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Our Mission

Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington fosters innovative performances that advance public engagement, cultural exchange, creative research and learning through the arts. Meany Center provides opportunities for diverse artists, community, students and faculty to connect in the discovery and exploration of the boundless power of the arts to create positive change in the world.

Our Core Values

EXCELLENCE: We are dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and the expansion of human potential through arts and learning.

INNOVATION: We encourage artistic risk-taking and collaboration to advance new creative expressions and engage important issues of our time.

CONNECTION: We bring diverse artists, community, students and faculty together in transformative experiences that promote the exchange of ideas and perspectives from around the world.

INSPIRATION: We cultivate the capacity to find joy and meaning through creativity and artistic exploration.

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that Meany Center is on unceded and traditional land of the Coast Salish, including the Duwamish People, the first people of Seattle. We honor with gratitude the land itself and those who have cared for it, past and present. Meany Center is committed to better understanding our relationship with this land and to building authentic relationships with the first people of this region.

Equity Report to the Community

In 2020, Meany Center for the Performing Arts pledged to “stand in solidarity with BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) staff, artists, students, colleagues and community members in the fight for justice by dismantling the endemic structural racism that underlies social, economic and educational inequity. Over the last three years we have expanded and increased the scope of our work to include Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) more broadly. As a highly visible, white-led arts organization with considerable access and infrastructure, we recognize our responsibility to engage in this struggle, utilizing and strategically prioritizing our resources to address systemic inequity within our own organization and the wider ecosystem in which we operate. READ OUR EQUITY REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY

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Our Mission

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Land Acknowledgement

Equity Report to the Community

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Executive and Artistic Director

Our Stories

People

Join Our Team

Impact Report