School of Art + Design News

Sports Product Design students Lisa Ly, Austin Molina, and Louie Kochever talked with KGW8 about their Olympic gear designs.

In Bloomberg's latest piece, Susan Sokowloski comments on why ski companies were facing dire straits after the pandemic inflated initial demand for skiing equipment.

Professor and Sports Product Design program founder, Susan Sokolowski, talks with USA Today about the Olympic Games US uniforms and the use of wool in their creation.

Sports Product Design Professor and program founder, Susan Sokolowski, joins a panel of experts to talk about the performance, technology and global issues of the Winter Games.

Marcus Harvey, BS ’12 (digital arts), is a Hillsboro, Oregon native who founded Portland Gear in 2014 after losing his job at a Eugene screen printing shop and moving back home. He said he had no expectation that this passion project would evolve to what it is today. He was just doing what he knew and loved, while creating a community of people who shared his passion for Portland.

Stella Prichard, who graduated in June, is one of five student artists in Flourishing by Art, a new art initiative that supports the university’s strategic goal of helping everyone at the UO to flourish. Under the joint project of Housing Capital Construction and the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, Prichard and the other artists recently completed murals and a sculpture for three residence halls.

Students Dani Jacobs and Lucy Rutherford are a dynamic duo who have been creating art since middle school and recently completed a project that pushed their skills and relationship to the limit. Jacobs and Rutherford were among five student artists in Flourishing by Art, a new art initiative that supports the University of Oregon’s strategic goal of helping everyone at the UO to flourish. Their mural, featured in the Living Learning Center, was completed as a joint project of Housing Capital Construction and the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, with other artists recently completing murals and a sculpture for three residence halls.

Senior art student, Anthony Michael Ryder, is one of five student artists in Flourishing by Art, a new art initiative that supports the university’s strategic goal of helping everyone at the UO to flourish. Ryder’s black-and-white mural for Justice Bean Hall, “Field Guide,” showcases a rich nature scene that is deeply personal and cathartic for the artist.

International student, Parisa Garazhian, is one of five student artists in Flourishing by Art, a new art initiative that supports the university’s strategic goal of helping everyone at the UO to flourish.

Amanda Wojick, professor of art and co-chair of sculpture in the Department of Art, has been awarded a Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy from the UO Office of the Provost in recognition of Wojick’s critical insight, creative curiosity, and dedication to her students.