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

Moreover, Proposition 28 states that the arts funding, which is generated by student enrollment, must go to the school in which those students are enrolled. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

French law allows businesses to cut 60 percent of taxes from certain forms of financial support for the arts, if considered beneficial to the public. — Devorah Lauter For Artnews, Robb Report, 29 July 2026

Learning the arts and sciences does not directly generate income. — Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Kiesler and his heirs envisioned architecture that would make the arts more available, provisional, improvisational, democratic, and participatory, more playful and less aloof. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026

Rhymes for the arts

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