Danielle Brazell to deliver UCLA Arts commencement address
The head of the City of LA Department of Cultural Affairs will speak at UCLA Arts commencement.
On Saturday, Jun. 11, the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture will welcome Danielle Brazell, general manager of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) to campus to speak at its 2016 commencement ceremony.
In 2014, Mayor Eric Garcetti appointed Ms. Brazell to lead the city’s progressive arts agency. In her role, Ms. Brazell oversees the public art, grants administration, community arts, and marketing and development divisions of the cultural affairs department as well as a $36 million portfolio of facilities, programming, and initiatives that provide arts and cultural services to the communities of Los Angeles. Ms. Brazell previously served as the executive director of Arts for LA, the artistic director of Highways Performance Space, and as the director of special projects for the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
“While the heart of the School of the Arts and Architecture remains on the Westwood campus, its soul extends beyond the campus borders to the greater Los Angeles community,” says Interim Dean David Roussève. “ Los Angeles attracts pioneers in the arts and sciences who embrace the forward-looking spirit, dynamism, freedom, and possibilities for innovation that characterize this city. Having a visionary arts leader like Danielle Brazell speak to our graduating students will be especially meaningful as we send this year’s graduates out into Los Angeles—and across the world—to become our future cultural leaders.”
UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture 2016 Commencement
Saturday, Jun. 11 | 4 p.m.
Dickson Court North (Perloff Quad).
Parking available for $12 in Parking Structures 2 and 3