Arts Division

Athletes, ROTC students, young scholars, and returning students join with drama students to perform A U-Dubber Night's Dream, a Shakespeare adaptation that incorporates the experiences of UW students. 

As part of a Dance Program course on teaching methods, UW undergraduates traveled to Yakima to teach dance to high school teens involved in the GEAR UP Program. 

Working closely with a Seattle artist with a prosthetic left arm, undergraduates majoring in industrial design tackled an unusual challenge in class last quarter, developing innovative designs for prosthetics.

The current financial crisis has renewed interest in the Great Depression, so a UW history professor has created a website about the period and the School of Drama has scheduled staged readings of two Depression-era plays.

The Chamber Dance Company performs works from the 1930s that were driven by the social issues of the time.

A visiting artist in dance, a fall Chamber Dance Company concert, and a Wednesday University lecture series explore the role of the arts in dissent and social change. 

Floyd Jones honored his wife’s love of theater with a generous gift that made the School of Drama Playhouse Theatre renovation possible.

The School of Drama’s Playhouse Theatre, now the Jones Playhouse, has a long history that includes housing one of the few Negro Theatre Units of the WPA’s Federal Theatre Project in the 1930s.

Burke Museum staff travel to schools across the state to introduce the museum's collections to young students. 

After an extensive remodel—only the second in its 78-year history—the Jones Playhouse reopens in October with a host of improvements.

A new lighting system provides much-needed flexibility for the many productions presented at Meany Hall. 

Through the School of Drama's Adopt an Actor program, donors are paired with an actor entering his or her final year of the Professional Actor Training Program.

The Willapa National Wildlife Refuge includes artworks created by UW students enrolled in a UW public art course. 

Alumnus Maurice Woods created the Inneract Project, a summer program that introduces inner city youth to graphic design as a career option. The program is offered through the School of Art.

Juliet McMains, assistant professor of dance, studies the rise in salsa’s popularity and its transformation over time.