September 20, 2024
ArtSci Roundup: Kicking the school year off with gallery exhibitions, a faculty comedy show, filming screening, and more!
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week. This week, attend gallery exhibitions, and more.
As the UW community returns to campus, consider taking advantage of campus perks available to UW employees and students:
- Free admission to the Henry Art Gallery and Burke Museum
- Discounted tickets to performances by Meany Center, School of Drama, Department of Dance, School of Music, and more
September 23, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Grounding Relations: Indigenous Political Ecology and Environmental Humanities, Suzzallo Library
Join the Simpson Center for the Humanities, Center for American Indian & Indigenous Studies, and the Geography Department for a workshop centering on the politics of Native communities as they emerge on the ground, and through Indigenous theorizing and conceptualizations. Questions about the environment are often at the core of Native community politics and scholarship, and this collective is interested in that critical intersection. This workshop aims to ground this work in Coast Salish territories and the community questions of each participant.
Free | More info
September 26 – October 19 | 2024 Fall MFA Show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery
This exhibition will showcase the works of eight students entering their second year in the Master of Fine Arts program. Highlighting the artwork these artists have been working on this summer, A Regular Profusion of Certain Unidentified Roses invites visitors to consider the push and pull of place and identity, their relationships with the natural world, and the life force that can be found within static objects. Working across varied media, these artists come together to form a cohort marked by experimentation and free exploration making exciting strides in their respective practices. Thinking through major changes in their respective practices, this exhibition highlights the mid-point of their time in the MFA program and the risks and experiments they have engaged with this summer.
Join the School of Art + History + Design for the Jacob Lawrence Gallery opening reception on September 26, from 6 to 8 p.m.
UW in the Community: September 26, 7:30 PM | Crash Course: Where Smart meets Funny, 18th & Union
Crash Course: Where Smart meets Funny is Seattle’s first night-class/comedy-game show mashup that brings in brilliant Seattleites to share their ideas and expertise. Hosted by comedian Marcus Van Valen and scientist Caroline Duncombe, this interactive experience presents informative, wacky, and inspiring topics across all disciplines. After a night of intellectual shenanigans, one burning question will remain: Are you smarter than a comedian?
Tickets | More info
September 27, 4:00 – 6:00 PM | “Bad Ass Women Doing Kick Ass Shit,” Screening + Panel Discussion, Kane Hall
Join the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies for a screening of Bad Ass Women Doing Kick Ass Shit, a feature-length documentary that won Best Director in 2024 at the Cannes 7th Art Awards. This compelling film spotlights the unique experiences of former Washington State Senator Mona Das and seven other BIPOC women as they ran for political office in the United States.
Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion with this 12-time award-winning film’s creators and the women whose experiences they document. Learn more about what it takes to challenge the status quo of politics as usual and produce an independent film.
Have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Kathrine Braseth (kbraseth@uw.edu).
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Asian Languages & Literature • Department of Geography • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • School of Art + Art History + Design • Select Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies • Simpson Center for the Humanities
