In the arts, attend a film screening about Hugo House produced by Frances McCue and directed by Ryan K. Adams, go to an exhibition opening at Jacob Lawrence Gallery, buy tickets for the New Burke Opening, and more!
Hugo House documentary “Where the House Was”
September 21, 7:30 pm | Northwest Film Form
For almost two decades,聽Hugo House聽has been a place for writers in Seattle. Now, a new documentary about the literary venue鈥檚 history 鈥� and the demolition of its original Capitol Hill home 鈥� is ready to make its public debut. 鈥淲here the House Was鈥� is a 58-minute feature-length film, four years in the making, produced by聽, a 天美影视传媒 senior lecturer in English, and directed by Ryan K. Adams, a filmmaker with聽Continuum College. Read more about this film in UW News.
Tickets are $13 for GA and $10 for students听触听
Exhibition: Composite Gestures#May
Opening Reception: September 25, 5 – 7 pm /September 26 – October 12 | Jacob Lawrence Gallery
This exhibition features the recent work of three faculty members in the 天美影视传媒 Division of Design: Jason Germany, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design; Annabelle Gould, Associate Professor, Visual Communication Design; and Axel Roesler, Associate Professor, Interaction Design. Together, their work invites viewers to explore the impact of design on everyday life through key areas of industrial design, publication design, and interaction design.
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Fourth Wednesday Concert Series: Harriet Wong (piano)
September 25, 12:30 pm | North Allen Library Lobby
UW Music student Harriet Wong, piano, performs in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted聽by UW Music and UW Libraries.
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New Burke Opening October 12th
Ticket sales open on September 3rd for the New Burke Museum Grand Opening Weekend. Celebrate with聽multicultural music and dance performances, family-friendly activities, and food trucks.
聽food truck will open it’s first brick-and-mortar location in the new Burke caf茅 space.
Tickets are $0 – $22 |
Exhibition | The Quest for the Beautiful Book: William Morris and the Kelmscott Press
July 8 鈥� October 25 | Allen Library South Basement
Immerse yourself in the influences on Morris and his creative artistic work in textiles, stained glass, furniture, wallpaper, ceramics and ultimately type designing and letterpress printing. Morris鈥� extensive output of poems, heroic stories and essays will be featured. His influences include medieval manuscripts, historic architecture, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, socialism, John Ruskin, early literary sources, nature, and his complex personal and public life. In his 62 years, Morris amassed a large body of artistic work.
This exhibit complements and coincides with Seattle Art Museum鈥檚 Victorian Radicals From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts and Crafts Movement, closing Sept 8. Curated by聽Sandra Kroupa, Book Arts and Rare Book Curator, this is the first time the Libraries has exhibited on William Morris since 1995.
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