the arts

plural noun

: painting, sculpture, music, theater, literature, etc., considered as a group of activities done by people with skill and imagination

She's a patron of the arts.

He wants the government to increase its funding for the arts.

Examples of the arts in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In total, roughly 22 percent of workers in the arts, entertainment, recreation and accommodation industry were enrolled in Medi-Cal in 2023, according to a survey from the UC Berkeley Labor Center. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026

The controversy exposes a growing fault line in the arts over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. — Mark Rice-Oxley, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2026

With locations including Singapore, Paris, London, Boston, Istanbul, Dubai, Jaipur, Phnom Penh and Bali, Raffles prides itself on its connection with the arts, local communities and the environment. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

Sleeping Beauties by David Byrne (Penguin Press, $36) A reckoning with how breakthroughs across the arts and sciences get forgotten, and how they get rediscovered. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the arts

• departs
• flowcharts
• imparts
• mouthparts
• ramparts
• restarts
• subparts
• sweethearts
• upstarts
• cartes
• carts
• charts