Living in the heart of Los Angeles, students have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the rich art culture both on campus and in Westwood. Read on for the Daily Bruin’s picks for this week’s upcoming theater, film and television events that are sure to put on a show for audiences. Read more...
Photo: By Isabella Lee/Illustrations Director
From the aging process of clay comes a garden of life. Curated by alumnus Charles Snowden, the exhibit, “Senescent Stone,” is on display at the Shulamit Nazarian until Oct. Read more...
Photo: Various muted-colored sculptures by Charles Snowden are displayed on a table in a gallery. Part of the MFA alumnus’s solo exhibition “Senescent Stone,” the collection will be on display at Shulamit Nazarian until Oct. 29. (Courtesy of Charles Snowden)
Liz Li is chopping up traditional art media. The fourth-year design media arts student creates art through various media including zines, posters, graphics and mock-ups of imaginary candy brands. Read more...
Photo: The zine “Chop Suey,” a piece made by fourth-year design media arts student Liz Li, is held open to display its contents. In addition to zine-style pieces, the multimedia creations of Li include posters, sketches, prints and digital works. (Courtesy of Liz Li)
More than 30 years of work and five years of curatorial planning have culminated in “Victor Estrada: Purple Mexican.” Curator Marco Rios said he wanted to organize a survey show of artist and lecturer of painting Victor Estrada’s work since he first met Estrada more than five years ago. Read more...
Photo: Dressed in a blue shirt, Victor Estrada, a lecturer of painting at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture sits in a chair outside. Works from Estrada spanning his over 30 year career, are on display in the exhibition, “Victor Estrada: Purple Mexican” which opened Oct. 6 at the ArtCenter College of Design’s Peter and Merle Mullin Gallery. (Courtesy of Juan Posada/ArtCenter College of Design)
This post was updated Oct. 12 at 3:21 p.m. The Jellicle cats have lived nine lives too many. Based on T.S. Eliot’s poetry collection, “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” the feline gang of “Cats” will take refuge at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre through Oct. Read more...
Photo: The national tour cast of “Cats” perform on a blue-hued illuminated stage. Based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” the musical will perform at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre through Oct. 16. (Courtesy of Matthew Murphy)
Eva Stoneburner is kindling a sense of community through pottery. During her final year at UCLA, the alumnus established the brand Spiral Sundries to sell her ceramics. Read more...
Photo: Eva Stoneburner smiles surrounded by ceramics. The alumnus started her business, Spiral Sundries Ceramics, to follow her lifelong artistic passion. (Courtesy of Eva Stoneburner)
Antonio Lysy is translating Bach’s musical phrases to unconventional stages. On Sept. 23 in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, the cello professor and string area chair will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six cello suites inside artist Richard Serra’s sculpture, “Torqued Ellipse,” in an event titled “Bach In the Serra.” Lysy said the main inspiration for playing the suites, an ordered set of classical works, in “Torqued Ellipse” was to experiment with the unique acoustics in the enclosed space the sculpture offers. Read more...
Photo: Cello professor and string area chair, Antonio Lysy plays the cello surrounded by lit candles. Lysy will play suites from Bach during the “Bach in the Serra” concert at 7pm on Friday. (Courtesy of the Herb Alpert School of Music)
