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Presenting over 300 events per year, there is always inspiration here. Open to the public, events honor talents from nearby and world-wide: our students and faculty, special guests, and professional performers and visual artists. Students fulfill their passions through majors and non-major programs. Community members enjoy fresh, thought-provoking experiences. We welcome people of all kinds to engage, and enjoy.

News

B Gallery Call for Art extended through December 17

works in a small gallery pervaded by a bluish light

What does a global history of architectural modernism look like?

Cover of a book called Rethinking Global Modernism shows a large ball of string

Theatre alums Wulfekuhle and Gervais perform in NYC production of "Battle of Angels"

fpour actors on a stage in a play about the 1930s

Heather Dudenbostel appointed Assistant Professor of Voice and Dramatic Arts

smiling person in sleeveless azure gown with deep vee neck

Seattle dancer Cieon White teaching Hip-Hop Winter Quarter 2022

black woman with purple sweater standing against a blue chain link fence

Events

Fifth Inversion in Concert: Trip the Light Fantastic

five wind musicians seated at a cafe holding their instruments

Wind Symphony: Maslanka, Bernstein, Orff

alpine meadow with flowers and giant mountains

Winter Dances 2022

3 dancers posed: in front, a dancer bends at the knees and reaches down with one hand - one heel and the other elbow lifted up. To the right, a dancer bends at the knees in a partial lunge and leans back, letting their arms dangle. In the back, a dancer stands on toes with legs and arms spread into the shape of a star, and wrists bent so all fingers are pointed up.

Sanford-Hill Piano Series presents Spencer Myer

View from piano bench level of Spencer Myer playing piano, leaning back with eyes closed and head tilted upward

Sanford-Hill Piano Series presents Spencer Myer, Masterclass

Spencer Myer sitting on a piano bench with one arm on the piano, smiling at the camera with a relaxed and friendly face

More events

Exhibitions

More is More: Visual Richness in Contemporary Art - featuring Ryan Kelly of WWU

Plates, vases and other pottery with whimsical designs mounted on a backdrop on a wall. The backdrop has an illustrated lattice-like pattern with illustrations of flowers in the gaps.

Western Gallery Exhibition

A round window in a rock wall reveals repeating round windows in rock walls, with the last window showing a view of trees in a field

Nancy Holt, Between Heaven and Earth

January 13 through May 7, 2022

Several works representing Holt’s entire body of work, including Stone Enclosure: Rock Rings. Featuring an immersive installation where viewers can engage with a map of Ursa Major and Minor on the gallery ceiling, personally experiencing Holt’s interest in bringing “the [night] sky down to the earth”.