Arts Division

Last year paleontologists from the Burke discovered a Tyrannosaurus rex in eastern Montana. The fossil pieces include a complete skull -- one of only 15 ever discovered in the world.

With more than 170,000 glass vials containing spiders pickled in alcohol, yes, it is cramped in this room in the basement of the Burke Museum at the University of Washington.

Long considered to be a myth, a Native blanket made of dog hair has surfaced at the Burke Museum.

Visitors to Meany Hall for the Performing Arts will soon encounter a new piece of art when they attend an upcoming performance. Walking through the lobby, patrons will be greeted by a 20 foot wide, 8 foot tall original artwork by one of the most influential American artists of the 20^th century, Robert Rauschenberg. Thanks to the generosity of long-time UW supporters, Marsha and Jay Glazer, UW students and the community will now have access to this significant artist and art work.

“As a boy, the first predominantly black cast I saw was in the musical version of ‘Raisin in the Sun.’ Suddenly I could imagine myself up there.” 

Teachers get hands-on with African drums, marimbas, and more during a world music pedagogy workshop.

A new exhibition featuring UW art professor Zhi Lin at the Tacoma Art Museum focuses on a time in history when U.S. society rejected immigrants. 

Dr. Thomas Duell, a neurologist at Swedish Medical Center and a music professor at UW, invented an instrument that reads the electrical activity of the brain and turns it into musical notes.

The true cultural tipping point in the run-up to the American Revolution might not have been the Boston Tea Party, but Congress' decision to close the theaters in British America.

An interactive recycling and composting station designed by a UW team will move to the HUB this summer. 

Good news for people who hate practicing scales: scientists have created a musical instrument you can play with just your thoughts. 

A recent voice conference at the UW brings together doctors, therapists, voice coaches and performers.

It’s a story you really have to see to believe: people playing music simply by “thinking” it. 

The National Institutes of Health has renewed a major grant that funds a University of Washington-led research center to understand malaria in India.