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.

Interested in studying the Arts?

Gabriel Solis UW Divisional Dean of the Arts

Gabriel Solis, Divisional Dean of the Arts

Divisional Contact
Scott Devenny
206-543-7045
sdevenny@uw.edu

Arts News

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Meet Our 2025 Graduate Medalists

Meet the four graduating students selected by the College of Arts & Sciences as 2025 Graduate Medalists for their accomplishments. 

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A Handcrafted Award for Medalists

Each of the College's 2025 medalists received a special gift — a glass bowl, handblown in the UW School of Art + Art History + Design.

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2025 Dean's Medalists, Energized & Inspiring

Meet the four new graduates honored as College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Medalists for 2025.