Arts Division

The work of alumni Eirik Johnson, Kristen Ramirez, and Margie Livingston, share the common thread of the natural environment and humans' relation to it in galleries throughout Seattle.

Miha Sarani (BFA, 2015), an art history graduate, began the project after seeing news of the white nationalist march in Virgina and the lack of condemnation of white supremacy that followed.

The Henry’s newest installation uses crystallized books to challenge our perceptions of history. 

Her first instillation, Edgar Arceneaux's "Library of Black Lies," explores "how history is constructed--for and by whom--and the multipicity of 'truth'"

Under the direction of conductor Julia Tai (DMA, 2010), Philharmonia Northwest presents "Seattle Sounds," representing a wide sample of composing ambitions from UW alumni.

With ingenuity and perseverance, faculty and staff built the UW glass program one kiln at a time.

The old Burke’s last hurrah will be a New Years Eve party.

After spending roughly 4.9 million years in Ellensburg, the jaw bone of deer is making its way to the collection at the Burke Museum on the University of Washington campus in Seattle.

Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, Assistant Professor of Art History, explains that there's no history of towering monumental poles being made by the Salish and other Puget Sound region tribes.

The University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences and the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity (OMA&D) announced that the Sara Little Turnbull Foundation has made a $200,000 gift to benefit underrepresented minority, low-income and first-generation students pursuing design degrees within the School of Art + Art History + Design.

Randolph Henning Hokanson carried his high musical standards from the concert stage to the University of Washington classroom.

Playwrights create written scripts; music composers write down scores. But how do you write down and save a dance?

UW Drama Mellon Creative Fellow Mrinalini Kamath discovered her passion for theatre when a professor suggested she take a playwriting class. 

With guitarist Bill Frisell in tow, Cuong Vu creates a dramatic set of all original tunes that reflects a cross-continental sensability on Change in the Air.

The UW's Henry Art Gallery is hosting "Muse," a show of Mickalene Thomas's photographs, bringing the well-known painter's photographic oeure to audiences in the PNW.