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Art in the Allen School

Allen School Artists

The following artists are all Allen School students, faculty, or staff. Visit the link to their artist page to learn more about them and see the pieces of art in our collection.

CSE Graduate Students

The Steam-Poweredd Turning Machine

In 1987, a group of CSE graduate students seeking diversion on the eve of the Ph.D. qualifying examination painted the Steam-Powered Turing Machine mural in a stairwell in Sieg Hall (CSE’s home from 1975-2003).

See the CSE Graduate Students’ artwork and learn more.


David Salesin

David Salesin is an Affiliate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington and Vice President and Fellow at Adobe Systems, where he directs the Creative Technologies Lab. Salesin’s research is in graphics and animation, as well as digital photography and video.

See David’s artwork and learn more.


Anonymous

In December 2005, a new work, Eponymous, appeared mysteriously in the Allen Center 5th floor hallway near the offices of Ed Lazowska and Gaetano Borriello. The work even included its own name tag in the style of other building art tags, listing the name of the piece and the artist, Anonymous. Sometime shortly after, a typed note from Anonymous was slipped under Hank Levy’s door. The note stated:

See the Anonymous artwork and learn the whole story.