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Welcome to the Basement
December 8, 2023
New Year, New Publication
February 2th, 2024
Rebirth
April 21th, 2024
Sunkissed
May 27th, 2024
Welcome to our third and final publication of the school year! This publication, Sunkissed, looks towards the summer while marking a transition for this site into the upcoming school year. Our senior editors and creators of this site, Lauren Higgins and Sebastion Rojas-Rincon, will be graduating at the end of this quarter; as the future editors of this publication, we will work our hardest to continue furthering the development of this creative space.
So in regards to their graduation, we would like to give a huge thank you to Lauren and Sebastian for creating this community for the School of Art students to share their works.
We will miss you, and we wish you luck in your future endeavors. We can't wait to see what you do!
And to all the artists: Stay connected with us! Check through our Instagram and website for the latest updates for the summer.
Olivia Wehr & Anika Kothari
Misted
December 4th, 2024
Welcome to our first publication of the school year! We are so excited to be back and running this incredible site. This publication, titled Misted, brings in the beginnings of the year, casting a vision for the future of this gallery. With our first ever in-person show, we are thrilled to see what this year has to offer in connecting further with artists within the UW School of Art.
With that in mind, we would like to extend a special thanks to Zoe Kackman, Hannah Ahn, Jadelyn Drake, and Madison Shimkus for bringing this site together. Our team has been incredibly helpful and driven in launching this publication and planning out the art show. We would not be here without their efforts towards the site; it has been so exciting to work with them.
In recognition of the immense work from our team and the artists that have submitted to Misted, thank you endlessly! See you soon!
Olivia Wehr & Anika Kothari
Forget me (Not)
February 28th, 2025
What I hold, What we hold:
Political Art as Resistance
May 10th, 2025
The weight of continuous collective grief, the hope harbored for the future, and the persistent dedication to pressing issues is held by many. What I hold, what we hold: Political Art as Resistance prompts you to place that weight into artistic activism; How do you challenge the status quo? How do we use art in an act of resistance, identity, and organizing?
all roads lead to [my friend alice]
Novermber 22th, 2025
all roads lead to [my friend alice] explores unexpected and expected guiding patterns. Each day we find patterns in what we observe and what we return to. Investigate the patterns that stand out. Are these expected and welcomed? Or are they unexpected and unwelcome yet followed? What are these patterns and where do they take you?
There are patterns in the journey. Blue-striped pants on Wednesday, black coffee before class, heading to the train at 7 AM, fish feeding at 3 PM, bagel bite dinner at 6 PM; all before calling [alice].
Grounded Beef
March 5th, 2026
Grounded Beef examines the packaged feelings that we keep hidden.
Things being inside other things–beef in your tummy, anger in your mind, whimsy in your heart.
How did these things get there? What are you consuming and how does that transform you? Or are you the one being consumed? We ask artists to take off the plastic and cook us a meal with your beef. Serve us something bold and hungry. Digest what is lingering.
Or maybe it's rotten and time to throw it out.
Things being inside other things–beef in your tummy, anger in your mind, whimsy in your heart.
How did these things get there? What are you consuming and how does that transform you? Or are you the one being consumed? We ask artists to take off the plastic and cook us a meal with your beef. Serve us something bold and hungry. Digest what is lingering.
Or maybe it's rotten and time to throw it out.