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 May, trustee Mark Stevens and his wife, Mary, gave $200 million, one of the largest gifts in the university’s history, to spread the technology across fields from medicine to the arts. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Several prominent figures in business, the arts and hard sciences have graduated from Carnegie Mellon, or one of its previous iterations, since 1900. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

The fair is set to take place from 19 to 22 November this year at Manarat Al Saadiyat, a cultural space in Saadiyat Island, an emerging hub for the arts in Abu Dhabi. — News Desk, Artforum, 29 Sep. 2026

In a column for the AJC, Spelman College’s president wrote this week about what the ranking shows about the school’s efforts to help students become leaders in STEM, the arts and other fields. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the arts

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