Arts Division

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.

WATCH NOW: The Husky Experience is about more than a degree. It's about possibility. 

Four exceptional graduating seniors have been selected as Dean's Medalists by the College of Arts & Sciences.