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UCLA Film & Television Archive rings in 2022 with new in-person screenings
The Archive’s free winter offerings, which include a wide variety of screenings, talks and artist tributes, will run from Jan. 21 to March 26.
Stunning textiles draw from 65,000 years of Aboriginal cultural practices
An exhibition highlighting work from Australia’s Top End opens today at the Fowler Museum at UCLA.
A Legacy in Plain Sight: The Murals of Judy Baca
In light of a retrospective at the Museum of Latin American Art, many are revisiting the professor’s striking public artwork.
Alumnus Rafael Agustín champions diversity in Hollywood
The writer and Latino Film Institute CEO touts the importance of UCLA’s research on inclusion in TV, movies.
Kal Penn to discuss life and diversity in Hollywood at UCLA online event, Nov. 11
In a pre-event Q&A, the entertainer and Obama White House staffer speaks about how both jobs have shaped his worldview.
TV shows with diverse writers rooms, casts resonated with pandemic audiences
The UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report finds that Latinos were still extremely underrepresented during the 2019–20 season.
Indigenous artist Mercedes Dorame shines at the Fowler Museum
The alumna brings her career full circle as part of the UCLA Centennial exhibition, “The Map and the Territory,” which closes Oct. 24.
In memoriam: Margo Leavin, 85, alumna who shaped arts education at UCLA
Leavin was a longtime champion of artists in Los Angeles, and was the lead donor in the renovation of UCLA’s graduate art studios.
Barbra Streisand to fund forward-looking institute at UCLA focused on solving societal challenges
The institute will conduct research into climate change, the dynamics of gender relationships and power, the arts and countering disinformation.
UCLA alumnus Oscar Magallanes honors his Chicano heritage in his art
Magallanes is part of the 3B Collective, a group of mostly alumni artists, that specializes in large-scale murals, site-specific installations and public artworks.
UCLA Film & Television Archive welcomes audiences back to in-person screenings
The Archive’s free fall offerings, which include recent restorations, rare TV pieces and filmmaker tributes, will run from Nov. 12 to Dec. 18.
M.F.A. students curate exhibition showcasing ‘intrinsic connections’ across Latino artists
“Descifrando Terrenos” features 13 Southern California artists and runs through Oct. 7
Artist Ellen Reid’s SOUNDWALK re-imagines what a UCLA tour could be
The free app accompanies people through a public artwork that uses music to animate the campus's environment.
Bike commuting project designed by UCLA team earns $1 million award
The Civic Bicycle Commuting team, or CiBiC, will use the funds to begin a pilot program in Los Angeles.
With the world at a crossroads, UCLA Arts’ ‘10 Questions’ series returns to ask, ‘If not now, when?’
The public lecture-academic course will virtually bring together 30 people from campus and the community.
Art as a Means of Getting Outside Ourselves
Charlene Villaseñor Black teaches her students that creative images can inspire empathy toward others, such as the immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Volunteers Create Paintings for COVID Victims’ Families
Artists from the 3 Wishes Program create paintings on fingerprinted canvases for grieving families.
The Art of Greg Clarke
While at UCLA, he discovered the illustrators of ‘The New Yorker.’ Now he’s one of them.
Two Professors Co-Direct Film About Harsh Border Crossing
“Águilas” documents hope and loss in the Arizona desert.
‘Zoom for the piano’ helps professor record new CD during pandemic
Inna Faliks collaborated with six UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty on “Reimagine: Beethoven & Ravel.”
Q&A: Theater piece asks, ‘What do you want to remember?’
UCLA professor Marike Split has created an “outdoor soundwalk” at Los Angeles State Historic Park.
Hammer Museum exhibition centers non-Western knowledge and spiritual practices
“No Humans Involved” opens on Oct. 10 and closes Jan. 9, 2022.