One theater student used his love for storytelling to create live entertainment in a COVID-19-safe setting. Held in one of UCLA’s parking structures on Saturday nights, “Experiments in Drive-in Storytelling” is fourth-year theater student Frank Demma’s senior thesis project. Read more...
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Gabriela Freid intends to prove home can be anything imaginable. The fifth-year art student is currently developing a reimagining of Lucy R. Lippard’s exhibition “Curating by Numbers” to be showcased in September. Read more...
Photo: Fifth-year art student Gabriela Freid intends to support migrant justice nonprofits through her exhibition “Responding in Numbers.” The project is a reimagining of Lucy R. Lippard’s initial exhibit, “Curating by Numbers.” (Photo Illustration by Ashley Kenney/Photo editor and Jaelen Cruz/Daily Bruin)
Equal parts burlesque and social inquiry, Kayla Tange’s performance art is breaking walls and building communities. A fourth-year art student, Tange has been working in performance art for 15 years. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year art student Kayla Tange created her performance art show Sacred Wounds to transform Asian traditions, highlighting themes such as identity and sexuality. (Michael Vigman/Daily Bruin)
“The Women’s Project” is made for women, by women and about women. Created by second-year theater student Marlee Tierney, “The Women’s Project” is a multimedia film theater piece that tells the story of six different high school girls and their individual perspectives of one school day. Read more...
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An uplifting art and music installation is finding something to celebrate after a year of isolation. Curated by Tanya Aguiñiga and Mark “Frosty” McNeill, Celebration Spectrum intends to bring people together following such a challenging year. Read more...
Photo: Grand Park’s Celebration Spectrum hopes to bring visitors closer together through outdoor installation art and music. (Courtesy of Maurice de la Falaise, Grand Park)
Bruin minds joined together in jump-starting a new student arts movement. In April, several UCLA art students created the Art Students Collective, an undergraduate club that organizes open discussions for students who are serious about visual arts. Read more...
Photo: Formed in April, the Art Students Collective hopes to include all undergraduate students who are passionate about art. Co-founder Marie Tagudena (left), a third-year art student, works on a project with new member and third-year art student Mayra Jimenez (left center), along with the two other co-founders, third-year art student Brenda Barrios (right center) and first-year art student Armando Perez (right). (Courtesy of Marie Tagudena)
A new video platform is bringing the Hammer Museum’s public programs straight to museumgoers – wherever they may be. Launched May 5, Hammer Channel is the museum’s new streaming website, consolidating recordings of new and old programs in one place. Read more...
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