The world communicates across generations and cultures through the arts. The University of Washington offers degree programs, exhibitions, and performances that reflect the dual nature of the arts as creative endeavors and subjects of scholarly research. Through critical inquiry, technical training, and interdisciplinary and collaborative processes, our students develop as imaginative and enterprising artists, designers, scholars, cultural leaders, and arts advocates.
Learn more about the arts on the ArtsUW web site.
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Gabriel Solis, Divisional Dean of the Arts


Arts News

You Discover You're on Camera. Now What?
A growing number of people use surveillance cameras inside their home. Interaction design professor James Pierce explores how others spending time in the home are affected.

From Dancer to Doctor
Alumna Tessa Olmstead, now completing a medical residency, shares how her dance major has helped her succeed as a medical student.

Artistic Partners Bring New Voices to Meany
Through its Artistic Partner program, Meany Center for the Performing Arts is introducing new voices and fresh perspectives to its programming.