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UCLA’s Hitoshi Abe is among those whose work is featured in an exhibit detailing nontraditional ways architects have helped rebuild the coast of Eastern Japan following the devastating tsunami of 2011.

Robin D.G. Kelley, distinguished professor of history at UCLA, served as a consultant on the new documentary "Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People."

Lucretia Stinnette, a graduate student filmmaker in the School of Theater, Film and Television, made a short film about a mail-order bride from Vietnam after teaching English in South Korea to such women.

With an office full of antique projectors known as “magic lanterns” and a conviction to retell media history, Erkki Huhtamo has pioneered the field of media archaeology.

Digital media artist Refik Anadol and UCLA design students will produce an explosion of images aligned with the gestures and body language of LA Philharmonic conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.

The Center for the Art of Performance is presenting a week-long interactive art installation on Royce Quad to build understanding between veterans and civilians. It’s being offered in conjunction with a multimedia theatrical production, “Basetrack Live.”

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s 2014-15 theater season features 13 events, including The Two Cities Project, and the Francis Ford Coppola One Act Marathon.

From concerts by guest performers and student ensembles to stunning exhibitions, the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture has more than 75 public events coming up this quarter.

‘Robert Heinecken: Object Matter,’ which runs from Oct. 3 through Jan. 18, captures his eclectic body of work that transformed photography from an instrument of reportage to a tool for deconstructing social norms.

The Fowler Museum at UCLA presents "World Share: Installations by Pascale Marthine Tayou," a large-scale immersive environment that combines the artist's sculpture, drawings and poetry with Fowler artworks and recorded sound.

UCLA professor Jennifer Steinkamp won a national award for ‘Murmuration,’ her video installation in a Long Beach courthouse that was inspired by decision making, Egyptian mythology and the motions of flocking birds.

A Q&A with Allison Carruth, associate professor of English at UCLA, who is helping to lead a massive effort that launches this Saturday to draw the public to the Los Angeles River.

Directing graduate student Mark Columbus' short coming-of-age film will screen at the 41st annual Telluride Film Festival.

The UCLA Hammer Museum’s public engagement curator writes about her experiences going from what was then a unique role at any museum to what she's proud of having accomplished.

Hidden away in the history department student lounge on the sixth floor of Bunche Hall is one of UCLA’s greatest treasures, but not many people knew it until an emeritus history professor pointed out its significance and landmark status.

A documentary about the 2011 UCLA quidditch team's bid for the sport's world cup started as a five-minute film class project. "Mudbloods” will open in select theaters this fall.

The first major exhibition to focus on Timor’s rich textile arts presents the stories and works of artists from villages throughout the Southeast Asian island.

UCLA's historic theater was the setting for a special performance by singer Jason Mraz, who chose the venue because of how it inspires the young artists who perform there.

UCLA arts lecturer Tom Skelly spent 30 years working with inmates in the state prison in Chino. "I would do it again," he says.

Kligman is a renowned expert on Jewish music, from sacred liturgical traditions to contemporary popular music. He joined the UCLA faculty July 1.

The Hammer's biennial showcase of emerging Los Angeles artists has forced the museum to temporarily shelve its collection of European masters for the first time ever.

The Fowler is home to more than 20,000 textiles that trace the history of cloth over two millennia and across five continents.

Students at UCLA create interactive stories using Google Glass that show how wearable technology could alter the idea of narrative.

Check out this video about UCLA's collection of the pioneering work of silent film-era animators.

An important visual piece of UCLA history is back on display in Ackerman Union.