Arts Division

Robin and Rachelle McCabe present their piano recital at the UW’s Meany Theater.

A Q&A with UW faculty authors of 'American Sabor'

Performances by violinist Itzhak Perlman, Takács Quartet with special guest Erick Eckert, a riveting play–Trojan Women: A Love Story and more! 

Seattle Symphony music director Ludovic Morlot plays a significant role in the UW School of Music. 

Recent awards and honors for College of Arts & Sciences faculty and staff.

Julia Sears (2012) and Maggie Moore (2012) collaborated with female veterans to create a play about women in combat.

Morales, a fine arts graduate and DACA recipient, took inspiration from Latino artists and a poet in developing her style.

The halls of the University of Washington’s ceramics and metal arts building is abuzz with new students embarking on a new school year. But for some, the building feels empty.

The Henry Art Gallery at the UW is currently featuring no. NOT EVER., a multimedia installation on the history and present of anti-racist organizing in the Pacific Northwest.

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.