Arts + Culture

In the hands of artist and UCLA professor Judy Baca, the mural is a powerful teaching tool of L.A. history and student empowerment.

Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl on how Sufi music — and especially the Sabri Brothers — have been bridging the divide between Islam and the West.

Lynn’s firm is among 12 of the best contemporary architecture and design teams chosen from across the country to take on the challenge.

UCLA professor Zrinka Stahuljak spent three years translating, annotating, traveling and even co-creating a podcast-inspired blog to showcase “The Romance of Gillion de Trazegnies.”

Two-time Academy Award winner Quentin Tarantino gave the keynote speech at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s 14th Annual Design Showcase West Saturday.

UCLA researchers used geographic modeling to reveal 121 sites where important Indian texts from the third century B.C. could be carved into rock.

UCLA professor of design media arts Jennifer Steinkamp has created an animation featuring thousands of flowers that is now playing on electronic billboards in Times Square.

Familiar faces in dance, theater, music and spoken word will come to campus, alongside a fresh approach to Shakespeare and ambitious multi-disciplinary events.

The UCLA alumna and faculty member was said by Martha Graham to have the rare ability to “capture the instant of a dance and transform it into a timeless gesture.”

“MAO to NOW: Photographs by Stephen Verona” features 32 images contrasting China in 1980 with China in 2014. The exhibition runs from May 15 until Sept. 11.

When David Sedaris visits UCLA each year, the Poetry Bureau assembles outside Royce Hall. And types.

Owen Husney, who teaches music business at UCLA Extension, recalls what made Prince’s music so different, negotiating the first record deal and how his experiences with Prince influence his teaching.

Go behind the scenes at the institute’s annual open house on April 30, which offers visitors a chance to learn about one of the world’s preeminent archaeology labs.

“The Collector and the Dealer: Gifts of African Art from Jay T. Last and Merton D. Simpson” underscores the lasting impact that two men have had on the development of the museum’s acclaimed African art holdings.

The total donation includes an already received gift of $1 million and a $14 million in matching funds to support operations and grow the museum’s endowment.

To UCLA visual artist Casey Reas, writing computer code and programming are not so much technical skills as “thinking” skills that he has managed to apply to artistic expression to great effect.

Architecture and urban design lecturer Jimenez Lai’s “The Tower of Twelve Stories” is the biggest art installation ever at the annual music and arts festival.

Los Angeles music attorney Dina LaPolt represents recording artists, songwriters, producers, musicians, authors and writers, and teaches a UCLA Extension class, “Legal and Practical Aspects of the Music Business.”

UCLA art history students and local fine arts photography lovers have a rare opportunity to view the life’s work of influential American photographer Robert Frank, known as the inventor of street photography.

Jake Heggie, who earned a B.A. and M.A. in music at UCLA, was a PR writer when the general director of the San Francisco Opera handpicked to compose a score for a libretto by playwright Terrence McNally. Today, he has three operas currently in the pipeline.

The exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA will feature 200 rare and diverse artworks from the Austronesian-speaking peoples including ancient ceramics, carved ancestor figures, textiles and ritual objects.

More than 125 public events will showcase the depth and diversity of UCLA Arts activities and creative programming.

The bequest from the David Dobrow Trust establishes an endowment that will help ensure the long-term financial security of the Herb Alpert School of Music.

The study’s authors write that while the 2016 Academy Award nominations generated headlines and attention, they merely hint at systemic problems that reach every sector of the industry.

The UCLA Library’s Special Collections staff have recaptured some of Hollywood’s finest hours in collection of 48 Los Angeles Times photographs of Academy Awards ceremonies from the 1950s to 1970s.