Carletta Carrington Wilson: letter to a laundress
Aug. 28 to Sep. 29, 2018
Reception and Gallery Talk Aug. 31, 5 p.m.
letter to a laundress is an immersive installation that mirrors a ubiquitous and familiar form from a bygone era, the clothesline. This work reconfigures the figure of the laundress and the washerwoman as witness. It sheds light on the unique position these women held as a result of their occupational tasks during an era where thousands of African Americans were summarily lynched throughout the United States.
Sponsored by Race & Pedagogy Institute
letter to a laundress, Carletta Carrington Wilson
Victor Cartagena: The Invisible Nation
Aug. 31 to Sep. 29, 2018
Reception and Gallery Talk Aug. 31, 5 p.m
The Invisible Nation features a series of photo-based installations created by Salvadoran artist, Victor Cartagena. Cartagena’s projects call upon the great distance between the human dimension of economic displacement and the “faceless” accounts of the immigration debate that pervade the media.
Sponsored by Race & Pedagogy Institute, Chism Fund, and Tilley Fund
Victor Cartagena workshop at Kittredge Gallery, 2016
Comix Body, curated by Mita Mahato
Oct. 8 to Nov. 1, 2018
Reception Oct 29, 5-7 p.m. with panel interview of featured artists
Comix Body focuses on the concept of "body image" in the work of contemporary independent comics artists. The artists are interested particularly in perspectives on the body that challenge broad cultural assumptions about health, gender, race, beauty, ability, nudity, and sex. The exhibit will consider how bodies move through the world—as sensitive skin, as vulnerable meat, as human, as animal.
Artists: Ajuan Mance, Ann Xu, Asher Craw, E.T. Russian, Eleanor Davis, Hannah K. Lee, Joe Garber, Kelly Froh, Krystal DiFronzo, Robyn Jordan, Vanessa Davis, and Whit Taylor
Support from the Chism Fund, Collins Library, Department of English, and Short Run Seattle
Chad Gunderson and Joel Ong: Terra et Sonus
Nov. 6 to Dec. 8, 2018
Reception Nov. 6, 5-7 p.m.
Ong and Gunderson bring their two processes and styles together into an exciting two-person show. Ong shows the environmental microbiome with an emphasis on atmosphere based bacteria plus a sound piece tracing the movement of the wind. Puget Sound Prof. Gunderson will show his unearthly ceramic forms, made from earth itself.
Sponsored by Art+Sci and Tilley Fund
Left: Chad Gunderson, detail. Right: Joel Ong, Between us a Breeze
Gallery Text (PDF)
2019 Art Students Annual, juried by Heather Joy
Jan. 25, 5 p.m. to Mar. 2, 2019
Reception Jan. 25, 5-7 p.m.
See the best work from art classes in 2017 and 2018. Opening night party and awards (with prizes) on Friday, Jan. 25th. The Art Students Annual show is a Puget Sound tradition. Students enter work from art classes, and a juror selects artwork for the show, which will be in Kittredge Gallery for five weeks. This year's award winners were:
- Painting: Arielle Harvey – Oblivion
- Painting: Justine Jones – Blast from the Past
- Sculpture: Janelle Sopko – Tutorial Compilation
- Sculpture: Sophia Munic – Let’s Play Dress Up
- Printmaking: David Smith – d1e
- Printmaking: Izzy Lidsky – Jenson, UT
- Drawing: Jill LaFetra – Escape
- Drawing: Tess Peppis – The World is Flat
- Ceramics: Hadley Reine – Untitled
- Ceramics: Catherine Croft – Open Wide
Kathy Gore Fuss: Above, Below and Beyond
Large Gallery Mar. 11 to April 20, 2019
Reception Mar. 13, 5-7 p.m.
Kathy Gore Fuss presents a body of work that examines relationships with nature. Her paintings, drawings and photographs explore our expectation of the idealized natural world and the reality of consuming demands.
Traversing the Urban Landscape through the Floating World of Japanese Prints
Small Gallery Mar. 11 to April 20, 2019
Reception and Curators’ talk April 10, 5 p.m.
This year’s Art History Curatorial Practicum led by Zaixin Hong will explore the world of Ukyio-e prints, building an exhibition around ten woodblocks from the University of Puget Sound Art Collection by Utagawa Hiroshige in the mid-Nineteenth Century.
Catalog (PDF)
2019 Senior Show
May 1, 5 p.m. to May 19, 2019
Opening Reception May 1, 5-7 p.m.
The thesis show for Studio Art Majors – students spend a year developing a body of work for this show. Doors open at 5 p.m., top secret until then!