Dawg Daze: Info Session – School of Art + Art History + Design
Are you an undergrad considering studying art, art history, or design at UW? Join us for an in-person information session to learn about the majors offered in the School of Art + Art History + Design. We will review the admissions requirements and process, and provide ample time for questions.
RSVP is not required, but it's highly encouraged to receive email confirmation and calendar reminders.
Unable to make it? See upcoming info sessions during the 2025-2026 academic year.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Art Room 312. Accessibility Contact: uaskart@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Rob Rhee – Tenure + Promotion Talk
Division of Art
As part of the Division of Art’s promotion and tenure process, IVA Assistant Professor Rob Rhee will present his ongoing research on bricolage as a creative practice and its agricultural connections.
Rhee has been working with plant biologists at UW, the Frank Lab at Cornell, and the UW Farm on a project that uses grafting as a sculptural process for creating live plant collage. Inspired by the phenomenon of inosculation, a natural form of grafting in which neighboring trees of different species will sometimes grow into each other, Rhee’s attempts to recreate this phenomenon on the farm attend to the resilience and receptivity of plants, adaptive responses to their essential rootedness (sessile).
Rhee will share this recent project alongside a series of essays and 3D models, Corpus, inspired by recent interpretations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in film, literature and performance. This new project focuses on the existential dilemmas around embodiment, cognition, and scientific responsibility embedded i…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Room 229. Accessibility Contact: Facilities + Safety Supervisor Becky Ryser at rayser@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Unsettling the Score: A Workshop with Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Exhibiting artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed will lead an open workshop for students and community members inspired by her exhibition, we leak, we exceed, currently on view at the Henry. Using scores as a method for engaging the world around us, Rasheed will demonstrate how she collaborates deeply with and creates new meaning from a broad range of written and found materials. Participants can expect to learn about Rasheed’s work as an artist and participate in prompts and directives that Rasheed uses in her pedagogy and practice.
This program is in partnership with the Jacob Lawrence Gallery and part of their inaugural Liberation Book Club. This year-long program series hopes to honor the Jacob Lawrence Gallery’s commitment to social justice and to gather community to think about the work of liberation through shared texts, art, film, music, conversation, and workshops.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Student Activities. Target Audience: students and community members.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit www.eventbrite.com. 2025 Fall NACAC Seattle Performing & Visual Arts College Fair: Arts at the UW
Welcoming prospective undergraduate students and their families to meet the College of Arts & Sciences and learn about studying the Arts (Art + Art History + Design, Dance, Drama, DXARTS, and Music) at the University of Washington.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: collegefairs@nacacnet.org. Event Types: Conferences. Information Sessions. Special Events. Student Activities.
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
For more info visit www.nacacattend.org. The Veil Is Thin Here (2025 Fall MFA Show)
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 – Saturday, November 8, 2025.
The Veil Is Thin Here (2025 Fall MFA Show) – Opening Reception
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
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Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Special Events.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
2025 Fall NACAC National College Fair Seattle: Meet the College of Arts & Sciences
Welcoming prospective undergraduate students and their families to learn about studying in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: collegefairs@nacacnet.org. Event Types: Academics. Conferences. Exhibits. Information Sessions. Special Events. Target Audience: Prospective Undergraduate Students and Families.
Friday, October 17, 2025, 9:00 AM – Saturday, October 18, 2025, 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nacacattend.org. Liberation Book Club: Art and Activism
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Our question to consider: How can we begin to think about using an art practice to meet the moment?
This program is part of the Liberation Book Club at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. This year-long program series hopes to honor our commitment to social justice and to gather our community to think about the work of liberation through shared texts, art, film, music, conversation, and workshops. Unlike your traditional book club all the reading and study happens together, so no need to prepare. Join us monthly as we approach the topic of liberation from a number of perspectives. We look forward to being in community with you.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Liberation Book Club: Community Care and Harm Reduction
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Our question to consider: How can we center care in the work we do? What skills do we need to develop?
Join us for a Narcan training workshop followed by a pizza party and conversation around community care, harm reduction, and accessibility.
This program is part of the Liberation Book Club at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. This year-long program series hopes to honor our commitment to social justice and to gather our community to think about the work of liberation through shared texts, art, film, music, conversation, and workshops. Unlike your traditional book club all the reading and study happens together, so no need to prepare. Join us monthly as we approach the topic of liberation from a number of perspectives. We look forward to being in community with you.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Liberation Book Club: Protest Music
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Our question to consider: What is the soundtrack to liberation?
This program is part of the Liberation Book Club at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. This year-long program series hopes to honor our commitment to social justice and to gather our community to think about the work of liberation through shared texts, art, film, music, conversation, and workshops. Unlike your traditional book club all the reading and study happens together, so no need to prepare. Join us monthly as we approach the topic of liberation from a number of perspectives. We look forward to being in community with you.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.