Fine Arts

Bawa will receive a $25,000 unrestricted award for her excellent work and potential for significant advancement of her practice of art.

A veteran curator and accomplished fundraiser with 20 years of experience in the Seattle arts community, Held will start Aug. 7.  

$60,153 awarded to support projects focusing on faculty professional goals to advance universitywide arts and humanities initiatives.

The two finalists will meet with faculty, staff, students and administrators during upcoming visits to the Pullman campus.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Marie Watt, an artist based in Portland, Ore., will deliver the 2018 Jo Hockenhull Distinguished Lecture in Women’s Studies, on April 12.

The $15 million — mostly privately funded – project on the Pullman campus is Washington’s largest public fine-arts facility east of the Cascades.

Nicknamed the “Crimson Cube” for its box configuration wrapped in crimson-colored glass, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art mirrors its campus surroundings.

By Linda Weiford, WSU News 

PULLMAN, Wash. – Crimson will shine when Washington State University’s new Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art opens its doors to the public with a dedication ceremony on noon – 1 p.m., Friday, April 6, followed by a half-day of guided tours.

Fly on the Wall is a collection of interviews by sculptor and Fine Arts Chairman Squeak Meisel, who explores the discipline of art: “A lot of what an artist does is frame something in a way that you wouldn’t necessarily think to frame it.”

By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries

PULLMAN, Wash. – Third-year Washington State University veterinary student Amanda Amore knows firsthand how important her puppy-raising work with the national organization Guide Dogs for the Blind is.