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Catharina Manchanda joined the Seattle Art Museum in 2011 as Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Contemporary Art. A native of Germany, she received her Ph.D. at the City University Graduate Center in New York specializing in German conceptual photography … Continue reading →

HANNELINE’S TALK IS CANCELED DUE TO HURRICANE SANDY. IN HER STEAD WE HAVE NICHOLAS NYLAND! NICHOLAS NYLAND ARTIST STATEMENT When asked to describe my work, I usually answer, “Abstract.” Unfortunately, I’ve found that answer is a great way to stop … Continue reading →

Nikki McClure of Olympia, Washington is known for her painstakingly intricate and beautiful paper cuts. Armed with an X-acto knife, she cuts out her images from a single sheet of paper and creates a bold language that translates the complex … Continue reading →

A native of New York City. Susan Noyes Platt is a freelance art historian and art critic, as well as a political activist, based in Seattle, Washington. She has published articles, essays and reviews on the intersections of art and … Continue reading →

Storm Tharp builds his strange and beautiful characters by first drawing contours on the page with water. Before the water has a chance to dry, he applies drops of mineral ink, resulting in unruly and expansive bleeds on the paper.  … Continue reading →

Molly Landreth is a Seattle based artist who explores concepts of identity and community through intimate large-format film photography and multi-media collaboration.  She is most well known for her series, “Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America” which she … Continue reading →

Lisa Radon writes about art and makes art about writing. She makes text-based art, poem, word-sound performance, and collaborative, durational writing projects. She writes regularly for art ltd. and ArtsWatch, and has contributed to Oregon. Humanities, American Craft, Portland Monthly, … Continue reading →

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which recently celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type … Continue reading →

Dana Schutz, whose vibrant, large-scale paintings are collected by many major museums, gives a lecture at the CFA School of Visual Arts Contemporary Perspectives Lecture series, which brings professional artists, including painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers, and art educators and … Continue reading →

The last three weeks of the Artist Lecture Series will feature student talks on studio work and/or research projects. This week,  student Marshall Astor from the program Museum or Mausoleum? The Framing of Art, Culture and Neuroplasticity and Mosoleum,  and … Continue reading →