News from the School of IAS
Category: Alumni
Double Feature Screening Showcases Filmmaking Talent in IAS
This spring, the School of IAS hosted a film screening in collaboration with students and alumni from our arts and media majors. The two short films, Glitter Tears and Rust and Resonance, were created by IAS alum Melissa Lopez (‘23) and current student Nour Currie. Supported by family, friends, and fellow students, the night served...
June 27, 2024
MFA Alum Abigail Mandlin founds Literary Journal – Heart on our Sleeves Press
Abigail Mandlin (MFA ’20) recently launched Heart on Our Sleeves Press, a literary magazine featuring poetry and prose. The title is a reference to the way writers encounter the world. As Mandlin writes, “[i]t’s our burden and our pleasure to experience the world in technicolor–in all caps–and it’s what drives us to the page, to...
March 28, 2024
Purpose, History, Justice, and the Paranormal
IAS alum Anthony Safai finds his passion in an unconventional place through his web series Existence in Silence “Just go out there and you’ll find something. You won’t expect it, but you’ll definitely find it.” These are the words of Anthony Safai (’24), a recent graduate of UW Bothell who majored in Media & Communication...
March 25, 2024
Cedar Sigo and Simon Wolf new collaboration – Occasional Objects
MFA Visiting Writer & Alum, Cedar Sigo and Simon Wolf recently celebrated their new collaboration “Occasional Objects” at Common Area Maintenance. “The words stretched severely.” We arrived early to help Timothy set up the chairs, and to arrange them in a certain way, decide just where the mic would be. The small things like this...
February 29, 2024
MFA Alum Nicole McCarthy (MFA ’17) Interviewed in CRAFT
Chicago editor and book blogger, Leslie Lindsey, interviewed Nicole McCarthy (MFA '17) about her book, A Summoning, diving into the intricacies of living in and writing about memory.
February 14, 2023
Emily J. Mundy curates the third show of The Poetry Séance series
Since December of 2021, MFA alum Emily J. Mundy (MFA 2022) has been curating a quarterly performance and workshop series, The Poetry Séance.
January 26, 2023
Rob McLennan interviews Nicole McCarthy (MFA 2017) about writing and A Summoning
Canadian poet, editor, and publisher, Rob McLennan, interviewed Nicole McCarthy (MFA '17) about her new book, A Summoning, and the writing process that led to the book's creation.
January 26, 2023
GWSS Hosts the Social Justice Career Panel
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) Co-Directors Julie Shayne and Alka Kurian and GWSS Student Representatives Henry Ngyuen and Adrianna Horne hosted the Social Justice Career Panel at the North Creek Events Center.
January 26, 2023
MFA Alum Brent Cox launches The Topological Poetics Research Institute
School of IAS alumnus Brent Cox (MFA '17) is happy to announce the release of TPRI #1
December 28, 2022
MFA Alum Simon Wolf Teaches at Hugo House and leads Monthly Writing Circle
This winter Simon Wolf (MFA, 2022) will offer Place Based Poetics: Writing with the Duwamish River, a workshop through Hugo House, an essential literary community in Seattle.
December 28, 2022