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Find Your Community in the Arts

No matter what you study at the UW, there are plenty of opportunities to make friends through the arts. Pick up the drums in a band, take the stage with your improv group, connect with other students interested in creating art, or join a production team to make a film. Explore the numerous ways to find your community in the arts.

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Upcoming Events

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Feb. 6, 2026

Community Sit (2026 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency)

Please join us for a guided meditation hosted 2026 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident indira allegra. 

Jacob Lawrence Gallery
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Jan. 26 - Feb. 6, 2026

Carly Sheehan: CYCLES

Please join us for an exhibition where Carley Sheehan installed work in the Sandpoint Gallery that began during her residency at Surf Point (York, ME) this past fall and continued to develop in her…

Free

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Feb. 6, 2026

Film Screening & Performance: Healing Heart of Lushootseed; UW Symphony with Adia S. Bowen

UW Ethnomusicology, Department of American Indian Studies, and the UW Symphony collaborate with Lushootseed Research’s Healing Heart Project in presenting this special community event. Following a…

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