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
Joff Hanauer Honors Lecture Series:听Seattle/PNW History
March 23, 5:00 – 6:00 PM |听
Daniel Bessner, Associate Professor in the Jackson School of International Studies invites us to learn more about the history of the Pacific Northwest.
Dr. Bessner will convene a group of local historians to give multiple five-minute presentations on the region, helping Seattleites (and 鈥渢ransplants鈥�) get grounded in unexpected facts and stories about our culture.
Free |
Museums on a Mission?
March 25, 10:30 AM |听
This talk, sponsored by the School of Art + Art History + Design, will explore the personal journey of Dr. Straussman-Pflanzer, Curator and Head of Italian and Spanish Paintings at the National Gallery of Art, as a caretaker for Old Master art in a range of museums in the United States 鈥� from the civic to the academic and back again. Foregrounded will be efforts to diversify these collections through acquisitions and exhibitions. Two case studies of exhibitions, one focusing on early modern Italian women artists and the other on early modern race will be considered.听Her talk听will be followed by a Q&A session.
Free |
Exhibit:听Cruisin鈥� the Fossil Coastline
Through May 2 |听
Be prepared to look at the world in a whole new way鈥攖hrough the eyes of a walrus- and ammonite-obsessed scientist and an artist with a fondness for cheeseburgers, ratfish and trilobites鈥攊n this exhibition on West Coast fossils with highlights from Washington state and the remarkable stories that fossils reveal.
Uncover the diverse fossil bouquets of Republic, Seattle’s ice age make-over, and more. Curated by paleontologist Kirk Johnson and artist Ray Troll,听Cruisin’听features life-size sculptures and models, images听of prehistoric creatures and real fossils along with paintings, drawings and a light and audio installation. Step into a world where fossils come to life.
Free |
Crossing North Podcast
Crossing North听is a podcast about Nordic and Baltic society and culture. Episodes feature interviews with authors, performers, and leaders from Scandinavia and the Baltic, as well as discussions with faculty in the Scandinavian Studies Department and Baltic Studies Program.听Crossing North听is produced and hosted by Assistant Teaching Professor of Scandinavian Studies Colin Gioia Connors, with Visiting Lecturer of Danish听Kristian N忙sby.
Free |
Plural Possibilities & the Female Body
Through May 9 |听
This exhibition explores the gendered construction and deconstruction of the female body and its representation. Across painting, photography, and sculpture and a range of artistic strategies from abstraction to documentary, the exhibition aims to create a counterpoint to persistent myths and reductive ideas about femininity and gender norms. The artworks included wrestle with questions of power and self-possession in relation to pleasure, desire, and acts of looking, as well as challenge traditional Western conceptions of beauty and a fixed gender binary.
Free |
Looking for more?
Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page for听more digital engagement opportunities.