Arts Division

...The encephalophone, an invention that, despite sounding like a discarded Muppet Show prop, is actually a fascinating new instrument developed for neurological and music research.

Neurologists, composers and tech-geeks at the UW's DXARTS program study music and the mind — including the encephalophone, a new instrument you can play without moving a muscle.

Assistant Professor of Art History and Curator of Northwest Native American Art at the Burke Museum, Kathyrn Bunn-Marcuse, offered some choice words on cultural appropriation of native art.

Through an NSF grant, scientist Jennifer Nemhauser is hosting three artists in her UW Biology lab over three years. 

UW senior Rhoya Sarikhani Selden explored her Persian heritage in a play that celebrates Iranian Americans from diverse backgrounds. 

UW School of Art faculty member Akio Takamori, a renowned local ceramics artist, completed his final body of work just a day before dying from pancreatic cancer.

Susie Lee's (MFA, 2006) desire to make art accessible to more people led to Siren, an award-winning online dating app. 

Faculty from the School of Music and the DXARTS are—literally—getting inside the minds of the musicians of New York's JACK QUARTET in a year-long exploration on the frontiers of artistic creation.

A new exhibit at Seattle Art Museum features the work of iconic 20th-century painter and former University of Washington professor Jacob Lawrence. 

During a celebration of her work, the term "incremental heroism" was used to describe the career of Beth Sellars, now the namesake of the biennial Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award (AFALA)

A seven-hour, unfinished epic play about Nero? Daredevil playwright Anne Washburn might be the only one who could pull it off.

Akio Takamori, professor emeritus of art at the UW, died of cancer on Wednesday night.

A seven-hour, unfinished epic play about Nero? Daredevil playwright Anne Washburn might be the only one who could pull it off.

Dean and Tomilynn McManus's gifts to the UW Costume Shop range from donating vintage clothing to establishing a support fund.

Mary and Allan Kollar have combined their passions for writing and art through a graduate fellowship that honors both disciplines.