During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities听to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.听
Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to听.听
Outpost: Words and Music
February 1, 5:30 PM PST |听
Carrie Shaw, UW School of Music faculty member and Mellon Faculty Fellow, will premier three commissions she initiated as part of her Mellon project, Expanding Repertoire and Research in Vocal Music with New Accompanied Technologies,听at the Great Northern Festival.听
Tickets are $15 |
History Lecture Series:听Arming the Police and the 鈥楽ocial Source of Our Distresses鈥�
February 3, 6:00 – 7:00 PM |听
In this lecture, Associate Professor of History Bruce Hevly听will investigate the use of handguns by American police officers beginning with Teddy Roosevelt鈥檚 tenure on the New York City Police Commission in the 1890s.
Next in the series:
- February 10, 6:00 – 7:00 PM: Digital Discontents, from the Age of the Mainframe to the Era of Big Tech
Free |
Meany On Screen:听Cuarteto Latinoamericano
February 5 – 12 |听
The world-renowned Cuarteto Latinoamericano has been on a mission to present great works of the Latin American chamber repertoire since its founding听in Mexico in 1982. In a 听hosted by the Meany Center, Cuarteto Latinoamericano features听three Latin American musical luminaries. And, , takes a deeper look at the composers presented by Cuarteto Latinoamericano in this creative process conversation between composer Gabriela Ortiz, first violinist Sa煤l Bitr谩n, Professor of Cinema and Media Studies and of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Anthony Geist, and Meany Center听Executive and Artistic Director Michelle Witt.
Free |
Maria Gaspar: Disappearance Landscape
February 6, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM & 1:30 – 3:00 PM |听
Disappearance Landscape, hosted by the Henry Art Gallery,听is a virtual workshop that uses the body to interrogate and intervene highly contested sites. Using green screen strategies, participants will examine jails, prisons, border walls, conflict zones, and other places of power in order to mediate, flip, dissect, transpose, or dismantle forms of oppression and confinement.
Free |
2021 Critical Issues Lecture Series:听H峄搉g-脗n Tr瓢啤ng
February 5, 12:00 PM |听
In the 2021 Critical Issues Lecture Series is presented by the School of Art + Art History + Design in collaboration with the Henry Art Gallery.听On February 5th, the lecture will be presented by听H峄搉g-脗n Tr瓢啤ng, who uses photography, sound, video, and performance to examine histories of war and immigrant and refugee narratives through a decolonial framework.
Next in the series:
- February 12, 2:30pm:听Ariel Ren茅 Jackson
- February 19, 12pm:听Eva Barto
Free |
Making Amends Podcast
“Making Amends,” a podcast by听Professor of Law, Societies, and Justice Steve Herbert provides an opportunity to hear voices too commonly ignored in conversations about our criminal justice policy. It also challenges listeners to consider how we might better ensure greater accountability for those who commit wrongs. It asks: If we wish to see as many prisoners as possible pursue genuine accountability, do our current practices of punishment help us achieve that goal?
Free |
Looking for more?
Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page for听more digital engagement opportunities.