Arts and Entertainment

The Burke Museum has received an Award of Honor for its architecture.

This week at the UW, attend a lecture on the history and memory of the Holocaust in the U.S.S.R. and get suggestions for what to read, watch, and listen to at home.

The Black Embodiments Studio will begin a residency at the UW's Jacob Lawrence Gallery that will continue for the next two years. Dr. Kemi Adeyemi, assistant professor of gender, women, & sexuality studies and BES founder and director, is interviewed.

The UW Libraries has greatly expanded its online resources, opening access to more than 250,000 new e-resources, in a time in which digital connection is more important than ever.

KNKX presented an exclusive live-streamed Studio Session with the Marc Seales Group from The Forum at Town Hall Seattle on Nov. 14, hosted by KNKX jazz ambassador Abe Beeson. Seales is a professor of jazz piano at the UW.

Presenting a School of Drama production live online required creativity — and dependable wifi — for the students, faculty, and staff involved. 

A new organization called “The Cultural Space Agency” plans to combat gentrification by securing venues for arts and cultural groups. Sarah Wilke, senior director of operations and planning for the UW Meany Center, is mentioned.

Valerie Curtis-Newton, Head of Directing at the School of Drama, will be directing a play at the Round House Theatre.

KNKX presents a Studio Session live from The Forum at Town Hall Seattle with the Marc Seales Group, hosted by KNKX jazz ambassador Abe Beeson on November 14, 7 PM PT. Marc Seales, professor of music in the Jazz Studies Program, is a noted pianist, composer and leading figure in the Northwest jazz scene.

Teens at the Henry Teen Art Collective have created an exhibition of self-portraits to be displayed on the Henry’s website.

This week at the UW, listen to a discussion on global challenges, join the Herny Art Museum for a roundtable discussion, and more.

Award-winning screenwriter, playwright and novelist La'Chris Jordan, (BA, Communications, 2001), tells a timely and personal story in her debut short film.

During the pandemic, many people have leaned into art and hobbies to ease the stress of everyday life. For Chanhee Choi, a multidisciplinary interactive artist and Ph.D. candidate in the University of Washington Digital Arts and Experimental Media department, art became a way to reflect on her experience with discrimination and racism as a Korean in America during the pandemic.

Mona Lee Locke, UW President Ana Mari Cauce, Seattle Storm co-owner Dawn Trudeau and Seattle fashion designer Luly Yang (BFA, Graphic Design, 1990) comment on hop topics, including masks as a fashion accessory, favorite Halloween costumes, traveling for the holidays and more.

Haunted houses won't be part of Halloween festivities this year, but a collection of artworks featuring empty and deserted spaces didn't scare the public away from attending the Henry Art Gallery's October-themed edition of its Re/frame series, "Abandoned."