Arts and Entertainment

Christie Tirado (BA Interdisciplinary Visual Arts 2013) is the subject of a 12/8/20 article on Crosscut.

Assistant Professor of art history Juliet Sperling analyzes 18 pieces of art that tell the tale of American history.

This week at the UW, attend the online This is Beethoven festival, join Ann Poulson, the Henry Art Gallery’s Associate Curator of Collections, for a Re/frame event, and more.

UW School of Music faculty share favorite pieces of music, in genres from jazz to Gospel to world music and more. 

Roy Black, affiliate professor of chemistry and of bioengineering at the UW, writes a letter to the editor in response to a review of "The Genesis Quest" by Michael Marshall.

Drama professor Scott Magelssen's new book "Performing Flight: From the Barnstormers to Space Tourism" explores how performance and culture have affected aviation.

Michelle Kumata, who studied graphic design at the UW, is featured in this article for her art honoring the Seattle Japanese Garden's 60th birthday.

This week at the UW, attend the Katz Lecture, a lecture on the nuclear arms race, and more.

Gregory Falls, former head of the University of Washington School of Drama, founded ACT Theatre. ACT's production of "Carol" is reviewed in the Seattle Times.

The Henry Art Gallery has worked to bring art to the public with its new exhibit "Set in Motion."

Alumni Barrett Martin discusses his life journey and experience as a musician.

This week at the UW, attend Ladino Day 2020 and watch the Meany Center's presentation of Ragamala Dance Company.

The Henry Art Gallery's latest Re/Frame program "Still Motion" explores the idea of motion in art.

There’s a Norwegian term for deliberately embracing time spent outside, for both the mental and physical benefits. It’s frifluftsliv, something Alaskans will find familiar, in spirit if not in name. And some say it’s a way to cope with the many limitations on life during a pandemic. Andy Meyer, assistant teaching professor of Scandinavian studies at the UW, is quoted.

Alumni Jinny Wright has passed away, but her influence on Seattle's art and culture persists.