UW Drama – UW News /news Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:49:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 ArtSci Roundup: Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections, Hafu ハーフ film screening, and more! /news/2022/10/28/artsci-roundup-democracy-and-the-2022-midterm-elections-hafu-%e3%83%8f%e3%83%bc%e3%83%95-film-screening-and-more/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:08:58 +0000 /news/?p=79948 Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week!

Highlights of current and upcoming exhibitions:

October 27 – November 23 | / November 2, 5 – 8 PM: , Art Building

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is pleased to host Seattle artist Miha Sarani. This exhibition is a broad survey of Sarani’s work, focusing on portraiture while also reflecting his Slovenian heritage.

Until November 5 | , Koplin Del Rio (Georgetown, Seattle)

November 6 – April 16 | , Burke Museum(Free admission for UW students, faculty and staff)

Until January 8 | , Henry Art Gallery (Free admission for UW students, faculty and staff)

November 1, 7:30 PM | , Meany Center

Faculty pianist Cristina Valdés performs music by Henri Dutilleux, Alexander Scriabin, Huck Hodge, Ruth Crawford-Seeger, and Gabriela Ortiz in this program of preludes and etudes. She is joined by Cuong Vu, trumpet, for the premiere of her work Sketches of an Anniversary Prelude, for trumpet and piano.

$20 tickets ($15 UW Affiliate, $10 students and seniors). |

November 2, 12:30 PM | ,Online Meany Hall – Studio Theatre

Join the Department of Dance to hear research presentations by second year MFA candidates in dance. This event is free and open to all UW and Seattle community members! Presentations will include:

Hip Hop Dance: A Multi-Referential Label with Controversial Considerations
Gary Champi, MFA Candidate UW Department of Dance

Party Environments and the Development of the Hustle: How Dance Party Spaces Foster Creativity and Community Connection Past and Present
Abdiel Jacobsen, MFA Candidate UW Department of Dance

Unlocking Creativity: Community Engaged Dance & Storytelling for Senior Adults
Jenn Pray, MFA Candidate UW Department of Dance

Free |

November 2, 6:30 PM| Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections, Part I, Kane Hall

Jake Grumbach is an associate professor of political science at the ӰӴý who focuses on political economy of U.S. Democracy. In the first of a two- part series, he will discuss the current crisis in American democracy and how national conflicts of race, labor, and democracy are playing out in state governments.

Free | RSVP

, online

Collage showing historic images of Jews in lights robes and hats, with medieval map alongside

What did it mean to be a Jewish minority in an Arab-Islamic society? How did Judaism shape Islam and vice versa? What is the future of Jewish-Arab relations?

Today, Jews and Arabs sometimes seem to be entrenched in a timeless conflict. But for centuries, over 90% of the world’s Jews lived, worked, and thrived (or sometimes floundered) in the Arab Near East.

In four talks from scholars drawing on their original research, this series will explore interactions between Jews and Arabs across fifteen hundred years of history.

  • November 2, 3 PM | Lecture 3. Jews and Muslims in Colonial Algeria: Between Intimacy and Resentment
  • November 10, 3 PM | Coffeehouses, Parks, and Neighborhoods: Jews and Muslims
    in 20th-Century Cairo

Free |

November 3, 5:30 PM | , Thomson Hall

Hafu (2013 Producer/Director/Videographer Megumi Nishikura) With an ever increasing movement of people between places in this transnational age, there is a mounting number of mixed-race people in Japan, some visible others not. “Hafu” is the unfolding journey of discovery into the intricacies of mixed-race Japanese and their multicultural experience in modern day Japan. The film follows the lives of five “hafus”–the Japanese term for people who are half-Japanese–as they explore what it means to be multiracial and multicultural in a nation that once proudly proclaimed itself as the mono-ethnic nation.

Each quarter during the academic year the UW Japan Studies Program will host a film to include discussion.

Free |

November 4, 2 PM |, HUB

Featuring:
Shaunak Sen(Director,All That Breathes)
Vivek BaldԻAlaudin Ullah(Directors,In Search of Bengali Harlem)

In conversation with:
Anand Yang(Professor of History and International Studies)
Alka Kurian(Associate Teaching Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences)

Identities are in flux today. How do individuals and groups make sense of their lives and beliefs in an ever-changing world increasingly in the throes of socioeconomic and religious conflict and environmental crises? Come join us in a conversation with the award-winning directors of the films “All That Breathes” and “In Search of Bengali Harlem” which highlight the choices people make to keep hopes alive.

This event is part of the.

Free |

November 7, 6 PM | , online or HUB

Our annual public event draws from different stories and areas of knowledge to collaboratively consider a problem that’s keeping students up at night. Honors students, staff and faculty invite our broader community on campus and beyond to join our conversation on the power (and politics) of place.

With passionate speakers from public health, sociology, ethnic studies, geography, and history, we’ll explore how communities respond to systems and events that disrupt relationships to place (like colonialism, war, climate change, or global pandemics); explore how people and communities sustain themselves in the face of such displacements through creative adaptation and collective care; and find opportunities to honor the radical placemaking work of vulnerable communities and coalitions who are leading the way.

Free |

Autumn Quarter:

The College of Arts & Sciences is launching its initiative by inviting students, faculty, and staff to join a campus-wide reading experience, followed by conversations about how we can enhance teaching and learning at the ӰӴý.

(in person or Zoom).

]]> ArtSci Roundup: Lauren Williams: Wake Work*, Concert and Campus Bands, and More /news/2022/02/24/artsci-roundup-lauren-williams-wake-work-concert-and-campus-bands-and-more/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:13:16 +0000 /news/?p=77420 Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week!

Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to.

Don’t Miss Before it Closes! Lauren Williams: Wake Work*

Through March 5 |

What happens in the wake of state violence, particularly against Black people in the United States? Absence and erasure challenge the imagination inLauren Williams: Wake Work*,an exhibition created as part of Williams’ 2022 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency.

Drop by the this week between 10am-5pm to seeWake Work* before it closes.

Free |

Stereotypes in Storytelling: UW Alumni Book Club Conversation

March 3, 5:00 PM |

In collaboration with UW Alumni Book Club’s reading of “Interior Chinatown” by Charles Yu, join Professor of English Shawn Wong, Teaching Professor of English Michelle Liu, and Society of Scholars Fellow Xin Peng to share a conversation about how stereotypes are often used in storytelling. Our conversation will range from issues around identity, representation of Asian Americans in storytelling and challenging these stereotypes.

No spoilers! You don’t need to have read Charles Yu’s“Interior Chinatown”to participate in this event.

Free |

Concert and Campus Bands

March 1, 7:30 PM |

The Campus Band (Corey Jahlas, conductor) and Concert Band (Roger Wu Fu, conductor) present works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Vincent Persichetti, and William Grant Still.

$10 |

Birthing Ideas in Ancient Greece and the Modern World: A Personal andProfessional Story

March 4, 3:30 PM |

The Department of Classics presents a lecture by Yurie Hong, Professor and Chair in Classical Studies and Affiliated Faculty in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College and a 2007 PhD of the UW Department of Classics. Her research focuses on representations of pregnancy and childbirth in ancient Greek literature, including historical and medical texts. She is nationally active in discussion of and advocacy for issues of diversity and social justice in academe and within Classics as a profession.

Free |

Modern Band and UW Jazz Faculty

March 2, 7:30 PM |

The UW Jazz Studies program presents an evening of modern jazz featuring a set by the UW Modern Band (Cuong Vu, advisor) followed by a set by Jazz Studies faculty Marc Seales, piano; Ted Poor, drums and Steve Rodby, bass.

$10 |

Father Comes Home from the Wars Parts 1, 2 & 3

March 16 – 20 |

Offered his freedom if he joins his enslaver in the ranks of the Confederacy, Hero must choose whether to leave the woman and people he loves for what may be yet another empty promise. As his decision brings him face-to-face with a nation at war with itself, the loved ones Hero left behind debate whether to escape or wait for his return, only to discover that for Hero, free will may have come at a great spiritual cost. Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Suzan-Lori Parks’Father Comes Home From the Warsis an explosively powerful drama about the mess of war, the cost of freedom, and the heartbreak of love, with all three parts seen in one night. Part 1 introduces us to Hero. In Part 2, a band of rebel soldiers test Hero’s loyalty as the cannons approach. Part 3 finds Hero’s loved ones anxiously awaiting his return. Faculty member Valerie Curtis-Newton (Fefu and Her Friends,The Best of Everything), 2021 recipient of the ӰӴý Faculty Lecture Award, directs.

$5-20 |

2022 Critical Issues Lecture Series: Anthony White

March 4, 12:00 PM |

The general public is invited to join degree-seeking individuals studying fine art in order to share ideas and raise questions about contemporary art. This week, for the final lecture in the series, Anthony White will speak. White’s work consists of intimate and intricate portraits, still-lifes, and objects meticulously spun from common PLA plastic. His work blurs the line between fact and fiction and disrupts hierarchies of status and wealth by framing figures, trivial souvenirs, and low-brow accouterments in luxurious environments.

Free |

Looking for more?

Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page formore digital engagement opportunities.

]]> ArtSci Roundup: UW Museums Reopen, Uncharted Waters, UW Dance Presents, and More /news/2021/03/02/artsci-roundup-uw-museums-reopen-uncharted-waters-uw-dance-presents-and-more/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:56:54 +0000 /news/?p=73058 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunitiesto connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to.

2021 Scheidel Lecture: Horror Noire — Blacks in American Horror

March 10, 3:30 – 5:00 PM |

The Department of Communication is thrilled to welcome acclaimed academic practitioner Dr. Robin Means Coleman to deliver the 2021 Scheidel Lecture. Dr. Coleman will expand on themes from her bookHorror Noire: Blacks in American Horror from the 1890s to Presentand her eponymously titled 2019 documentaryHorror Noire, to engage the audience in conversation about Blacks’ contribution to the horror genre, the contributions of women, and what horror can teach us about social justice. This presentation is suitable for novice, intermediate, and expert participants.

Free |

Online: Uncharted Waters

March 11 – 14 |

This winter, the Cornish College of the Arts Theater and Performance Production Departments, Seattle University Theatre, and the ӰӴý School of Drama have come together for a cross-town theatrical collaboration the likes of which Seattle has never seen. Seattle University’s Rosa Joshidirects William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, while Cornish College of the Arts’ Sheila Danielsand UW Drama acting alum Porscha Shawco-direct Bodies of Water, a devised piece in response to themes in Shakespeare’s play. Both productions feature student casts from all three schools, and the artistic and production work of students, faculty, and staff from all three schools, and both will be rehearsed and performed entirely online.

Free |

Anne Searcy: “Understanding the Dance of Hamilton”

March 11, 2:00 PM |

The Broadway showHamilton: An American Musicalhas generated an astounding level of popular acclaim, critical success, and political discourse, most of it centered around the musical’s writer, composer, and star Lin-Manuel Miranda.Additionally impressive, but less examined so far, is the striking and unusually central role played by Andy Blankenbuehler’s choreography. In this talk, the first of this series, music history professor Dr. Anne Searcy discusses how dance works as a central part ofHamiltonand explores the implications that the choreography has for the political discourse around the celebrated musical.

Free |

UW Dance Presents

March 12 – 28 |

The Department of Dance is excited to present new works from nationally and internationally recognized choreographers Rujeko Dumbutshena, Alana Isiguen, Rachael Lincoln, Juliet McMains, “Majinn” Mike O’Neal, and Jennifer Salk, with guest artists Alex Dugdaleand Alice Gosti.

Presented digitally, these explorations of dance on film examine themes ranging from human connection and identity to the joy of rhythm and music as movement. The new works, generated from a diverse range of movement styles, feature dancers set against local Seattle backdrops including Magnuson Park and on stage at Meany Center for the Performing Arts. The performances feature new collaborations and several original music compositions, including by Zimbabwean-born local Seattle artist Paul Mataruse and compositions by music students Griffin Becker and Lucas Zeiter performed by the Wind Ensemble.

Free |

ONLINE — Mark Morris Dance Group & Music Ensemble: Mozart Dances

March 12 – 19 |

Mark Morris’ joyful and sublimeMozart Dancesis a masterpiece of movement and music. Set to three exquisite Mozart piano works, the choreography is buoyant and exhilarating, exemplifying why Morris is revered as “the most artfully musical choreographer alive” (The New York Times). In this virtual, onlineperformance of the transcendent evening-length trilogy, the company’s own music ensemble provides live music for the lyricism and astounding precision of the Mark Morris Dance Group, with stunning scenic design by celebrated abstract painter Howard Hodgkin (Layla and Majnun).

Free |

UW Museums Reopen

Many of the UW’s on-campus museums, including the , the , and the have reopened for COVID-19 safe visitation from the public. New exhibits include the Henry Art Gallery’sBambitchell: Bugs & Beasts Before the Law andPlural Possibilities & the Female Body. All students, faculty, and staff can attend these museums for free.

Barbara Earl Thomas: The Geography of Innocence

Through November 14 |

UW alum Barbara Earl Thomas’ new body of work at the Seattle Art Museum carries within it the sediments of history and grapples with race and the color line.At the heart of her new work is a story of life and death, hope and resilience—a child’s survival. She takes us on a journey where she gives us clues, tracks and traces—the raw elements of the armor, like the one Black parents construct for their children at birth, to help them navigate the perilous landscape that is our country’s color problem.

$7.00 – $10.00 |

Looking for more?

Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page formore digital engagement opportunities.

]]> ArtSci Roundup: Kim Van Someren at J. Rinehard Gallery, UW Alumni Book Club, Dance Graduate Symposium, and more /news/2020/08/06/artsci-roundup-kim-van-someren-at-j-rinehard-gallery-uw-alumni-book-club-dance-graduate-symposium-and-more/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:36:43 +0000 /news/?p=69786 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunitiesto connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to.

Kim Van Someren: The Slate of Line

View at your leisure, through Sept 12 |

Celebrate School of Art + Art History + Design Instructional TechnicianKim Van Someren‘s soloshow at J. Rinehard Gallery. View the recorded virtual opening for The Slant of Line at the gallery’s website and marvel in the prints delicately assembled by Van Someren online or in person.

 

 

 

UW Alumni Book Club

Ongoing | Online

During these extraordinary times, it’s more important than ever to explore new ways of connecting with each other. We also might have more time to crack open a good book. Join the conversation and community of the UW Alumni Book Club,a self-paced literary educational experience designed with the eclectic reader in mind.

Whether or not you read the book, UWAA welcomes you to participate in two events this month:

  • Cold War in AfricaAugust 10, 4:00 – 4:30 PM: Department of History ProfessorLynn Thomas gives us more context about the African front of the Cold War in a moderated online discussion.
  • Wrap-up DiscussionAugust 12,5:00 – 6:00 PM: Get together online to talk about this gripping summer read with your fellow UW Alumni Book Club members.

Dance Graduate Student Research Symposium

August 14, 3:00 PM |

On August 14, theDepartment of Dance’s Dance Graduate Research Symposium will cover topics ranging from influence on male dancers, to building better relationships in dance partnering, to gender expression in contemporary flamenco dance. This exciting symposium is open and accessible to all.

Free|

Drop-in Session: Staying Balanced Amid Uncertainties

View at your leisure |

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues with no clear resolution in sight, we call upon resources to weather these uncertainties and challenges. This session, sponsored by theCenter for Child and Family Well-Being and presented byElizabeth H. B. Lin (MD, MPH),will introduce the Mountain Meditation with compassion. With an open-minded and open-hearted approach, this practice can inspire us toward kindness for ourselves and others while staying balanced amidst uncertainties and chaos.

Free|

OnTheBoards.tv

View at your leisure |

Looking for a way to keep engaged in the Seattle art scene? Performing arts companyOn the Boards‘ OnTheBoards.TV provides reasonably-priced full-length recordings of hundreds of On The Boards performances ranging in topic and medium and going back years.

Looking for more?

Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page formore digital engagement opportunities.

]]> ArtSci Roundup: Former Prime Minister of Italy Talk, Pandemic Urbanism Symposium, and more /news/2020/05/19/artsci-roundup-former-prime-minister-of-italy-talk-pandemic-urbanism-symposium-and-more/ Tue, 19 May 2020 18:02:54 +0000 /news/?p=68231 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunitiesto connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to.

Former Prime Minister of Italy Talk

May 28, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM | YouTube streaming

Join us for a virtual event addressing the European response to COVID-19 with former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, in conversation with Jackson School DirectorReşat Kasaba.

Free|

 

 

 

National Tap Dance Day Mini Lesson with Alex Dugdale

May 25, 12:00 PM | Live class

Celebrate National Tap Dance Day with a virtual mini-lesson withthe Department of Dance’s Tap Dance ProfessorAlex Dugdale. The lesson is open to all UW students with our without tap dance experience.

Free|

2020 Stephanie M.H. Camp Lecture: Recaptive African Women and the Body Politics of Survival in the Era of the ‘Last Slave Ships’

May 27, 3:30 PM | Zoom streaming

In the final decade of the transatlantic slave trade, recaptive Africans seized by U.S. patrols from illegal slave ships found themselves embarked on new and deadly journeys of forced migration to Liberia. To survive the catastrophe of their displacement, recaptive women asserted communal life in the midst of anonymous death through rival use of ship’s spaces and reclamation of their social bodies. This talk, given by Occidental College’sSharla M. Fettand sponsored by the Department of Historymerges the history of the body with more recent work on black intellectual history in the Atlantic World.

Free|

Pandemic Urbanism Symposium

May 29, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM | Remote participation

What does COVID-19 mean for city life? What are the implications of this pandemic for urban mobility, sociability, politics, and density?Organized by current and recent UW doctoral students and sponsored by the College of Built Environments, thePhD Program in the Built Environmentand theInterdisciplinary PhD Program in Urban Design and Planning, the symposium offers a full day of presentations and discussion from academics, researchers, practitioners, and activists sharing new ideas about cities during COVID-19.

Free with registration|

Best Seat in the House

May 19 | Online streaming

Each week theDepartment of Dance will be featuring one or two dance films or performance footage that faculty have been involved with. Check every Tuesdayto see the next video that you can watch from home.

Free|

Labor On-line: Virtual seminar Series, Spring 2020

This Spring, theHarry Bridges Center for Labor Studieshas hosted weekly online seminars with a wide range of labor scholars and activists. These sessions are free and open to the public.

Free|

May 26 –Strategies for Supporting Immigrant and Survival Sex Workers
1:30 PM |
Presented by: Kari Lerum,professor, UW Bothell

School of Music Digital Series

Ongoing | School of Music and

The digital concert series continues! Don’t miss the UW Jazz Festival, with performances from theSchool of Music faculty Cuong Vu & Ted Poor. See below for the full list of digital-only concerts, special for Spring 2020.

Upcoming Digital Series Events:

May 25 – Vocal Theatre Works: The Scarlet Letter
4:00 PM |

May 26 – Symphony Orchestra:Beethoven Symphony no. 4, Mvt. 1
4:00 PM |

May 27 –Vocal Theatre Works: A View From the Bridge
4:00 PM |

May 28 –Vocal Theatre Works:UW Jazz Festival, Cuong Vu & Ted Poor
4:00 PM |

May 29 –Vocal Theatre Works: Little Women
4:00 PM |

June 1 –Vocal Theatre Works: Speed Dating Tonight
4:00 PM |

Zoom Backgrounds from Photo/Media

Ongoing|Virtual Gallery

TheSchool of Art + Art History + Design‘s Photo/Media students, faculty, and alumhas created images sized appropriately to be used as virtual backgrounds in Zoom. They can be downloaded and used for free.

Free, ongoing|

 

#BurkeFromHome Trivia Night

Every Friday, 7:00 PM|Virtual Event

Join the Burke Museum online on Fridays at 7 PM for #BurkeFromHome Trivia. The popular Burke Trivia Night is back—this time online to practice social distancing while having loads of fun! Get your nerd on with natural history and culture-themed trivia.

BYOB, snacks, and slippers!

Free, please register for access|

Looking for more?

Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page formore digital engagement opportunities.

]]> ArtSci Roundup: Faculty recital: æܲԲ Thorsteinsdóttir, ‘Developing Capacity Through Collaborative Action,’ and more /news/2020/05/15/artsci-roundup-faculty-recital-saeunn-thorsteinsdottir-developing-capacity-through-collaborative-action-and-more/ Fri, 15 May 2020 20:56:05 +0000 /news/?p=68059 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunitiesto connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to.

Faculty Recital: æܲԲ Thorsteinsdóttir, cello

May 21, 4:00 PM | Online streaming

School of Musiccello facultyæܲԲ Thorsteinsdóttirperforms some of Bach’s most famous cello suites from her living room. This premiere, available only during the live broadcast time, will showcaseThorsteinsdóttir’s “riveting” (NYTimes) performance skills.

Free|

“After the Blast: The Ecological Recovery of Mount Saint Helens” Book Talk

May 18, 6:00 PM | Online streaming

On the 40th anniversary of the eruption, biology alumniEric Wagner will launch his new book. Join Eric, in partnership with the University Book Store, for a live Zoom presentation about the book, followed by an audience Q&A.

Free|

Drop-In Session: A Yoga Practice for Restful Sleep

May 18, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Online via Zoom

The Center for Child & Family Well-Beingis offering weekly drop-in meditation sessions. This week, Robyn Long (MA, E-RYT) addresses the continual changes and uncertainty in our lives because of COVID-19 that have made it challenging for many of us to have restful sleep. In this session, participants will experience a gentle yoga sequence with postures that can soothe the nervous system and promote relaxation. At the end of the session, there will be a brief guided meditation. This session is based on the teachings of Sir Desikachar, who emphasized individualizing yoga to each person’s unique needs.

Free with registration|

Best Seat in the House

May 19 | Online streaming

Each week theDepartment of Dance will be featuring one or two dance films or performance footage that faculty have been involved with. Check every Tuesdayto see the next video that you can watch from home.

Free|

Developing Capacity Through Collaborative Action

May 19, 1:00 PM | Virtual conference

From the College of the Environment,The Third Environmental Justice Conference entails to bring awareness on environmental and climate justice initiatives, as well as to create a space for dialogue across scales, affiliations, and worldviews. Join faculty from the College of the Environment and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Department across all three campuses in presentations and interactive sessions to explore approaches to inclusive and meaningful engagement through innovation and collaboration.

Free|

Labor On-line: Virtual seminar Series, Spring 2020

Tuesdays at 1:15 PM and Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

This Spring,Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studieshosts two weekly online seminars with a wide range of labor scholars and activists. These sessions are free and open to the public.

Free|

 

Upcomingseminars:
Hosted by theUW Tacoma Labor Solidarity Project

May 20 – The Evisceration of Civil Rights in the American Workplace

6:00 PM | Zoom:

Presented by: Professor Michael McCann, UW Political Science

 

Upcomingseminar:
Hosted by Labor Studies faculty at UW Bothell

May 19 – Organizing LGBT Women

1:30 PM | Zoom:

Presented by: Debbie Carlsen, Director LGBTQ Allyship, & Ching-in Chen, Professor, UW Bothell

May 26 –Strategies for Supporting Immigrant and Survival Sex Workers

1:30 PM | Zoom:

Presented by: Emi Koyama, Coalition for Rights and Safety & Kari Lerum

School of Music Digital Series

Ongoing | School of Music and

Students and faculty of the School of Music performance studios present music from across the ages in this , special for Spring 2020:

Upcoming Digital Series Events:

May 18 – Vocal Theatre Works: Glory Denied

4:00 PM |

May 19 – UW Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6

4:00 PM |

May 20 –Vocal Theatre Works: Starbird

4:00 PM |

May 22 –Vocal Theatre Works: Dead Man Walking

4:00 PM |

May 25 –Vocal Theatre Works: The Scarlet Letter

4:00 PM |

#BurkeFromHome Trivia Night

Every Friday, 7:00 PM|Virtual Event

Join the Burke Museum online on Fridays at 7 PM for #BurkeFromHome Trivia. The popular Burke Trivia Night is back—this time online to practice social distancing while having loads of fun! Get your nerd on with natural history and culture-themed trivia.

BYOB, snacks, and slippers!

Free, please register for access|

School of Art + Art History + Design Student Work Galleries

Ongoing|Virtual Gallery

Looking for a way to experience art while social distancing? Check out theSchool of Art + Art History + Design‘s online collections of graduate and undergraduate student work to get your art fix from the comfort of your own home.

Free, ongoing|

Looking for more?

Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page formore digital engagement opportunities.

]]> ArtsUW Roundup: Ted Poor debut album release show, The Women of Lockerbie opens, and more /news/2020/02/28/artsuw-roundup-ted-poor-debut-album-release-show-the-women-of-lockerbie-opens-and-more/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:08:18 +0000 /news/?p=66476 This week in the arts, Art History professor Foong Ping discusses thereconceptualizing of the Seattle Asian Art Museum, four Native American Huskies share what “home” means to them, the exhibition As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes opens at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, and more! To learn about more events taking place,.

Concert– Hélène Grimaud

March 4, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall

French pianist Hélène Grimaud brings a virtuosic program to Meany Center, performing music from her 2018 recording,Memory. In exploring music’s ability to bring the past to life, she stirs profound emotions through the elegant simplicity of miniatures by Chopin, Debussy, Satie and Silvestrov which, in the pianist’s own words, “conjure atmospheres of fragile reflection, a mirage of what was — or what could have been.”

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Colloquia Series – Foong Ping; An Asian Art Museum Transformed

March 4, 4:00 – 5:00 PM| Art Building

The Seattle Asian Art Museum has reopened after extensive modernization of its historic facility, and the original Art Deco architecture and interiors are renewed. These physical changes spurred a new curatorial direction that reenvisions how the permanent collection of Asian art is presented and interpreted. Foong Ping will discuss some concepts and processes behind this rare opportunity to reconceptualize the museum’s significant collections and the experiences it offers.

Foong Ping is theFoster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art at the Seattle Art Museum and Affiliate Associate Professor of Art History at the ӰӴý. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Free|

Exhibition Opening – As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes

March 4, 5:00 – 8:00 pm | Jacob Lawrence Gallery

As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutesis an incomplete historical survey of work created by African-American graphic designers over the last century. These practitioners are absent in too many classroom lectures, and their methods are mostly invisible or uncredited in the field. This exhibition aims to promote the inclusion of neglected Black designers and their developed methodologies and challenge the ubiquity of White and anti-Black aesthetics in our designed world.

The exhibition is on view at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery and Non-Breaking Space in Pioneer Square:

Jacob Lawrence Gallery
March 5 – 26, 2020
Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 4, 5–8pm
Workshop with curator Jerome Harris: Saturday, March 7, noon

Non-Breaking Space
March 5 – April 23, 2020
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 5, 6-8pm
Design Lecture Series: Friday, March 6, 7pm (sold out)

Free, please RSVP|

Short Talks: Home

March 5, 7:30 PM | KEXP Gathering Space

Finding place in your ancestral lands, your family, wherever youare.In celebration of the five-year anniversary of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House, four Native American Huskies share their personal stories of what “home” means to them.

Apps and drinks included. Doors open at 7 p.m.; program begins at 7:30 p.m. with reception immediately following.

Tickets are $7 – $10|More Info and Tickets

UW Drama Presents: The Women of Lockerbie

March 3, 7:30 PMtoMarch 15, 2:00 PM| Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre

In 1988, Pan Am flight 103 was bombed mid-flight, and the fiery pieces rained down on the peaceful town of Lockerbie, Scotland. Two-hundred-and-seventy people lost their lives that day: 243 passengers, 16 crew members, and 11 people on the ground. The Women of Lockerbie tells the story of a group of women fighting U.S. government bureaucracy to accomplish a stunningly simple, humane goal: washing and returning the clothes of the crash victims to their families. Playwright Deborah Brevoort uses the structure of Greek tragedy to tell this story of grieving and healing, powerlessness and control, joy and darkness. Second-year MFA director Kristie Post Wallace directs.

Tickets are $10 – $20 ($5 with )|

 

Press Corps Pop-Up at UW Drama for Teens

The TeenTix Press Corps is presenting a free Theater Criticism Workshop atUW Drama! This workshop is a two-day experience with meetings on March 7 and 8, 2020. Students will learn the basics of theater criticism, attend a performance ofThe Women of Lockerbie, and try their hand at writing reviews.

Free, registration required|

Ted Poor “You Already Know” Album Release

March 7, 8:00 PM| Columbia City Theater

Join School of Music faculty and acclaimed drummer Ted Poor in celebrating his debut album! This release show featuresCuong Vuon trumpet and video projection by Abigail Portner.

From Earshot Jazz: Ted Poor—“a trustworthy engine in countless modern-jazz settings” (New York Times)—isn’t your typical jazz drummer’s recording, almost defiantly so. But if you’re at all familiar with the Seattle-based Poor’s explorative career this should come as no surprise.

Tickets are $10 – $21|

]]> ArtsUW Roundup: the Orlando Consort performs at Meany Hall, The Best of Everything kicks-off, and more /news/2020/01/31/artsuw-roundup-the-orlando-consort-performs-at-meany-hall-the-best-of-everything-kicks-off-and-more/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:18:00 +0000 /news/?p=65878 This week in the arts, attendJacob Lawrence Legacy Resident Marisa Williamson’s artist talk, join the Henry Art Gallery for a trumpet and American Sign Language performance, listen asDavid Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony, and more! To learn about more events taking place,.

Open Rehearsal with the UW Symphony

February 3, 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Meany Hall

Get a special behind-the-scenes look at the rehearsal process of the UW Symphony Orchestra on Monday, February 3. Under the direction of David Alexander Rahbee, the Symphony will rehearse pieces by Monteverdi, Stravinsky, and an arrangement of the suite from Bizet’s Carmen.

Free, RSVP required|

Orlando Consort: The Passion of Joan of Arc

February 4, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall

Acclaimed as one of the finest films ever made, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s silent film,La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc(1928), chronicles the trial of Joan of Arc in the hours leading up to her execution. Actress Renée Falconetti’s haunting face channels the agony and ecstasy of martyrdom in a legendary performance that remains a landmark in the history of cinema. Britain’s celebrated early music vocal ensemble, the Orlando Consort, transports us to Joan’s world, accompanying the film live with a deeply moving soundtrack of sacred and secular music from her lifetime.

$47 Tickets|

The Best of Everything – Preview

February 4, 7:30 pm | Jones Playhouse

Adapted by Julie Kramer from the book by Rona Jaffe
Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton

A sensational career, thrilling adventures, and a husband and children (eventually)—that’s what the women in the Fabian Publishing typing pool want: nothing less than the best of everything. UW Drama faculty member Valerie Curtis-Newton directs Julie Kramer’s adaptation of Rona Jaffe’s 1958 novel. The play gives us afunny, candid, clear-eyed glimpse into the lives of working women inMad Men-era New York, through the gaze of the women themselves (as well as fabulous costumes, of course).

Can’t make it to the preview? Showings areFebruary 6 through February 16 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm. See the link below for exact dates and times.

$5 – $20 Tickets|
Artist Talk with Marisa Williamson

February 7, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Join us for a talk by Marisa Williamson,this year’s Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident. An exhibition reception will follow.

In Walter Benjamin’s interpretation of the Paul Klee painting,Angelus Novus(New Angel) in hisTheses on the Philosophy of History, he explains Klee’s angel as moving away from something he is fixedly contemplating. Since 2013, Williamson has been fixedly contemplating the life, work, choices, and legacy of Sally Hemings, enslaved mother of four of Thomas Jefferson’s children. This exhibition moves out from that extended contemplation, engaging with questions of monument and memory.

The exhibition is on view through February 28.

Free, RSVP encouraged|

UW Symphony: Re-Imagination

February 7, 7:30 pm| Meany Hall

David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of music by Claudio Monteverdi, Igor Stravinsky, and Bizet/Shchedrin.David Alexander Rahbeeis currently Senior Artist in Residence at the ӰӴý School of Music in Seattle, where he is Director of Orchestral Activities andChair of OrchestralConducting. He is Music Director and Conductor of the ӰӴý Symphony Orchestra and founder of the UW Campus Philharmonia Orchestras. He is a recipient of the American-Austrian Foundation’s 2003 Herbert von Karajan Fellowship for Young Conductors, the 2005 International Richard-Wagner-Verband Stipend, and a fellowship the Acanthes Centre in Paris in 2007.

$10 – $15 Tickets|

The Tuba Thieves Performance and Conversation

February 8, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Henry Art Gallery

Join us for an experimental trumpet and American Sign Language (ASL) performance directed byIn Plain Sightartist Alison O’Daniel. Echoing and engaging the themes and soundscapes of O’Daniel’sThe Tuba Thievesvideo installation, the performers will echo both scripted and improvised visual, aural, and haptic vocabularies in an exploration of communication that tethers silences and sounds.

Directly after, join us in the auditorium for an informal discussion and reflection onThe Tuba Thievesfilmseries and performance, featuring Alison O’Daniel, the performers, and Patty Liang, Executive Director of Deaf Spotlight. ASL translation will be provided for this conversation.

Free|

 

]]> ArtsUW Roundup: Olmstead in Seattle, the Music of Somalia’s Disco Era, Artist Talk with Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and more /news/2019/11/07/artsuw-roundup-olmstead-in-seattle-the-music-of-somalias-disco-era-artist-talk-with-kameelah-janan-rasheed-and-more/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:04:29 +0000 /news/?p=64742 This week in the arts, see a mind-blowing troupe of wildly creative and physically daring dancers at Meany Center, learn about Somali funk, disco, soul and reggae of the 1970s and 80s, and more!

Olmstead in Seattle

November 12, 7 pm | Center for Urban Horticulture

Seattle has one of the most extensively developed Olmsted park systems in the United States, yet the story of how it came into existence has never been fully explored or described – until now, that is.

Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City, by Jennifer Ott, traces the story of how, in the midst of galloping growth at the turn of the twentieth century, Seattle’s city leaders seized on the confluence of a roaring economy with the City Beautiful movement to hire the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm. Their 1903 plan led to a supplemental plan, a playground plan, numerous park and boulevard designs, changes to park system management, and a ripple effect for the firm, as the Olmsted Brothers were subsequently hired to design public and private landscapes throughout the region.

Free with a suggested donation of $5| More Info

Pilobolus: Come to Your Senses

November 14 – 16 | Meany Center

This “mind-blowing troupe of wildly creative and physically daring dancers” (NY Newsday) tests the limits of human physicality. Performing for 300,000+ people each year, Pilobolus has been honored with a TED Fellowship, a Grammy nomination, a Primetime Emmy Award and several Cannes Lion Awards. In their new show, Come to Your Senses, the company unravels the mystery of the origin of life, explores the beauty and strength of human connection, and celebrates our orientation in the biosphere.

Tickets are $61|

$10 tickets for UW students when you show your Husky ID in advance at theor on the night of the show at the Box Office at Meany Hall.

Funky Mogadishu: The Music of Somalia’s Disco Era

November 15, 2:30 pm – 4 pm | Denny 221

In the 1970s and 1980s, Mogadishu’s airwaves were filled with Somali funk, disco, soul and reggae. Musicians rocking afros and bell-bottom trousers performed at the city’s trendiest nightclubs. But this era of creative fusion was short-lived. With the outbreak of war in the late 1980s, musicians fled to all corners of the world, and Somalia’s vibrant music scene fell apart. This presentation will explore the music and style of Somalia’s most popular bands during this era and the impact of their music elsewhere in East Africa and beyond.

Simon Okelo is the founder and executive director of One Vibe Africa, a non-profit which promotes African culture in the Pacific Northwest and runs arts and music education programs through its center in Kisumu, Kenya’s third largest city. Raised in the slums of Manyatta in Kisumu, Simon first encountered Somali music and musicians while working as a DJ and political activist in Kenya.

Free|

Artist Talk w/ Kameelah Janan Rasheed

November 15, 6 – 7 pm | Jacob Lawrence Gallery

The Black Embodiments Studio is bringing in Kameelah Janan Rasheed to give a talk about her practice. Rasheed is a Brooklyn-based learner from East Palo Alto, CA. In her work, she inquiries about the deeply intertwined spiritual, socio-political, ecological, and cognitive processes of learning/unlearning. She is interested in how proclamations of certainty, containment, and coherence assert themselves through language, institutional structures, and architecture.

Free|

Three Sisters

November 16 – December 8 | Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre

In a room in a house in a provincial town, three sisters, Olga, Masha, and Irina, wait for their lives to begin. This is the deceptively simple premise of Chekhov’s tragicomic masterpiece,Three Sisters. UW Drama faculty member Jeffrey Fracé, an expert in devised performance who spent 10 years as an Associate Artist of Anne Bogart’s SITI company, brings us a spare reimagining of this sublime study of human longing.

Tickets are $5 – $20|

MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora

November 16, 2:00 pm | Frye Museum, Auditorium

As a part of the Seattle presentation of MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora taking place across three institutions—Frye Art Museum, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, and Photographic Center Northwest—co-authors Laylah Amatullah Barrayn and Adama Delphine Fawundu will be joined by artist Berette Macaulay and photography specialist Michelle Dunn Marsh in a discussion about the global trajectories of the MFON project, and the works and practice of contemporary African diasporic women photographers.

Free|

]]> ArtsUW Roundup: Opening of Rutherford and Son, Faculty Dance Concert, and more. /news/2019/01/22/artsuw-roundup-opening-of-rutherford-and-son-faculty-dance-concert-and-more/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:18:38 +0000 /news/?p=60641 This week in the arts, attend a lecture about Asian porcelain near the Red Sea in the early eighteenth century, catch the first night of Rutherford and Son, listen to the UW Symphony and Seattle Symphony together at Benaroya Hall, and experience the Faculty Dance Concert, featuring choreographers Brian Brooks and Etienne Cakpo,plus four new works by UW dance faculty.

Opening: Rutherford and Son

January 23 to February 3 | Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse

London, 1912:Rutherford and Son, a new play by an unknown playwright, “K.G. Sowerby,” has burst onto the scene, shattering box office records and drawing lofty accolades from critics, who are calling it the best play to premiere on the west end in 10 years, and comparing the author to theatrical titans like Ibsen. When it’s revealed that the play’s author is, shockingly, a woman named Githa Sowerby, she becomes the story, and her shattering tale of a tyrannical capitalist who loses his grip on his children is all but forgotten. As far as we can tell, UW Drama will only be the third theatre in the U.S. to ever present this transformational work of contemporary feminist drama. Be assured, time has only sharpened Sowerby’s withering excoriation of the golden age of patriarchy. TheNew York Postcalled a 2001 production “alive with human passions and tyrannies.”

$10 tickets are available to UW students. |

Nancy Um: Wrinkles in the Global Narrative of Porcelain – Coffee Cups in the Red Sea

January 24, 4 to 5:30 PM| Allen Library
Referred to as “the first global brand,” Chinese porcelain, and particularly blue and white wares, occupied an unprecedented place in early modern global markets, inspiring widespread demand, but also artisanal imitations across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Yet the historians, art historians, curators, and archaeologists who have taken up porcelain as a topic in recent years have endeavored to move beyond general perceptions of universal desirability to trace the specific contours of regional markets and to highlight the needs of regional spheres of consumption. This talk contributes to this effort by digging deeper on a smaller scale, looking closely at one market for Asian porcelain, the Red Sea in the early eighteenth century. It will rely on various types of evidence, textual, material, and archaeological (both land-based and underwater) to explore the diversity of porcelain and ceramic wares that circulated in that market. By looking closely at this one sphere of circulation, we may add dimension to the larger overarching narrative of porcelain, while considering the difficulty of working with varied types of sources for the study of early modern material culture around the edges of the Indian Ocean arena.

Free |

 

UW Symphony and Seattle Symphony Side by Side
January 25, 7:30 PM | Benaroya Hall

Ludovic Morlot and David Alexander Rahbee share conducting duties in this program of music by Haydn and Bernstein, performed by members of the Seattle Symphony side-by-side with members of the UW Symphony.
Free|

Faculty Dance Concert

January 25 to 27 | Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater

This year’s concert features the Seattle debut of award-winning choreographer Brian Brooks and a collaborative new work for large ensemble by Kawasaki Guest Artist Etienne Cakpo. The evening alsoincludes four premieres from nationally and internationally recognized faculty members Alethea Alexander, Rachael Lincoln, Dr. Juliet McMains and Jeffery Fracé.

Choreographer Brian Brooksis a Creative Research Fellowwith theat Meany Center for the Performing Arts. His Seattle debut performance ofDivisionissponsoredin full by the Floyd & Delores Jones Endowed Chair in the Arts.

Etienne Cakpo is sponsored in full by the Kawasaki Guest Artist Fund. Thank you to the Faculty Dance Concert’s media sponsor, .

$10 tickets for UW students |

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