Profiles

In 2016, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation made a generous grant that seeded the new Creative Fellowships Initiative. 

MadArt's latest exhibition, Reflect and Gather, features work by Seattle-based ceramic sculptor George Rodriguez (MFA, Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, 2009).

Selim Kuru's love of literature all started with his mother, "she was an avid reader and had a library under lock and key and would release books for me according to my age."

Cellist Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir performs with orchestras and smaller ensembles all around the globe and teaches at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Selected from 1,223 nominees from across the country, Natural Sciences undergraduates Chris Moore and Irika Sinha were named Goldwater Scholars.

Dani Tirrell (Dance lecturer) is a self-described "movement guide," and mines both his personal life and the culture around him to create dance performances with something to say.

An artist’s inspiration can come from anywhere. For UW Painting + Drawing Professor Lin Zhi, it happened in August 2001, on a road trip from Missouri to Seattle.

Through the Task Force program, students in the Jackson School of International Studies tackle critical policy challenges — and set their career paths in motion.

James Clauss, professor of classics, challenges students to go in search of myth and meaning in moving making.

From indigenous language revitalization to healthcare and human rights -- check out each of their unique, personal stories.

Meet the American Ethnic Studies alum whose new gallery in White Center celebrates Latinx art and a home for the 'in-between.'

Valerie Curtis-Newton, head of directing program in the School of Drama, is the director of "Nina Simone: Four Women" at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, on stage April 26. 

Artist Sara Siestreem speaks at the Henry Art Gallery about what it means to be a tribe member, artist, educator

Sol Moravia-Rosenberg (BA, American Ethnic Studies | Comparative History of Ideas, 2011), celebrates his new album with an April 12 release show at the Showbox.