Arts Division

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.

Students learn about hidden treasures at the Burke Museum and then design activities to share their knowledge with Burke visitors. 

"[The students] make me laugh every day. And they will try anything," says Monte Cristo Elementary School teacher Andrea Peterson ('96), recently named Washington Teacher of the Year. 

Through two School of Music courses, a group of UW students traveled to Washington's Yakima Valley to teach--and learn from--K-12 students.