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From your campus to wherever you consider home, we invite you to engage with and learn from the College of Arts & Sciences community through public events covering the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. We look forward to seeing you this Summer.
ArtSci on the Move
Searching for more opportunities to enhance your Arts & Sciences experience? Explore these resources to bring ArtSci with you wherever you venture!
Zev J. Handel, “Chinese Characters Across Asia: How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese” (Asian Languages & Literature)
The Black Composers Project involves the School of Music faculty and students (School of Music)
Ladino Day Interview featuring Leigh Bardugo & MELC Professor Canan Bolel (Jewish Studies)
Back to School Podcast with Liz Copland (School of Art + Art History + Design)
Highlighted Podcast: “Ways of Knowing” (College of Arts & Sciences)
This podcast showcases how humanities studies can mirror everyday experiences. In collaboration with The World According to Sound and the University of Washington, each episode features a faculty member from the UW College of Arts & Sciences, discussing inspiring work and recommending resources for further exploration.
Episode 1: Digital Humanities with Assistant Professor of English and Data Science, Anna Preus.
Episode 2: Paratext featuring Associate Professor of French, Richard Watts.
Episode 3: Ge’ez with Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Hamza Zafer.
Episode 4: Global Disability Studies with Associate Professor of Law, Societies and Justice, and International Studies, Stephen Meyers.
Episode 5: Abstract Pattern Recognition, or Math with Professor of Mathematics and of the Comparative History of Ideas, Jayadev Athreya.
Episode 6: Sound Studies featuring Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, Golden Marie Owens.
From the School of Music
External Event: IMP showcase at Vermillion
This student-led Improvised Music Project offers performances by a changing lineup of UW jazz studies students, faculty, and special guests every first and third Wednesday from 6 to 10 pm, at Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar (1508 11th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122).
Event Dates:
June 18
July 2
July 16
July 30
August 6
August 20
From the Burke Museum
Free First Thursdays | 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Entry to the Burke Museum is FREE, with hours extending until 8 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month. Expect significant crowds, so reserve your complimentary, timed ticket ahead of time.
CLOSING EXHIBIT | Trees Experience Alcove – Final day Sunday, June 22
Discover the variety and importance of trees through our interactive activities.
Participate in the tree-themed Hidden Husky gallery hunt — locate the five hidden huskies in the galleries to receive a special sticker reward!
OPENING EXHIBIT | Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving – Saturday, September 13, 2025 to Sunday, August 30, 2026
Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving displays both historical and contemporary woven artifacts — from blankets and tunics to hoods and skirts. Traverse the seasonal cycle of weaving, beginning with material gathering and wool spinning to dyeing with natural substances and creating intricate designs. Along the way, interact with weavers and gain knowledge of the profound cultural and scientific understanding embedded in every thread.
From the Henry Art Gallery
OPENING EXHIBIT | Spirit House – Saturday, July 26, 2025 to Sunday, January 11, 2026
The exhibition features contemporary artists who connect fragmented familial stories influenced by war, migration, and generational trauma to overarching global narratives, crafting new stories that reinterpret their challenging beginnings. Guided by these artists, Spirit House encourages you to connect with your ancestors, contemplate significant memories, and traverse time and space.
CLOSING EXHIBIT | Jason Faught: Sanctuary – Final day Sunday, July 27
This showcase emphasizes Sanctuary (2017), a large tapestry commissioned by Western Bridge for Seattle’s Saint Mark’s Cathedral and now part of the Henry’s collection.
CLOSING EXHIBIT | Chloë Bass: Soft Services – Final days, August 2025
For Bass’s initiative, organized and commissioned by the Henry, a sequence of fourteen stone benches is installed throughout
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Seattle’s Volunteer Park features two additional sculptures positioned outside the Henry itself. Every bench is adorned with its unique inscription and an image applied in light-sensitive pigment. This initiative explores themes of growth and untamed nature, the regulations we enforce to manage human life, social hierarchy and closeness, as well as stones symbolizing memorials, boundaries, and legislative indicators.
CLOSING EXHIBIT | Tala Madani: Be flat – Last day Sunday, August 25
Be flat marks Tala Madani’s inaugural solo showcase in Washington State, showcasing both recent and newly commissioned pieces that investigate the impact of symbols, language, and mark-making on power relations and personal agency.
CLOSING EXHIBIT | Carmen Winant: Passing On – Last day Thursday, September 25
This targeted exhibit spotlights works from Passing On (2022), a collection of collaged newspaper obituaries honoring prominent feminist activists and organizers. The snippets, presented alongside Winant’s handwritten notes, contemplate a lineage of non-genetic inheritance and how language influences memory and history.
June 2025
Wednesday, June 18, 2:00 – 5:00 pm | Ksm Lx’sg̱a̱n Ruth Hallows and Jay Hallows in the Artist Studio (Burke Museum)
Ravenstail weaving techniques have made a comeback among the Northwest Coastal Peoples, yet our historical robes remain housed in museum collections. Mentor weaver Ksm Lx’sg̱a̱n, Ruth Hallows, and apprentice weaver Jay Hallows collaborate with over twenty weavers to symbolically revive historical Ravenstail robes by reweaving and returning them home for ceremonial use.
Thursday, June 19, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm | BLUEs. Wave in the Artist (Burke Museum)
Jai Kobi Kaleo’okalani
BLUEs.Weave will showcase two interconnected demonstrations of exploratory Black American music commemorating the Juneteenth holiday.
The first demonstration will highlight original musical works, lyrics, and improvisations reflecting on the various forms and aesthetics of celebration throughout the sonic heritage of Black American music. The second will be a live, collaborative composition session where BLUEs.Weave unveils their compositional process and techniques, culminating in a piece and performance that honors the significance of Juneteenth and Black liberation.
Thursday, June 19, 7:00 – 8:00 pm | ONLINE ONLY: Drop-in for Parents and Caregivers: A Moment of Mindfulness, Self-Compassion & Shared Humanity (Center for Child & Family Well-Being)
Shayla Collins
Join the Center for Child & Family Well-Being for their monthly Community Drop-In hosted by Shayla Collins. You are invited for a session focused on mindfulness, self-compassion & collective humanity. After dedicating much of your time to others, come for a very casual hour (or however long you can afford) dedicated to personal practice.
Thursday, June 19, 10:30 am – 2:00 pm | 6th Annual Juneteenth on the Waterfront Freedom Celebration (Center for Labor Studies)
Join ILWU Local 19 and APRI Seattle for their 6th Annual Juneteenth Waterfront Freedom Celebration on June 19, 2025, from 10:30 am to 2 pm. Attendees can enjoy live entertainment, food, drinks, and guest speakers!
ILWU Local 19
3440 East Marginal Way S.
Seattle, WA 98134
Wednesday, June 25, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Submicron Chemical Imaging: Life Sciences, Microplastics, Polymers, Materials & Beyond(Department of Chemistry)
Join the Department of Chemistry for a lunch-and-learn workshop featuring an Introduction to Optical Photothermal Infrared (O-PTIR), which provides submicron IR, simultaneous Raman, and co-located fluorescence. This technique has been applied across various domains.
Thursday, June 26, 7:00 – 8:30 pm| Rubin Observatory’s First Look and a thrilling new era of discoveries at the University of Washington!
(Astrobiology)
The Institute for Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics & Cosmology (DiRAC) invites you to a special event commemorating a new chapter in astronomy.
This milestone is the result of over twenty years of dedication and teamwork from the international Rubin community. DiRAC is particularly proud to honor the University of Washington Rubin Team, whose leadership and participation as one of four founding institutions have been pivotal in realizing this vision.
This transcends a mere astronomy event — it’s a tribute to human inquiry, collaboration, and creativity. Whether you’re a student, researcher, space aficionado, or simply someone who gazes at the night sky in amazement, you’re welcome to partake in this historic occasion.
Wednesday, June 4 to Friday, July 4 | Echoes of History, Calls of Memory: The 228 Incident Exhibition (Taiwan Studies)
This exhibition aims to commemorate the experiences of those who endured hardship and to contemplate the enduring effects of the 228 Incident. Utilizing archival images, individual accounts, historical records, and artistic expressions, we provide a story of grief, strength, and the continual quest for justice.
Information Sessions
June 24 | Personal Privacy & Your Device
June 25 | Workshop on Research Impact
June 26 |Creative Commons
June 27 | Text Mining Introduction
June 30 | Publish & Safeguard Your Research: Quickly Create a Book with Manifold
July 2025
Wednesday, July 2, 12:30 pm | First Wednesday Concert Series (School of Music)
Students from the UW School of Music will perform in this lunchtime concert series co-sponsored by UW Music and UW Libraries.
Information Sessions
July 7 – July 11 | Research Data Stewardship
July 10 | Contracts for Publishing
Do you have an event that you want to see highlighted in the ArtSci Roundup? Reach out to Kathrine Braseth ([email protected]).
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