Friday, February 6

Student’s art exhibition spotlights nuances of human interaction

Vanessa Guzmán had her first panic attack in the middle of a high school math exam. Guzmán said she felt the walls closing in on her, and all the noises around her magnified. Read more...

Photo: Vanessa Guzmán, a third-year art student, suffered from anxiety and panic attacks when she was a high school student. After being homeschooled and overcoming a two-year-long state of social isolation, she began exploring new mediums of art at her community college, such as performance art. Her exhibition “Ellos” was recently displayed in the Broad Art Center. (Chelsea Zhang/Daily Bruin)



UCLA alumnus portrays US-Mexico border through contemporary art

This post was updated Nov. 9 at 11:29 a.m. Daniel Schwarz compressed the entire 1,954 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border into two parallel accordion photo books. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus Daniel Schwarz’ parallel accordion photo books depict 2,000 miles of land between the United States and Mexico. The artwork is running at the “Frontera” exhibit at Canadian Photography Institute in the National Gallery of Canada until April 2. (Courtesy of Daniel Schwarz)


UCLA’s dance community attended meeting to advocate for more space

The growing UCLA dance community can look forward to more practice space on campus, UCLA administrators said at a town hall meeting Tuesday. More than 100 attendees from UCLA dance teams and the undergraduate student government’s Facilities Commission met with administrators about issues regarding dance practice spaces. Read more...

Photo: More than 50 dance group members attended a dance town hall with UCLA administrators on the steps of Parking Lot 7 to discuss UCLA’s lack of available spaces for dance groups to practice in. (Emma Skinner/Daily Bruin)



Alumna shines in Tony Award nominee ‘Bright Star’

Kelly Baker was too afraid to sing “Happy Birthday” to casting directors in elementary school. But now, she sings with the cast of a Tony Award-nominated musical. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Kelly Baker recently landed a role in the Tony Award-winning musical, “Bright Star.” In the production, Baker is a swing – a person who is trained to cover multiple ensemble roles. “Bright Star,” written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, will run at the Ahmanson Theatre in downtown LA until Nov. 19. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)


Alumnus explores multiverse theory through kinetic art piece

Seph Li’s multimedia-based art piece “Cosmos” uses reflective mirrors and physics theories to reveal the mysteries of our universe – or universes. Li, a design media arts alumnus, will display “Cosmos” at the Shanghai Art Fair, which opens Thursday and runs through Sunday at the Shanghai World EXPO & Convention Center. Read more...

Photo: Design media arts alumnus Seph Li’s work “Cosmos” features reflective surfaces as a means to merge multiverse theory with art theory. The artwork is on display at the Shanghai Art Fair.(Courtesy of Seph Li)



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