Arts Division

DANCE 345: “Boogie, Break, Blues: American Popular & Social Dance Histories” explores the history of social dance movements.

The UW has received a $1.5 million gift from organ builder and artist Paul B. Fritts to provide support to organ degree programs, and a gift of $250,000 from an anonymous donor to create a four-year organ competition for early-career organists.

Carley Long, a senior studying art and psychology, and Shiuan Chu, a junior studying art, explain what it is like to learn the art of ceramics at home.

Lois Smith (BA. Drama, 51) played Emily in Our Town at the Penthouse Theatre, when it opened on Feb 8, 1951. Directed by Donal Harrington.

College of Arts & Sciences Dean Stacey explains that there is an important civic, political, social, and cultural element to an education and that you can get that in a wide variety of majors.

Interested in the College of Arts & Sciences but don’t know what to study? Here are six majors that you may not have discovered yet.

Eleven Seattle-area community members pay tribute to a few of the cultural figures we lost last year. UW piano professor Robin McCabe remembers UW emeritus piano professor Bela Siki.

Tim Salzman, UW director of bands, is mentioned in this article about a virtual composition class.

Dawn Wells (BA, Theater Arts and Design, 1960), best known for her role in 'Gilligan's Island' has passed away.

Twenty moments from a year like no other — captured through the lenses of UW photographers.

Assistant professor of music Ted Poor's album "You Already Know" has been named one of the top releases of 2020.

“You Already Know” by Ted Poor, assistant professor of music at the UW, is No. 19 in the list of best albums by Seattle artists in 2020.

Expert in Native Northwest Coast art, Bill Holm (MA, Painting, 1951), has passed away.

Jack Lenor Larsen (BA, Art, 1949), a textile designer who blended ancient techniques and modern technology to weave fabrics that enlivened postwar American homes and workplaces and in the process became an international presence, died on Tuesday at his home in East Hampton, New York.

A new study of 1,000 middle school students from the University of Kansas and the University of Washington School of Music found that learning music also boosted learning in math and reading.