Arts Division

With most museums in the Seattle area closed and in-person art communities moved online, there are still a plethora of ways to engage with many forms of art from home. Here are just a few recurring events to hop into for free or for a very small fee.

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery and School of Art + Art History + Design welcome The Black Embodiments Studio (BES) as a resident program for the next two academic years.

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery and School of Art + Art History + Design welcome The Black Embodiments Studio (BES) as a resident program for the next two academic years.

"A Singular Post" at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery mimics how "information is communicated but imagines a method that looks a different than what we're used to."

The Burke Museum will be re-opening to the public soon, with social distanicng measures in place.

The Seattle Times shares photos from a member preview event at the UW's Burke Museum. The museum opens to the public on Tuesday.

Louis Maliyam, ’21, came to the U.S. for computer science — and along the way discovered dance.

Rainn Wilson, a UW School of Drama alumnus, discusses his life and career. 

Sven Haakanson Jr., a curator at the Burke Museum and faculty member in Anthropology and American Indian Studies, is interviewed in the films "A Kayak To Carry Us: Lived Knowledge" and "Stories in Stone" about his efforts to preserve the past on Kodiak Island, a place where he grew up.

This week at the UW, events include the Henry Art Gallery's Re/Frame and a Trivia Night at the Burke.

The University of Washington is rated as one of the best art schools in the West.

In 2019, the Andrew W. Mellon foundation awarded the UW a three-year grant to build upon previous insights about process-based creative inquiry.

The Henry Art Gallery and Jacob Lawrence Gallery are adapting their re-openings amidst COVID-19.

Alice Lee, manager of the UW Visitors Center who graduated from the UW in 2011 with a BA in interdisciplinary art and a minor in music, explains her role and what brought her to the UW.

A UW Professor has worked to make fine art accessible in his Summer 2020 class "Printmaking Without a Press."