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Theater & Fine Arts

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October 5, 9:31 pm

Q&A: Professor discusses artistic success, induction into hall of fame

Rebeca Méndez first fell in love with design while creating rubbings of ancient Mayan archaeology sites with her father.   It was during her childhood archaeology trips to the Mayan ruins that she became fascinated with the people’s ancient symbolic systems as well as their storytelling power. Read more...

Photo: Professor Rebeca Méndez is the first Latina women to be inducted into the One Club Creative Hall of Fame. She said she wants to use the recent honor as a new platform to speak about diversity and inclusion. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)

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September 28, 1:07 am

School of the Arts and Architecture event brings together faculty, students

A photo booth designed by students from the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture will allows students to get to know each other without having to speak. Read more...

Photo: Third-year design media arts student Stefanie Tam helped create an interactive photo booth for the School of Arts and Architecture’s celebration “The Opening,” which features artwork from students, alumni and faculty. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)

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September 21, 7:23 pm

Autry Museum photo exhibition highlights Mexican-American community

The photographers of “La Raza” sifted through thousands of memories embedded in the images they had taken 50 years ago. “La Raza,” a Chicano newspaper turned magazine that ran from 1967 to 1977, documented the Mexican-American community’s strife for equal rights through articles and photographs of its volunteer photographers. Read more...

Photo: Michael Aguilar (left), Xaviera Flores (center) and Chon Noriega (right), organize some of the images featured at the LA RAZA exhibition, which opened Sept. 16 and will run through early 2019. (Courtesy of Cheyenne Lentz)

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September 21, 6:57 pm

Rehired Hammer Museum curator shares vision for Grunwald Center

The Hammer Museum announced the rehiring of former Grunwald Center the Graphic Arts curator Allegra Pesenti this summer, just four years after her departure in 2013. Read more...

Photo: Allegra Pesenti said she will bring her experience with paper artworks to her new position as the associate director and senior curator of the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts. The Hammer Museum rehired her just four years after her departure. (courtesy of Laura Hodgson)

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September 4, 11:10 pm

Faculty member’s art exhibits how people ought to see present, future

Drivers on La Brea Avenue might see a sky-blue neon sign hanging in a window of the ltd los angeles art gallery spelling the word “ought.” If they look even closer, they might also see a small rock sitting on the windowsill. Read more...

Photo: McWilliams’ piece features a neon sign spelling out the word “ought,” along with a small rock on the windowsill. The juxtaposition of the two elements represents the choices humans make when deciding on the future. (Courtesy of Chandler McWilliams)

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August 21, 12:05 am

Alumni use electronic billboards as digital art to reach audience

Gareth Walsh wanted to put a glitch in Sunset Boulevard’s typical landscape of billboards and advertisements. He visualized a moving installation that would disrupt the strip’s static signage and make passers-by reconsider their political and urban surroundings. Read more...

Photo: Gareth Walsh’s “Glitch” installation depicts an American flag that gradually begins glitching over the course of one minute. The video is played between 13 minutes of regular billboard advertising. (Courtesy of Gareth Walsh)

Arts, Arts Columns, Theater & Fine Arts

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August 19, 1:21 pm

Theater Review: ‘Hamilton: An American Musical’

Angelenos don’t have to “wait for it” any longer – “Hamilton: An American Musical” has arrived at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, and it is breathtaking. From its intricately crafted lyrics and melodies to its nuanced performances and spellbinding choreography, “Hamilton” serves up a captivating experience only made more poignant given the country’s current political climate. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Joan Marcus)


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