WWU Art & Art History

09/02/2026

Brian Nigus, Instructional Technician for the Department of Art and Art History at Western will have works featured in the Make.Shift Art Space Clipboard show for the September 4 First Friday event. All works sold support working artists studios, facility restoration and repair at the community art space.

Brian Nigus, Instructional Technician for the Department of Art and Art History at Western will have works featured in the Make.Shift Art Space Clipboard show for the September 4 First Friday event. All works sold support working artists studios, facility restoration and repair at the community art....

07/20/2026

What an incredible experience! This dynamic group brought the class to life with curiosity, creativity, and energy! We’re not done yet! Keep an eye out for more details about the exhibition in the B-Gallery during the Fall 2026 term. We can’t wait to see everyone’s NYC inspired journals & projects!

What an incredible experience! This dynamic group brought the class to life with curiosity, creativity, and energy! We’re not done yet! Keep an eye out for more details about the exhibition in the B-Gallery during the Fall 2026 term. We can’t wait to see everyone’s NYC inspired journals & proj...

07/14/2026

Amazing Turnout at Kollide!

On 7/3 Peter Rand’s Experimental Animation class hosted a pop-up exhibition in the main gallery at Lightcatcher Gallery. The event, an interdepartmental collaboration with called “Kollide”, was visited by over 1600 people and was reported as the second highest attendance the museum had seen in a single day in the last 3 years! Please check out the photos of this amazing interdisciplinary project and check the story linked in the comments for the development of the project.

06/26/2026

Free Friday, July 3! Kollide: A Collaborative, Kaleidoscopic, Audiovisual Installation at the Whatcom Museum Lightcatcher Gallery

The experiential pop-up installation runs Friday, July 3, and Sunday, July 5. (The Whatcom Museum will be closed Saturday, July 4.)

Kollide is a collaborative, audiovisual installation that brings together 17 artists from WWU Art & Art History and

Each artist produced original animation in response to a specific section of Kaleidoscope, a flute choir composition by WWU student composer Anna Mitchell.

The animations were then interpreted by six composers from Western’s Electroacoustic Music Studio class, resulting in 17 additional, original music videos. Presented simultaneously across multiple surfaces within the Lightcatcher gallery, the videos and musical works are recombined into a single artwork.

Visitors are invited to move about the installation and experience the shifting perspectives available at every turn.

06/08/2026

Faculty members Garth Amundson and Pierre Gour have been invited to participate in a group exhibition with several celebrated artists at Pace University Gallery in NYC. Opening June 11, 2026, "Retold: Altered Photography," is a small group exhibition featuring artists whose work engages photographic manipulation as a means of examining ideas of truth, authorship, and representation. Amundson and Gour are leading the Metro Art Access: NYC class in the city, and will tour the exhibition with the curators and WWU students.

Faculty members Garth Amundson and Pierre Gour have been invited to participate in a group exhibition with several celebrated artists at Pace University Gallery in NYC. Opening June 11, 2026, "Retold: Altered Photography," is a small group exhibition featuring artists whose work engages photographic...

06/04/2026

The Feeling of Being is The Society of Photographic Education (SPE) at Western Washington University’s latest group show.

With the mission of making art education andprofessional practices accessible, SPE has cultivated a unique group of artists spanning variousartistic and educational backgrounds, which is part of what makes their shows so special. Their third exhibition, The Feeling of Being, explores the idea of how we find ourselvesin the world and what it truly means to “be”, as one navigates the emotional and physical human…...

With the mission of making art education andprofessional practices accessible, SPE has cultivated a unique group of artists spanning variousartistic and educational backgrounds, which is part of wh…

06/01/2026

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05/29/2026

Art 370 HOLGA project

Students use the Holga's special qualities to explore scenes and subjects in unique ways. Toy cameras are an amazing way for students to get into photography on a budget, and the distortion, light leaks and chromatic aberrations are exciting as each photo is different even if they have the same subject.

Students use the Holga’s special qualities to explore scenes and subjects in unique ways. Toy cameras are an amazing way for students to get into photography on a budget, and the distortion, …

05/28/2026

Western Washington University's photography club, the Society for Photographic Education, is holding a public gallery show at Voxel Gallery in downtown Bellingham from May 18-30.

05/26/2026

Prof. Garth Amundson and Instructor Brandon Sawaya co-wrote, submitted, and were awarded a $35,000 STF grant to improve the lighting studio!

We are pleased to inform you that the Student Technology Fee (STF) Tech Initiatives Committee has selected your proposal, Project #5 Lighting Studio Update: Convert 2001 FineArts photog studio into an LED based lighting studio for $ 34,889.00 (full funding) plus your department investment of $1,000.00. The Student Senate and President Randhawa concur with the committee’s decision. This is big news and will impact the Photo area and student experience for years to come.

We are pleased to inform you that the Student Technology Fee (STF) Tech Initiatives Committee has selected your proposal, Project #5 Lighting Studio Update: Convert 2001 FineArts photog studio into…