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BILL IVEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, TO DELIVER COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS JUNE 19 FOR UCLA'S SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE

Carolyn Campbell (ccampbel@arts.ucla.edu) (310) 825-6540
For Immediate Use Thursday, May 27, 1999.

WHO: Bill Ivey, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) since 1998, will deliver the commencement address to UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture (A&A) graduates.

Prior to heading the NEA, Ivey was Director of the Country Music Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee. Ivey's extensive involvement with the Endowment dates from 1975. He has chaired or served on fifteen different grant panels, including those for jazz fellowships, folk and traditional arts, and the former Challenge and Advancement programs.

He is a staunch protector of America's living cultural resources and a passionate advocate for many diverse art forms. A folklorist and musician, he is recognized for his national leadership in preserving historic recordings of popular and classical music. He was a national trustee of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences and served two separate terms as Academy chairman.

Ivey was born in Detroit and was educated at the University of Michigan and at Indiana University.

WHAT: The A&A commencement is open to the public. The School’s six academic departments are: architecture and urban design, art, design, ethnomusicology, music, and world arts and cultures.

Degrees to be conferred: 203 Bachelor of Arts, 5 Master of Arts, 21 Master of Fine Arts, 9 Master of Music, 48 Master of Architecture I, 38 Master of Architecture II, 10 Master of Arts in Architecture, 15 Master of Arts in Dance/Movement Therapy, 14 Doctor of Philosophy, 10 Doctor of Musical Arts. The doctorate hooding ceremony will take place on Friday, June 18 at 7 p.m. in Royce Hall.

WHEN: Saturday, June 19, 1999, 4-5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Perloff Quad, UCLA campus

PARKING: Enter campus at Westholme Avenue entrance off Hilgard. On-campus parking is available for $5.

INFORMATION: Press contact: Carolyn Campbell at (310) 825-6540. For public information call: (310) 206-1838

The School of the Arts and Architecture is dedicated to the education and training of exceptional artists, architects, designers, musicians and scholars whose global view of the arts will prepare them well to serve as cultural leaders of the 21st century. In addition to the academic departments, the School’s Center for Digital Arts and the Center for Intercultural Performance provide research and instructional programs that augment the scholarly and educational experiences of its faculty and students.

The School also plays a vital role in the cultural and artistic life of the campus and the greater Los Angeles community through the programming efforts of its public units: UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History and UCLA Performing Arts.


Contact: Carolyn Campbell
Phone: (310) 825-6540
Email: ccampbel@arts.ucla.edu