Arts & Entertainment
September 11, 2021
Art and exploration
“Fly Your Own Thing,” a celebration of the late Alden Mason, ’42, ’47, is on exhibit at the Bellevue Arts Museum.
Ballet in the Cold War
The Cold War played out on exotic battlegrounds. Perhaps none were stranger—and had more unexpected outcomes—than cultural-exchange ballet tours.
September 8, 2021
Visual music
Through the interplay of light with her creations, artist Barbara Earl Thomas creates ‘ordinary magic.’ Her extraordinary work explores childhood, race and religion.
September 4, 2021
The Nisei story
‘Boys in the Boat’ author Daniel James Brown’s new book depicts the heroism of World War II-era Japanese Americans.
Meals & memories
Two decades after Tom Stockley and his wife, Peggy, perished in a plane crash, their daughters curate a new book of his eating pleasures.
A life in design
Nin Truong brings creativity and sustainability to the world of public art, skateboarding and apparel.
August 31, 2021
Unbeatable, unforgettable
The national champion ’91 football team inspires the first UW Press book on Husky sports.
July 22, 2021
A fresh lens on QTPOC life
Through feature films, groundbreaking documentaries and shorts, a UW librarian creates a canon of meaningful representation in American cinema.
July 6, 2021
Seeing myself in a 125-year-old photograph
I'm a computer science major, but it was an art history class that shaped how I understand our complex and broken world, and also allowed me to better know myself as an Asian American.
June 10, 2021
Less can be more
Compared to changes that add, those that subtract are harder to think of. The removal of a bridge in the Bay Area illustrates how sometimes, less is more.
The B-Side
“The B-Side,” on display at the Henry Art Gallery, is a large-scale wall painting, is one of Gary Simmons’ “erasure drawings.”
June 7, 2021
Curiosity and clay
From the start, Seattle artist George Rodriguez explored identity, culture and community in his work.
Calling the shots
For Golf Channel analyst Paige Mackenzie, ’06, the only thing more thrilling than scoring a hole-in-one is calling the golf play-by-play at the Olympic Games.
June 3, 2021
Reliving ’91
The story of the greatest coach in Husky football history and how he led the 1991 team to the national championship is the subject of a new book.
May 11, 2021
‘Guests’ at the Burke
Artists Tony Johnson (naschio) and Adam McIsaac installed their sculpture, “Guests From the Great River,” just outside the Burke Museum.
High-flying professor
Cecilia Aragon’s memoir, “Flying Free,” is for “anybody who has been discouraged all their life,” she says.
Radical works
A little-seen series by Jacob Lawrence, one of the country’s most celebrated Black artists and one of the UW’s most beloved art professors, is now on view at the Seattle Art Museum.
April 17, 2021
Frontline photographer
Photographer David Ryder, ’06, ’11, was recently recognized as UW Bothell's Alumni of the Year recipient.
March 13, 2021
Native art
Here's what it's like to be a student in the University of Washington's class about Indigenous art.
March 11, 2021
Bracing artistry
Residents in the School of Dentistry’s orthodontics program crafted wire sculptures using the materials of their profession.