Arts Division

This week in the arts, attend a Chamber Dance Company concert, view photographs from the Henry’s collections, reflect on the race of contemporary ballet, and more.

Valerie Curtis-Newton, a leading Seattle director and UW drama professor weighs in on the surge of Black Women playwrights producing in Seattle.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards the UW a $600,000 grant for arts and creativity.

In the arts, attend an opening reception at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, hear from School of Art + Art History + Design faculty, visit the Allen Library for a concert, and more!

How the self-proclaimed lover of life, Jordan Nicholson (BA, Drawing & Painting, 2012), followed his passions to become an accomplished photographer, artist and man about town.

Seattle's new Burke Museum turns the museum "inside out," giving visitors the chance to interact with artifacts and peer through windows into curators' workshops.

Attend a film screening about Hugo House produced by Frances McCue and directed by Ryan K. Adams, go to an exhibition opening, buy tickets for the Burke Opening, and more!

Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) announces today that Valerie Curtis-Newton will be the recipient of the 2019 Gregory A. Falls Sustained Achievement Award.

Alumni Aaron Verzosa (BFA, 2009, Linguistics) and Amber Manuguid's (BFA, 2009, Digital Arts and Experimental Media) have opened a new Filipino restaurant, Archipelago.

In the arts, purchase tickets for the New Burke Opening Weekend, attend a rare duet setting performance by two School of Music faculty members, and more!

'Butterfly Lovers' is presented by American Asian Performing Arts Theater, a local nonprofit founded by dancer/choreographer Li Hengda, a UW MFA graduate.

"Washington’s oldest museum gets a new home and a bold new approach — an open design that puts both artifacts and researchers on display."

Off the Rez food truck — which has been serving acclaimed Native American cuisine around the city since 2011 — will open a permanent location at the new Burke.

Department of Dance Professor Dani Tirrell receives the 2019 Mayor's Arts Award from the Office of Arts & Culture Seattle.

As the grand opening of the new Burke Museum gets closer, workers have been busy installing a large mural in the new natural-history museum.