scho[...]
January 15th, 2011 - 9:52 am § in The Ave Scene
An Offer from The Henry
from Hankblog I did not realize that the Henry (and the Burke) are able to lend materials for UW uses! I wonder if this would include putting some objects on display at South Lake Union? How to use the Henry January 14, 2011 – 1:42 am Rachael Faust, the Henry’s assistant curator of collection[...]
January 1st, 2011 - 6:42 pm § in Misc.
Photography: Work by Paul Berger and Others
One of the most amazing things about the UW, is its invisibility! Browsing through the campus I found this remarkable ‘show” of work by photographers .. students and faculty. See more here.[...]