Pat Guthrie Special Exhibitions Teaching Gallery Fall 2025

ENGL 4999: Senior Capstone/Place & Public Memory

Memory is “the soil in which desires, fears, predictions, and projects [of the future] take root” (Paul Ricoeur). From establishing a literary canon to motivating our daily decisions, the persistence of memory for individuals, collectives, and cultures is undeniable. Through this course, we'll hone our skills in the study of memory as a central feature of the narratives forming our worlds. Regardless of interest—literary, marketing/communication, technical communication, non-profit work—listening for and recognizing memory narratives can help you better accomplish your goals.

Image: Martin Stupich, (American, b.1949), Abandoned Railroad line, Carbon County, WY, 2006, Ultrachrome K3 ink on premium paper, 13x9 inches, W. Sherman and Dorothy A. Burns Estate Fund and the National Advisory Board of the UW Art Museum, 2008.8.2.

HP 3165-04: Inuit Environmental Dilemmas

The Arctic is experiencing rapid environmental change due largely to human activities in the south. Three of the processes that are creating the most dramatic changes in Arctic ecosystems are climate change, the northern flow of industrial toxins and intensified resource exploration and extraction. This course focuses on how these three processes are affecting the livelihood of roughly 160,000 Inuit living in Siberia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. By focusing on Inuit strategies and engagements, this course will dispel enduring misconceptions of northern peoples as passive victims of outside forces while simultaneously examining the considerable challenges that they face in maintaining control of their lives and land. Ultimately, I hope this course raises awareness about how our own lifestyles are exacerbating environmental injustices and culture change in the Far North.

Image: Dana Claxton (Lakota, b.1959), Hip Hop NDN (CP4450), 2022, inkjet print, 53-1/2 x 71-1/2 inches, Robert M. & Judith Redd Knight Endowment for Collection Conservation & Acquisition, 2022.8.1.

HP 1020: Honors Colloquium I

Students in Honors Colloquium I explore the course theme, "Dreams & Reality," as they engage with texts rooted in many different mediums and disciplines. Students actively engage with questions regarding self and positionality in relationship to others, to place, and to big questions that face humankind. Students explore science and the humanities, engage in creative inquiry, and articulate their own positionality vis-a-vis dreams, reality, self, identity, and who we are in relation to the world around us.

Image: Linda Connor (American, b.1944), January 17th 1939, not dated, selenium print on paper, 8x10 inches, W. Sherman and Dorothy A. Burns Estate Fund, 2002.1.1.