Arts & Entertainment
December 9, 2024
Don Pember, 1939–2024
Professor Don Pember was a favorite of communication students.
The right direction
Ryan Dakota Farris, an up-and-coming conductor, used the Campus Philharmonia Orchestras as a “training ground” for his conducting career.
Books and beyond
In January 2025, University Book Store, a bastion for UW students and community, celebrates its 125th anniversary.
December 6, 2024
Winged things
The Burke Museum exhibit shares beautiful and endangered flighted species through art and interactive experiences.
Former tennis phenom Max Manthou is now pickleball’s patron saint of purple
Max Manthou contains multitudes: tennis player, pickleball champion, Purple Jesus, author, scholar.
November 27, 2024
Writing at red lights
When poet Martha Silano was diagnosed with A.L.S., she turned to writing to make sense of her experience, the way that she’s always turned towards her art.
November 8, 2024
A slice of his story
You might recognize the UW in Dr. Wilson Reed's novel, "Junebug," partly inspired by his time in Seattle in the 1970s.
October 30, 2024
Natural wonder
Ada Limón, the U.S. Poet Laureate, returned to Washington for her new project, which she hopes will "remind us of our love for the earth."
October 23, 2024
Rock & roll legend
Charles R. Cross, prolific author and legendary publisher, died in August. He was honored at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony this weekend.
October 18, 2024
Entrepreneur, artist and event planner Jireh Reduque is always creating for a cause
Jireh Reduque molds clay and community with her small business, Ji Designs.
September 13, 2024
Ron Simons, 1960–2024
A Broadway actor and producer, Simons staged works by and about people of color.
September 11, 2024
Art meets tech
College of Arts & Sciences grad Laura Brodax uses ceramic tile to uncover nature in unexpected places.
September 9, 2024
Free people read freely
‘Warrior Librarian’ Tracie D. Hall doesn't tell people to be quiet, but to speak up against censorship that threatens learning and access to information for all.
August 29, 2024
Last straw for Scarecrow?
Seattle might say goodbye to Scarecrow Video, a beloved institution in the U District, if they don't raise much-needed funds by the end of 2024.
Embracing the bay
Joe Brotherton focuses on arts and well-being at Doe Bay, including a new festival with a “low-key Burning Man” vibe.
August 7, 2024
Odes to Washington
These authors write lavish fiction about the real Washington, thorns and all.
June 21, 2024
Snapshot of beauty
Sung Park, whose name is popping up in awards circles, falls in love with the world through his camera.
June 20, 2024
At the periphery
Artist Mary Ann Peters creates works of difficult beauty in her explorations of displacement and migration.
June 14, 2024
Summer reads (and more!)
Whether you need a book to dive into on your next plane ride, a podcast for a long walk or a TV show for a rainy day, UW alumni are ready to keep you company this summer.
June 13, 2024
Behind the lens
From culture to landscapes to wild animals in their natural habitats, these are Art Wolfe's 10 favorite photos, described by the photographer himself.
June 5, 2024
Here we are now
The Rocket landed in Seattle on October 1, 1979. In the years to come, it would nurture some of the most iconic Northwest music acts to ever exist.
June 3, 2024
LOVERULES
The Henry Art Gallery's current exhibition covers 20 years of Hank Willis Thomas’s work and is drawn from the collection of the Jordan D. Schnitzer Family Foundation.
Subconscious sparks
Whiting Tennis talks about his creative process, his latest exhibitions and his future projects.
May 24, 2024
The wild, wild world of Art Wolfe
The UW and UW Alumni Association present Art Wolfe, '75, with the Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus, the highest honor bestowed upon a UW graduate.
May 21, 2024
Golden grad
The UW Alumni Association proudly presents Patti Warashina with the 2024 Golden Graduate Award.
May 17, 2024
Art direction
Jordan Jones will provide curation, programming and leadership to the gallery.
May 9, 2024
Claiming the narrative
Welcome to the spring 2024 issue of Viewpoint. As long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by the power of language. I was the shy kid who never spoke up in class, the weird kid pulled out of class to attend speech therapy, the lone Black kid afraid to open my mouth because...
Celebrating AAPI stories
UWT Alumnus and filmmaker Nuk Suwanchote revisited his alma mater to explore the growing community of Asian American and Pacific Islander students, staff and faculty at UW Tacoma.
May 3, 2024
Finding the words
UW Press celebrates "Aiiieeeee!" and a 50-year legacy of Asian American Literature.
April 30, 2024
Art under cover
In a city known for its literature, Tom Eykemans and Jayme Yen created a festival that celebrates the beauty of books.
April 11, 2024
The last DJ
After a career of shaved turkey legs and tartar-sauce baths, Tim Hunter can’t quite turn the dial.
April 4, 2024
Buddhist Bug
UW Bothell Senior Artist-in-Residence Anida Yoeu Ali donned her orange worm-like costume at a recent Seattle Asian Art Museum performance.
March 22, 2024
Highest achievers
The organization that honors Rosa Parks, Elie Wiesel and Jane Goodall has also celebrated three members of the UW community.
March 19, 2024
In focus
Tina Dang and Miguel Laureano Damian combine their skills to create striking imagery and videos.
March 15, 2024
Thermal creatures
In her current Seattle exhibit, Saya Moriyasu, ’91, imagines magical mineral spirits in paper and clay.
February 27, 2024
Colleen McElroy, 1935-2023
Colleen McElroy, 1935-2024, was the first Black woman to be promoted to a full professorship at the UW.
February 24, 2024
Raves for novelist
E.J. Koh’s debut novel affirms her place among powerful American storytellers.
February 23, 2024
Art in action
UW Senior Artist-in-Residence Anida Yoeu Ali opens a solo show at Seattle Asian Art Museum.
Dazzling display
Artist Raúl de Nieves blends mystical symbols and Mexican craft in a Henry Art Gallery exhibition.
February 7, 2024
Beauty after chaos
The Wing Luke Museum unveils a new mural across Canton Alley after the museum's windows and doors were vandalized in an alleged hate crime in September.
January 18, 2024
Out of the ordinary
UW Artist-in-Residence Anida Yoeu Ali opens her show at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, which runs through July 7.
January 8, 2024
A new history
Ned Blackhawk's book about Native Americans in U.S. history won the National Book Award for its enlightening take on "rediscovering" America.
December 23, 2023
Boys in the Boat trivia
"The Boys in the Boat" is now a major motion picture. How well do you know your UW rowing history?
December 14, 2023
UW on the big screen
The UW has graced the silver screen with a few cameos. Have you seen any of these movies?
December 13, 2023
Cinema steward
Tom Mara, who helms the Seattle International Film festival, is making history by transforming the Cinerama into SIFF Cinema Downtown.
December 12, 2023
East and West
Cheryll Leo-Gwin, '75, '77, draws on her history with fabric and jewelry arts in her new Jack Straw exhibit "Larger than Life."
November 29, 2023
Seattle's sounds
Daniel Pak, who calls himself the "executive homie" for Totem Star, builds a legacy at their new home.
November 26, 2023
Wit and whiteout
Haidee Merritt charms readers with her droll and deprecating illustrations about Type 1 diabetes.
November 25, 2023
‘Boys’ on the big screen
Turning "The Boys in the Boat" into a Hollywood movie took a lot of research to re-create the UW of the 1930s.
Portrait of an artist
The UW School of Art + Art History + Design unveiled a portrait of Jacob Lawrence created by Seattle-based artist Barbara Earl Thomas, ’77
November 24, 2023
Cells of cedar
Seattle-based artist John Grade created the dynamic sculpture “Union” for the Washington Park Arboretum.
An exhilarating story
Author Daniel James Brown recalls writing "The Boys in the Boat": "Anxiety quickly gave way to exhilaration."
Forest chorus
Byron Au Yong, ’96, went to the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island to sing with the trees at an outdoor, participatory research event.
November 17, 2023
Small canvas, big impact
Kela Wong celebrates her Asian American identity through Kela Designs, her small business, selling stickers, pins and more.
October 27, 2023
Ways of knowing
A new podcast produced in partnership with the UW is dedicated to humanities research and thought.
Stories to tell
See how three museums from the Seattle area draw upon their UW ties and engage in evolving conversations around race, history and identity.
Stories to tell: Sea Mar
The 4-year-old Sea Mar Museum is the first in the Pacific Northwest to represent Chicano and Latino culture.
Stories to tell: NAAM
The Northwest African American Museum, which opened in 1998, has many ties to the UW.
Stories to tell: Wing Luke Museum
The Wing Luke Museum is part of Seattle's community of culturally specific museums that build empathy, promote equity and tell more complete histories.
October 6, 2023
Community visionary
From canvases in coffee shops to Brooklyn streets, Hoa Hong’s art and impact are far-reaching.
September 2, 2023
Shaping the future
Five industrial designers, five decades of influence and one message for tomorrow’s designers.
August 30, 2023
Staying tuned
Actor Garret Dillahunt joined the UW Symphony orchestra for an end-of-year performance. An audience of more than 500 were treated to his narration of ‘l'Histoire de Babar, le Petit Éléphant.’
August 29, 2023
Museums are magical
After 15 years leading the Henry Art Gallery, Sylvia Wolf shares her thoughts on the magic of museums.
July 10, 2023
Ordinary to extraordinary
Nathan Vass slows down time with his photography and writing.
June 20, 2023
Historian, tour guide, archive enthusiast
Let Antoinette Wills show you around the UW's campus.
June 4, 2023
Down to earth
Blending her own story with tales of climate crisis negotiations, Brianna Craft shows us the world in her memoir.
A KKK ‘monster’ story
Timothy Egan’s latest book, “A Fever in the Heartland," centers on the rise and undoing of D.C. Stephenson, a grand dragon of the KKK
May 28, 2023
The Jake awakes
In 1994, the art school’s instructional gallery was dedicated to Jacob Lawrence, recognizing his influence and vision. The time had come for a refresh and a slight relocation.
Exuberant abstraction
Artist Sarah Cain transforms the Henry’s two-story East Gallery into the monumental painting, “Day after day on this beautiful stage.”
A walk down ‘Skid Road’
Nurse, professor and advocate Josephine Ensign walks readers through the history of Seattle's "Skid Road."
Creative flow
The Chihuly Workshop has produced a photo-rich book, “The Boathouse: The Artist’s Studio of Dale Chihuly,” to tell the story of a building with UW ties.
May 19, 2023
Full of surprises
As UW mourns the loss of a beloved artist, we talk with a fellow Husky who saw first-hand how much the acclaimed painter cared about our campus and community.
April 27, 2023
Not quite by the book
Preston Wadley explores new truths in old objects through "Abstract Truth" at the Bellevue Arts Museum.
April 21, 2023
Better hustle
Over the past two years, MFA candidate Abdiel Jacobsen has brought their love of hustle to the UW.
March 1, 2023
A heartfelt award for Jean Smart
The star of the HBO series “Hacks” scores yet another honor for playing acerbic Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance – but couldn’t attend the show due to a heart issue.
February 25, 2023
Department of what?
What is that silver structure on the UW campus? It's a “department” of sorts.
Call of the wild
Samantha Zwicker works to rehabilitate and reintroduce wildlife in the Amazon rainforest.
Drawn to love stories
New Yorker cartoonist Olivia de Recat captures relationships in her book ‘Drawn Together.’
Body language
“Body Language: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest,” submerses visitors in traditional tattooing practices and their modern expressions.
February 23, 2023
Revolution to evolution
Emile Pitre captures the story of decades of activism at the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity in his new book.
Another side of the city
Peter Bacho wrote a love letter to Seattle with “Uncle Rico's Encore,” a book he says he “had to write.”
February 15, 2023
Huskies in the Super Bowl
Magical avocados, an (alleged) $1.5 million hairstyle and two Huskies-turned-Chiefs took over our TVs this weekend.
November 27, 2022
Hip-hop and hype
The UW Graduate School will host an “Evening with Chuck D” for its public lecture series.
November 26, 2022
Treasure in feces
Bryn Nelson followed his love for animals and science to become both a microbiologist and the writer of a book on human feces.
November 17, 2022
Alumni on the small screen
From Anna Faris to Joel McHale, check out a few of our favorite performances from UW alumni on television.
November 9, 2022
On the big screen
Anna Faris plays Savannah, a struggling business owner after her aunt's inheritance, in her latest silver screen effort.
November 3, 2022
Inspired by a blue suit
Poet Shin Yu Pai uses everyday objects to explore unique meaning in her new podcast "The Blue Suit."
September 16, 2022
Big day for Smart
The acclaimed Seattleite and actor wins her second consecutive Emmy Award on the day before her birthday.
September 9, 2022
Story of Black Seattle
Quintard Taylor tells the stories of Seattle’s small, but influential Black community.
September 3, 2022
Glowing observations
Willem Volkersz, ’65, will have an exhibit of his work, “The View From Here,” on display at the Boise Art Museum from Oct. 8 to Jan. 8.
September 2, 2022
Hollywood Husky
Collaborating with Will Smith and Dave Chappelle is all in a day’s work for one of TV’s leading women directors.
August 31, 2022
The Poet Laureate
Ada Limón, the 24th poet laureate of the United States, gives UW Magazine a glimpse into her process.
July 22, 2022
Ada Limón, ’98, named 24th U.S. Poet Laureate
The 1998 drama graduate received the nation's highest honor in poetry.
July 21, 2022
A tribute to John Hartl, ’67, Seattle’s greatest movie critic
Famed movie critic John Hartl had a thoughtful eye, an unusually high IQ and an encyclopedic knowledge of film.
May 30, 2022
Dreaming of America
Wes Hurley has built a community of allies from his time at the UW, and it’s paying off.
May 29, 2022
Immersive art
The Henry Art Gallery’s commissioned work from Bolivian-American artist Donna Huanca is on display through April 2023.
May 25, 2022
Husky Walk of Fame
Jean Smart joins the growing list of UW legends whose names are engraved on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.