Arts Division

Valerie Curtis-Newton misses live theater. The head of directing and playwriting at the University of Washington School of Drama and the founding artistic director for Seattle-based theater company The Hansberry Project, Curtis-Newton is firm in this belief: The magic of theater is untranslatable to another medium.

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery has started accepting applications for its 2021 BIPoC Graduate Student Curatorial Fwlloeship, which supports students in curating their own show at the gallery.

Katherine Munoz-Castano, a first year student pursuing a double major in Art and Cinema + Media Studies and a recipient of the Crabby Beach foundation Art Scholarship, is interviewed about her time at the UW.

Gigi Costello-Montgomery, an Art major, discusses her unique pathway at the UW.

Jazz is a music based on improvisation, and evolution. Moving through Dixieland, swing, bebop, free jazz, fusion and beyond can make describing what jazz is a difficult proposition. Michael Brockman, the co-artistic director of Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and an artist in residence at the UW School of Music, is interviewed.

"STAR CLUB REDEMPTION BOOTH," a new installation at the Henry Art Gallery poses questions of "human vulnerability, and the things we turn to to make sense of an uncertain world."

Final-year MFA directorial candidate Andrew Coopman's "RE: Social/Divide' "is a new kind of production that could only come about at a cultural moment like the pandemic."

This week at the UW, attend a meditation session, attend Curating in Conversation: A Panel Series on Sharing Northwest Native Art and Art History with the Public, and more.

Many states use color-coded tiers to signal coronavirus restrictions. Why are they all wildly different? Karen Cheng, professor of visual communication design at the UW, is quoted.

Artist Derrick Adams, who is working on a show for the Henry Art Gallery, is profiled in this article.

Artist Alison O. Bremner, whose work is in the permanent collections of the Burke Museum, is featured in this article about her work.

After struggling to embrace his culture and hiding his sexual orientation, Simon Tran (UW Drama & CHID, '16) finally found self-acceptance and the Asian ally he needed.
After being bullied by his high school journalism teacher, Simon went on to study writing at the UW, where he met a half-Asian teaching assistant who would change how he viewed his own culture and find pride in being Vietnamese.

This week at the UW, attend the Kollar Symposium in American Art History: Legacies and Futures, Music of Today: Indigo Mist, and more.

This week at the UW, attend talks about museum curation and the history of the Pacific Northwest, visit the Burke Museum, and more.

Curt Labitzke, chairman of the Printmaking Program, is featured in this article about his recent work.