Arts Division

While at the UW, artist Kyra Wolfenbarger has been a researcher, museum intern, and arts writer. What’s shaped her most are the people she’s met along the way.

From campus to wherever you call home, we welcome you to learn from and connect with the College of Arts & Sciences community through public events spanning the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. We hope to see you this May. Innovation Month April 30 | An Evening with Christine Sun Kim (Public Lecture)...

William Dougherty, assistant professor of composition in the UW School of Music, is raising awareness about gun violence through “Hearing Philadelphia,” a community music project aimed at honoring the voices of those affected by gun violence and providing healing. Dougherty, who joined the UW faculty in January 2025, started the Healing Philadelphia project two years ago to help his community through music.

Any institution with a depository of Indigenous items that receives federal funds must notify a tribe if it has the tribes property and obtain informed consent. But a staggering number of institutions have ignored the law. Sven Haakanson, chair of anthropology at the UW and curator of Native American anthropology at the Burke Museum, is quoted.

A video project led by School of Music professor Stephen Price highlights the work of Black composers for organ and provides historical context.

Rachel Kessler explores Cauleen Smith's immersive installation, The Wanda Coleman Songbook, at the University of Washington's Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Through evocative projections and soundscapes inspired by poet Wanda Coleman, the exhibit transports visitors into the layered realities of Los Angeles, inviting deep reflection on memory, identity, and place.

Admitted students and families can engage with the College of Arts and Sciences through several department and program specific events over the next few weeks.

At the University of Washington, Ted Poor is the associate director of the School of Music and an associate professor of Jazz Studies. The rest of his calendar is filled with tours, performances and recording sessions.

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. 

Recent CHID grad and current UW Ethnomusicology PhD student Markus Teuton and his band, Joint Souls, are featured in The Daily today, with a video of their recent “Orange Room” live session.

A podcast for curious kids (and adults) about a collection of spectacular specimens and the stories they can tell us about life on Earth. The first three episodes are available on January 21. Hosted by Paige Browning and Brandi Fullwood. 

Though we know it by its colloquial name, the West Seattle Bridge is steeped in Jeanette Williams' legacy.

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

According to a study by the UW, hummingbirds move their bills and tongues very quickly to drink a flower's nectar. Alejandro Rico-Guevara, assistant professor of biology at the UW and curator of birds at the UW Burke Museum, is quoted.

Hummingbirds, among the smallest birds on the planet, flap their wings at as much as 80 beats a second. And scientists have been studying how they get enough nectar to satisfy that energy demand. Alejandro Rico-Guevara, assistant professor of biology at the UW and curator of birds at the UW Burke Museum, is quoted.