Don't Miss: UCLA Winter 2016
A destination for the arts, UCLA Arts provides opportunities for the public to experience the full depth and diversity of UCLA Arts activities and creative programming. Don’t miss your chance to engage with the next generation of cultural leaders. See below for highlights and visit our calendar for the season’s complete listings.
Design Media Arts Lecture Series: David Wexler AKA Dr. Strangeloop
Image Credit: Caroline Park
Tuesday, Jan. 26
6 p.m.
Broad Art Center, EDA room 1250
Price: Free
David Wexler AKA Dr. Strangeloop is an audio-visual artist based in Los Angeles and founder of Strangeloop Studios a/v + Teaching Machine a/v think-tank. Strangeloop has produced visuals for numerous artists including Erykah Badu, Flying Lotus and Skrillex.
Roz Chast: Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Credit: Bill Franzen
Sunday, Jan. 31
4 p.m.
Royce Hall
Price: $19–$49, UCLA Students $15, UCLA Faculty and Staff $25
Roz Chast, beloved New Yorker cartoonist, will read from her Kirkus Prize-winning first memoir, “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?” which harnesses her signature wit as she recounts her experience caring for her aging parents.
OM Rhythm Circles Sound Bath Experience
Monday, Feb. 1
6 p.m.
Broad Art Center, EDA (Room 1250)
Price: Free, RSVP required
The Visual and Performing Arts Education Program and the UCLA Art | Sci Center present a sound bath with Ossie Mair. The OM Rhythm Circles Sound Bath Experience is a journey of sound and vibration in which participants are bathed in the healing vibrations of gongs, Tibetan Singing Bowls, didgeridoos, hand pan, and other gentle, relaxing instruments.
Department of Art Lecture: Ben Davis
Thursday, Feb. 4
7:30 p.m.
Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater
Price: Free
Ben Davis is the national art critic for artnet News. His writings have appeared in Frieze, New York and The Village Voice. He is author of the critically acclaimed collection of essays, 9.5 Theses on Art and Class.
A.UD Lecture Series: Greg Lynn
Monday, Feb. 8
6:30 p.m.
Perloff Hall, Decafe
Price: Free
Greg Lynn is the founder of Greg Lynn FORM, and has been a professor in the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design since 1998. For 30 years he has explored the intersection of the digital and physical in architecture. At the 11th Venice Biennale of Architecture, Lynn was awarded the Golden Lion and returns in 2016 where he will represent the United States in the American Pavilion for the second time.
Mouthwatering Valentine’s Party & Performance with the UCLA Sex Squad
Wednesday, Feb. 10
7 p.m.
Glorya Kaufman Hall
Price: $6 show, $10 dessert and dance party
The UCLA Art and Global Health Center presents its annual “Mouthwatering Valentine’s Party and Performance with the UCLA Sex Squad!” This Valentine’s Day celebration is a night of performance by student groups and the UCLA Sex Squad. The UCLA Sex Squad uses personal stories, creative talents, and humor to create powerful performances that open up dialogue about sexual health and communication.
Opera UCLA: Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte
Feb. 12–21
Feb. 12 & 19: 8 p.m., Feb. 14 & 21: 2 p.m.
Freud Playhouse
General Admission: $25; UCLA students: $15 (with ID)
Opera UCLA presents “Cosi Fan Tutte” (Mozart/Da Ponte), a Downton Abbey-inspired production with the UCLA Philharmonia, conducted by Professor Neal Stulberg and directed by Peter Kazaras. Co-produced with the UCLA Department of Theater.
Opening Party for José Montoya’s Abundant Harvest: Works on Paper/Works on Life
José Montoya, “Untitled,” date unknown. Ink on paper, 12.5 x 19.5 cm. Courtesy of the Montoya Family Trust.
Saturday, Feb. 20,
6–9 p.m.
Fowler Museum
Price: Free
Join us for a preview of José Montoya’s Abundant Harvest: Works on Paper/Works on Life, music by the popular trio La Victoria, tortilla art by the Great Tortilla Conspiracy, snacks by Gasolina Cafe, and specialty cocktails courtesy of Tito’s Handmade Vodka. The evening will also feature in-gallery readings of José Montoya’s poem The Resonant Valley by surprise special guests. RSVP by February 12: fowlerRSVP@arts.ucla.edu or 310.206.7001.
Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957 at the Hammer Museum
Josef Alber, Leaf Study I, c. 1940. Leaves on paper, 28 x 24 ¾ inches. (c) The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ Artists Rights Society New York. Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging 4 Art.
Feb. 21 – May 15
Museum Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday–Friday: 11 a.m.–8 p.m.
Saturday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Free
Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 at the Hammer Museum at UCLA is the first comprehensive museum exhibition in the United States about the experimental liberal arts college where influential artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, Josef and Anni Albers, and Merce Cunningham studied and taught.
Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California and Hawaii Chapter 50th Anniversary Conference
Mar. 4–6
Friday, Mar. 4: times TBA; Saturday, Mar. 5: 8 a.m.–10 p.m.; Sunday, Mar. 6: 8 a.m.–1 p.m.
Schoenberg Music Building
Price: $15 for students, $25 for non-students
The UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology hosts the Society for Ethnomusicology, Southern California and Hawaii Chapter 50th Anniversary Conference. The conference is open to the public and features panels and lectures by prominent ethnomusicologists, a keynote address, and a concert by UCLA student ensembles.