Arts Division

With autobiographical oil paintings, informational graphics and a wall-sized photomontage, the annual spring exhibition of graduate student art at the Henry Art Gallery offers a lot for the visitor--as it does every year.

Here's a public service announcement if you haven't noticed: there's a monster residing in the Art Building. Curled in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is a loud, colorful, woven, feathered, bedazzled dragon of a show replete with gnashing teeth, wagging tongue, Hello Kitty decals, and multiple video screens.

UW School of Drama showcases the work of first year students in their Professional Actor Training Program (PATP) in the final show of their 2013-2014 season, Jean-Claude Grumberg's 'The Workroom,' May 28-June 8.

The nominees for the 2014 Genius Awards are in and included is School of Drama's own Valerie Curtis-Newton.

A review of Handel's myth-based opera "Semele," a coproduction of early-music company Pacific MusicWorks and the UW School of Music.

Incoming School of Art + Art History + Design Director Jamie Walker announces Scott Lawrimore as the new director of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, effective July 1, 2014.

The current Painting + Drawing BFA Show held in the Art Building's Jacob Lawrence Gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon until 4 p.m. Covering the walls of the showroom are works from students receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from the UW's School of Art.

George Frideric Handel's 1743 opera, "Semele," a tale of lust, jealousy and revenge, is being staged by Seattle's Pacific MusicWorks and the University of Washington's School of Music May 16-18 at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts.

This week, enjoy a bevy of events that range from the painting and drawing exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery to IMPFest at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse.

Rain and wind didn't faze the Taiwanese Overseas Student Association (TOSA) as they held their first MAYniac Taiwan Carnival last Saturday. The event took place at the HUB Lawn and brought in a crowd of more than 1000 people.

Hahn visited Seattle for a UW World Series recital with pianist Cory Smythe. The April 29 concert at the UW's Meany Hall for the Performing Arts paired repertoire by Mozart, Schubert and Telemann.

The UW School of Drama announces Todd London-- writer, scholar, and current artistic director of New Dramatists in New York-- as the new Executive Director of the School.

Todd London, artistic director of New Dramatists, a playwriting center in New York, has been named the new executive director of the UW School of Drama.

Todd London - writer, scholar, and current artistic director of New Dramatists in New York--has been named the new Executive Director of the School of Drama at the UW

From discussing the creative process with renowned artists to completing their own artworks, students explore creativity in ARTS 250.