Join the UCLA Department of Art for a benefit exhibition and art sale Saturday, June 3 at noon, featuring work by alumni and current and former UCLA faculty to support the renovation and expansion of the UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios in Culver City.
Currently ranked No. 2 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, the UCLA graduate art program continues to be the most competitive M.F.A. program on the west coast.
Contributing artists include: Judy Chicago, Anne Collier, Robert Heinecken, Mary Kelly, Toba Khedoori, Barbara Kruger, Rodney McMillian, Dave Muller, Catherine Opie, Lari Pittman and James Welling.
The benefit exhibition and sale offer an opportunity for faculty, alumni and the broader community to show their gratitude for the generous lead gift made in 2016 by art dealer Margo Leavin, who graduated from UCLA in 1958, in support of a new building to transform the program’s existing Culver City warehouse facilities.
“It has been a great honor and privilege to teach at UCLA for the past 15 years and to be part of an extraordinary community of faculty and alumni whose passion and commitment to the arts is unparalleled,” said Catherine Opie, professor of photography who is leading this initiative for the UCLA Department of Art. “This event allows us to come together to celebrate the impact that our community has had and continues to have on the art world, while building on the momentum that Margo’s gift has generated for our department.”
Designed by Los Angeles-based architectural firm Johnston Marklee and Associates, the new UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios will give future generations of artists studying at UCLA a building commensurate with the stature of the program.
The benefit exhibition and sale will take place at 3Labs Studios at 8461 Warner Drive, Culver City, CA 90232, located one block from the UCLA Graduate Art Studios.
The exhibition coincides with the semi-annual graduate open studios, an opportunity for the public to visit the studios of the department’s M.F.A. students. Selected works from the benefit exhibition and sale can be viewed online.
Tickets are available for purchase online. Lunch and a preview of the art are provided with the purchase of a ticket. Digital images of all works will be provided to ticket holders in advance.
Exhibition opens to the public free of charge at 3 p.m. For more information, please call 310-825-2512 or email benefit@arts.ucla.edu.
