Info Session (Zoom)
We invite high school seniors, transfer and current UW students interested in majoring in one of our programs to attend a Preview session to learn about the School of Art + Art History + Design and its programs. Prospective students can prepare for the session by exploring our undergraduate degree programs on our website.
Sessions are offered both in-person or in a live zoom meeting on Thursdays at 3pm PST on selected dates. You must register at the link below.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: askadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit go.oncehub.com. The Conceptual West: A Conversation with Whitney Lynn, Leila Weefur and Sangram Majumdar
Join Whitney Lynn, Leila Weefur, and Sangram Majumdar for a conversation considering how “the West” operates as both a geographic and conceptual framework across their respective practices. Moving across painting, film, and site-specific installation, the discussion reflects on how place, narrative, and inherited histories shape contemporary artistic inquiry. Part of SPARK (Space for Practice, Art, Reflection, and Kinship), this informal salon series continues to cultivate thoughtful dialogue and connection across the UW community and beyond.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: University of Washington Club (Faculty Center) (FAC). Accessibility Contact: tedpoor@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM.
Print, Copy, Paste Zine Making Workshop
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Join us for a zine making workshop as we lead up to Print, Copy, Paste! We will be providing all materials necessary to make a one page zine. We recommend masks for this event and we will have some available as well. This is a free and open event for all to join.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: Chave Pichardo. Event Types: Special Events. Student Activities. Workshops. Target Audience: Students and the General Public.
Thursday, April 23, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Print, Copy, Paste Zine Fest
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Join us at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery for Print, Copy, Paste our 2nd Annual Zine Fest! We will have a variety of local, handmade, zines and other printed materials. We recommend masks for this event and we will have them available. This is a free, all ages event open to the public.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: Chave Pichardo. Event Types: Special Events. Student Activities. Target Audience: Anyone who loves print material!
Friday, April 24, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Ways of Becoming: BA in Art Graduation Exhibition
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
The show will be split into three parts: two for BA in Art students, and one for Honors.
Group 1: April 28 - May 8, 2026
Opening: April 28th
Group 2: May 12 - May 22, 2026
Opening: May 12th
Honors: May 26 - June 5, 2026
Opening: May 26th.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 – Friday, June 5, 2026.
Ways of Becoming: BA in Art Graduation Exhibition – Group 1
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Please join us for Ways of Becoming, the 2026 BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions at the Jacob Lawrance Gallery. Come celebrate the graduating seniors across the art programs: 3D4M, Photo/Media, Painting + Drawing, and Interdisciplinary Visual Art (IVA).
Ways of Becoming is split into three shows between April 28 – June 5, 2026. Please note, the gallery will be open during the group showing dates below, and will close during intermediate dates for installation.
GROUP 1
April 28 - May 8, 2026
Opening: April 28th, 5–7pm
Group 1 Artists: Jose Altamirano, Mei Li Babuca Jones, Jueun Baek, Ava Belle Boehm Jackson, Denise Breton, Ember Burnside, Ada Capecchi, Mariko Carskaddan, Noah Fernandez, Robert Cruz Gomez Jr. Jahnavi Hurley, Ryder Kaufman, Amelia Kim, Matisse Lebastchi, Cindy Liang, Ella Bryce Martin, Hayven Moneymaker, Joe Nilson, Adeline Rojas, Sarah Wormley, Halsey Xu
GROUP 2
May 12 - May 22, 2026
Opening: May 12th, 5–7pm
HONORS COHORT
May 26 - June 5, 2026
Opening: May 26th.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 – Friday, May 8, 2026.
Ways of Becoming: BA in Art Graduation Exhibition – Group 1 Opening Reception
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Please join us for Ways of Becoming, the 2026 BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions at the Jacob Lawrance Gallery. Come celebrate the graduating seniors across the art programs: 3D4M, Photo/Media, Painting + Drawing, and Interdisciplinary Visual Art (IVA).
Ways of Becoming is split into three shows between April 28 – June 5, 2026. Please note, the gallery will be open during the group showing dates below, and will close during intermediate dates for installation.
GROUP 1
April 28 - May 8, 2026
Opening: April 28th, 5–7pm
Group 1 Artists: Jose Altamirano, Mei Li Babuca Jones, Jueun Baek, Ava Belle Boehm Jackson, Denise Breton, Ember Burnside, Ada Capecchi, Mariko Carskaddan, Noah Fernandez, Robert Cruz Gomez Jr. Jahnavi Hurley, Ryder Kaufman, Amelia Kim, Matisse Lebastchi, Cindy Liang, Ella Bryce Martin, Hayven Moneymaker, Joe Nilson, Adeline Rojas, Sarah Wormley, Halsey Xu
GROUP 2
May 12 - May 22, 2026
Opening: May 12th, 5–7pm
HONORS COHORT
May 26 - June 5, 2026
Opening: May 26th.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Working Artists in Conversation: Zack Bent & Gala Bent
Join the UW Art + Art History + Design Alumni & Friends community for an evening with Seattle-based artists Zack Bent and Gala Bent—longtime collaborators, educators, and partners in both life and creative practice. Zack (MFA 2008) and Gala will share what it really means to build a life as working artists today: how they got their start, how their practices have evolved over time, and how they navigate the realities of making, teaching, and sustaining creative work. Their work spans photography, sculpture, drawing, and installation, often shaped by themes of home, family, and the natural world. This conversation is designed especially for current students and emerging artists who are thinking about their own paths. Expect an honest, grounded discussion, and plenty of space for questions, advice, and reflection on what it looks like to make art in this moment.
Registration is encouraged but not required.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Room 007 (Parnassus). Accessibility Contact: Liz Copland at enc5@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Special Events. Target Audience: students.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Kim Van Someren: Holding the Line
Outside the School
J. Rinehart Gallery announces their solo exhibition by artist and educator, Kim Van Someren. Van Someren’s exhibition, Holding the Line, investigates the architecture of structure and how systems of order simultaneously depend on and disrupt formalized construction. Questioning the authority of precision, turning instead to the overlooked: the incidental, the domestic, the improvised. Holding the Line will be on view online and in the gallery May 2 – 29, 2026. An exhibition preview reception will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at 2pm. The Opening Reception will be held First Thursday, May 7, 2026, from 5-8pm. A conversation with the Artist, moderated by Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Museum of Northwest Art, Christian Waguespack, will be held on Saturday, May 9th at 1pm.
Exhibition Preview, Saturday May 2, 2-4pm
Opening Reception, Thursday, May 7, 5-8pm
Artist Talk, Saturday, May 9 1:00pm.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Accessibility Contact: info@jrinehartgallery.com. Event Types: Exhibits. Special Events.
Saturday, May 2, 2026 – Thursday, May 28, 2026.
J. Rinehart Gallery
319 3rd Ave S. Seattle, WA 98104.
For more info visit www.jrinehartgallery.com. Info Session (In-Person)
We invite high school seniors, transfer and current UW students interested in majoring in one of our programs to attend a Preview session to learn about the School of Art + Art History + Design and its programs. Prospective students can prepare for the session by exploring our undergraduate degree programs on our website.
Sessions are offered both in-person or in a live zoom meeting on Thursdays at 3pm PST on selected dates. You must register at the link below.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: ART 312. Accessibility Contact: askadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, May 7, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Art Rm 312: Art Building, University of Washington, 1915 Chelan Lane, Seattle WA 98195.
For more info visit go.oncehub.com. Ways of Becoming: BA in Art Graduation Exhibition – Group 2
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Please join us for Ways of Becoming, the 2026 BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions at the Jacob Lawrance Gallery. Come celebrate the graduating seniors across the art programs: 3D4M, Photo/Media, Painting + Drawing, and Interdisciplinary Visual Art (IVA).
Ways of Becoming is split into three shows between April 28 – June 5, 2026. Please note, the gallery will be open during the group showing dates below, and will close during intermediate dates for installation.
GROUP 1
April 28 - May 8, 2026
Opening: April 28th, 5–7pm
GROUP 2
May 12 - May 22, 2026
Opening: May 12th, 5–7pm
Group 2 Artists: Devika Ajith, Keiden Carlos, Heidi Meiyi Chang, Cole Cherkasky, Madeline Hardjanto, Teddy Henderson, Yoon Keith, Nozomi Kobayashi, Meena Lai, Kay Lam, Natalie Lawson, Yunah Lee, Natali Lukata, Stella Nevills, Jaya Rajagopalan, Olivia Riutcel, Yael Shriki, Camille Steckler, Ina Storck, Tina Tian, Alex Weber
HONORS COHORT
May 26 - June 5, 2026
Opening: May 26th.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 – Friday, May 22, 2026.
Stroum Lectures 2026 with Rafael Neis: Did ‘Men’ and ‘Women’ Always Exist? What the Talmud Can Tell Us
Outside the School
Join us for the first lecture of the UW's annual Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. This year the series features University of Michigan scholar and artist Rafael Neis. Register Here. Registration Required. Lecture 1: Did ‘Men’ and ‘Women’ Always Exist? What the Talmud Can Tell Us
We often assume that the categories “man” and “woman” are timeless and self-evident. But what if they aren’t? In this talk, Professor Rafael Neis invites us to explore a surprising question: did “men” and “women,” as fixed and stable categories, always exist in the way we imagine them today? Turning to the Talmud, Neis shows how the rabbis wrestled with bodies, identity, and social roles in ways that don’t always fit neatly into modern assumptions. By setting aside what we think we already know about gender, we can discover fresh and unexpected ways of reading these ancient texts—and gain insight into how the rabbis themselves understood human difference. Along the way, Neis opens up intriguing new perspectives on rabbinic…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: Kane 225, Walker-Ames Room. Accessibility Contact: jewishst@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Target Audience: Open to public. Registration required.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Info Session (Zoom)
We invite high school seniors, transfer and current UW students interested in majoring in one of our programs to attend a Preview session to learn about the School of Art + Art History + Design and its programs. Prospective students can prepare for the session by exploring our undergraduate degree programs on our website.
Sessions are offered both in-person or in a live zoom meeting on Thursdays at 3pm PST on selected dates. You must register at the link below.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: askadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, May 14, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit go.oncehub.com. Stroum Lectures 2026 with Rafael Neis: Monsters, Hybrids, and Holy Images - Rethinking Bodies in Ancient Jewish Art
Outside the School
Join us for the first lecture of UW's annual Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. This year the series features University of Michigan scholar and artist Rafael Neis. Registration link coming soon. Read about the first lecture here. Lecture 2. Monsters, Hybrids, and Holy Images: Rethinking Bodies in Ancient Jewish Art
Walk through the ancient world and you would have been surrounded by images of all kinds of beings—human figures, animals, hybrids, and creatures that blur the line between the familiar and the fantastic. These images appeared everywhere: in streets and homes, bathhouses and synagogues, public buildings and sacred spaces. In this talk, Professor Rafael Neis explores a handful of striking examples from ancient Jewish art and asks what happens when we look at them with fresh eyes. Instead of sorting these figures into modern boxes about “human,” “animal,” “male,” or “female,” Neis invites us to step back and see how ancient artists and communities imagined bodies more broadly. By letting go of…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB 214. Accessibility Contact: jewishst@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Target Audience: Open to public. Registration required.
Thursday, May 14, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
2026 MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition
The Henry is pleased to present the University of Washington's School of Art + Art History + Design Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design Thesis Exhibition. Throughout their programs, fine arts and design students work with advisers and other artists to develop advanced techniques, expand concepts, discuss critical issues, and emerge with a vision and direction for their own work. Henry staff conduct studio visits and work closely with the students to facilitate their projects and prepare them for exhibition at the museum.
The opening reception is on June 5, 2026. Please save the date. More details coming soon.
Artists
Stephanie Alacon
Dahae Cheon
Li-Yuan Chiou
Jeff Jiang
Victoria Mackender
Alex Moni-Sauri
Oscar Pearson
Chave Pichardo
Andrew Roibal
Ryan Walters
Credits
The 2026 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition is organized by Trevor Goosen, Fabricator and Preparator, and Jackson Irvine, Exhibition Tech.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Henry Art Gallery (HAG). Accessibility Contact: Visit henryart.org/visit/accessibility. Event Types: Exhibits.
Saturday, May 16, 2026 – Sunday, June 14, 2026.
For more info visit henryart.org. Liberation Book Club: Freeing the Body
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Our question to consider: What if liberation starts in the body?
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, May 19, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Ways of Becoming: BA in Art Graduation Exhibition – Honors Cohort
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Please join us for Ways of Becoming, the 2026 BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions at the Jacob Lawrance Gallery. Come celebrate the graduating seniors across the art programs: 3D4M, Photo/Media, Painting + Drawing, and Interdisciplinary Visual Art (IVA).
Ways of Becoming is split into three shows between April 28 – June 5, 2026. Please note, the gallery will be open during the group showing dates below, and will close during intermediate dates for installation.
GROUP 1
April 28 - May 8, 2026
Opening: April 28th, 5–7pm
GROUP 2
May 12 - May 22, 2026
Opening: May 12th, 5–7pm
HONORS COHORT
May 26 - June 5, 2026
Opening: May 26th.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 – Friday, June 5, 2026.
2026 Design 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, June 10, 2026 – Friday, June 26, 2026.
Design Show 2026 – Professional Night
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Design Show 2026 – Friends + Family Night
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Friday, June 12, 2026, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
2026 SoA+AH+D Graduation Celebration
Please save the date for the School’s annual Graduation Celebration in Meany Hall on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Graduating students will receive a formal invitation by email in April.
ACCESSIBILITY
For accessibility information, visit the Meany's website.
To request accommodation for Meany Center events or for Meany Center specific questions, please contact the ArtsUW Ticket Office at ticket@uw.edu or call 206-543-4880.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu or 206-543-4880. Event Types: Ceremonies. Student Activities.
Saturday, June 13, 2026, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM.