From the Chair

The room, the room is spinnin’ around, oh yeah, I’m delirious…I get delirious, yeah, delirious. Prince, Delirious, 1982 There is a new exhibition at the Met Breuer in New York that I have not seen (but plan to), curated by Kelly Baum called “Delirious: Art At...

From the Chair

A Community of artists, such as we are, is a kind of closed system, an ecology full of micro-ecologies. We inhabit space, we share that space, we bring in detritus and ideas from outside that space and such matter re-aligns our ecology ever so slightly with each...
State of the Department Update August 2017

State of the Department Update August 2017

Dear Alumni and Friends of the UW Art Department I am writing to share some truly exciting news. We are undertaking a major renovation project in the Art Lofts and moving purposefully into the future! In the last couple years, we have been working hard toward a new...

From the Chair

“What I never wanted in art — and why I probably didn’t belong in art — was that I never wanted viewers,” he said. “I wanted an interaction.” Vito Acconci 1940-2017 Daily life seems overrun with interaction; the general forms of communication that track our movements...