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Opera UCLA's West Coast premier of "Giasone" was previewed by the Daily Bruin:
A lust-filled baroque opera (2/5/2010)

The Hammer Museum's Jonas Wood exhibition was featured in the Daily Bruin:
Artist grows taste for the abstract (2/5/2010)

Art Professor Catherine Opie's exhibition was reviewed by the Daily Bruin:
Getty photo exhibit captures urban culture in Iceland and US (2/4/2010)

The Fowler's Nick Cave exhibition was featured in the Daily Bruin:
Nick Cave’s exhibit of ‘Soundsuits’ at the Fowler Museum moves beyond identity and the familiar (2/3/2010)

DMA Alum Andrew Jones has been nominated for an Oscar:
Oscar Nominees Announced (under Visual Effects) (2/2/2010)

DMA student George Brower's creation was featured in the Daily Bruin:
Tunes with 'tude (2/2/2010)

WACsmash! was previewed by the Daily Bruin:
UCLA world arts and cultures undergraduate students produce annual WAC Smash! event (2/1/2010)

Art Professor Catherine Opie's exhibition was reviewed by LA Observed:
Catherine Opie's photos of L.A. at the Getty (1/31/2010)

UCLA Live's Los Lobos performance was reviewed by the Daily Bruin:
Weekend review: Los Lobos (1/31/2010)

The Los Angeles Times featured work by DMA Professors Christian Moeuller and Jennifer Steinkamp:
The W Hollywood Hotel & Residences: An urban complexity (1/29/2010)

UCLA Arts Professor and jazz great Kenny Burrell's Grammy Tribute:
Los Angeles Times (1/27/2010)
NPR (1/28/2010)
Jazz Times (1/22/2010)

Mimi Perloff - Co-director of Design for Sharing and supporter of UCLA Arts:
UCLA Today (1/27/2010)
Los Angeles Times (1/27/2010)

Ethnomusicology Adjunct Assistant Professor Dong Suk Kim was interviewed by the Daily Bruin:
Symposium to exhibit Korea’s dynamic culture (1/26/2010)

The Rachel Whiteread exhibition at the Hammer Museum was previewed in the Daily Bruin:
British artist Rachel Whiteread combines sculpture, drawing in upcoming exhibit at Hammer Museum (1/26/2010)

The Daily Bruin previewed the UCLA Arts happening Weekend:
UCLA Arts Happening Weekend to celebrate the diverse world of art (1/22/2010)

The Los Angeles Times gave a great review on the Fowler's Nick Cave exhibition:
Art review: Nick Cave at Fowler Museum (1/21/2010)

WAC Professor David Gere and the Art Global Health Center were featured by UCLA Today for their efforts in Haiti disaster relief:
Campus community scrambles to respond to crisis in Haiti (1/14/2010)

The Daily Bruin wrote about the Fowler Out Loud event created by two WAC graduate students:
Improv to keep dancers on their toes (1/14/2010)

The UCLA All-Star Concert was featured in the Daily Bruin:
Schoenberg concert focuses on soloists (1/14/2010)

UCLA Arts was featured in the January edition of UCLA Magazine:
Arts on Fire (1/1/2010)

 

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Mimi Perloff: co-director of Design for Sharing, supporter of UCLA Arts
Miriam Perloff, co-founder of UCLA Design for Sharing and wife of the late Harvey S. Perloff, founding Dean of UCLA’s Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, has died. She was 95.

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design announces partnership with Walt Disney Imagineering for M. Arch II Suprastudio.

UCLA Arts Winter 2010 events for:
Architecture and Urban Design
Design |Media Arts
Music
More events can be found in the You See LA Winter/Spring 2010 Calendar.

The Hammer Museum celebrates 10 years of the Hammer Projects.

World-renowned architect and AUD Professor Neil Denari  was named a United States Artist Fellow for 2009 and received a $50,000 unrestricted grant.

UCLA Arts Professor and jazz guitar legend Kenny Burrell will be honored with The Recording Academy President’s Merit Award for his lifetime contributions to jazz music.

Art faculty and numerous Art alumni are participating in the 2010 Whitney Biennial.

Lincoln Echoes,” a composition by Music Associate Professor David Lefkowitz, made its world premiere at the UCLA concert “A Celebration of Lincoln.


UCLA Arts Board of Visitors Member Shirley Shapiro and her husband Ralph were recently honored by UCLA for their outstanding service and professional achievements.


Opera UCLA Director Peter Kazaras and former Music student Rodell Rosel took part in Mustos’ Volpone, which is nominated for a Grammy (scroll down to Best Opera Recording).

UCLA cityLAB completed its WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture competition today with the announcement of Carbon T.A.P.// Tunnel Algae Park, R_Ignite and Aquaculture Canal_New Orleans as the winning proposals.

Architecture and Urban Design Distinguished Professor Thom Mayne has been appointed to President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.

Two Music Department graduates, Monica Covitt (BA ’09) and Penelope Turgeon (DMA ’09), were selected as fall 2009 interns at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.

Building on an 18-year career at UCLA, Guy Custis has taken on senior management responsibilities for the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture (UCLA Arts) as the new Assistant Dean for Administration.

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This Week's Events

Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
Anne Ellegood, Juror
Feb. 11 - 25
Discussion with the Juror:
Thursday, Feb. 11, 5 pm Opening reception:
Thursday, Feb. 11, 6 pm
New Wight Gallery

more events »

Winter/ Spring 2010 Calendar

winter/spring 2010 calendar

UCLA Arts Wear

Arts Wear

UCLA Arts spirit merchandise is available in the LuValle store on campus. Items include pens, key chains, canvas bags, coffee mugs, hoodies, caps and T-shirts in a variety of colors and sizes.

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