Wednesday, December 17

New magazine ‘The Paper Mixtape’ features LA art, culture and artists

While going through cycles and cycles of names for her new project, second-year art history student Morgan Cadigan played Iron and Wine’s “Our Endless Numbered Days” on a record player and felt a desire to get back to the roots of vinyl and analog. Read more...

Photo: Second-year art history student Morgan Cadigan (far left) founded the new UCLA arts and culture magazine, “The Paper Mixtape,” to explore the sights and sounds of Los Angeles and support local artists. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)


LACMA College Night showcases samurai-themed exhibit, interactive art

Dramatic red lights illuminate the main exhibition room as students lift their chins to witness a squad of samurai charging into battle. “The Samurai: Japanese Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection” showcased a wide spread of authentic 14th-to-19th century armor, and inspired the theme for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s (LACMA) sold-out annual College Night Thursday. Read more...

Photo: The dance group, Lighting Shadow, performed as part of LACMA’s annual college night. Without a stage, one man and one woman traversed the museum to the sound of a beating drum. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)



arTistic Attention: TA Dahlia Schweitzer brings background of experience to classroom

It’s easy to become disenchanted by weekly discussions, typically made mandatory by participation grades. But here in A&E;, we want to help UCLA students realize that teaching assistants are not only students themselves. Read more...

Photo: Dahlia Schweitzer performed in her own one-woman art show in venues all over Europe, and was the lead vocalist, bassist and keyboardist of an all-girl punk band before returning to school to pursue a doctorate in cinema and media studies.(Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)


College Night at LACMA to connect students to artworks

As the sun sets over Los Angeles and the city lights flicker on, most museums are closing their doors for the night. On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will do just the opposite, as it invites 1,800 students after hours to what education coordinator Amber Smith describes as the buzzing atmosphere of College Night. Read more...

Photo: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will host its annual College Night on Thursday. LACMA will invite 1,800 students for free access to exhibitions, food and workshops. (Courtesy of Erin Yokomizo)


Balloon & Panel: Online self-publishing companies offer new ways to fund projects

Comic books are everywhere – Marvel and DC Comics are mining decades of story lines for a huge slate of movies and television shows. But comics are more than a source to be mined for superhero blockbusters. Read more...

Photo: Tom Siddell’s “Gunnerkrigg Court” is a webcomic that follows friends Kat and Annie studying magic in a boarding school in England. (Courtesy of Tom Siddell)


Spoken word event ‘The Ghost Writer Confessions’ reveals student secrets

The anonymously submitted secret that second-year undeclared student and poet Lydia Janbay chose to write about is one she could personally connect with. Janbay is one of seven UCLA students who will perform spoken word revolving around anonymous secrets submitted by fellow students Wednesday at Royce Hall Terrace in “The Ghost Writer Confessions.” The event is hosted by the Student Committee for the Arts at UCLA and will precede PostSecret creator Frank Warren’s “PostSecret Live” event at Royce Hall. Read more...

Photo: (Victoria Chang/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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