Don’t Miss: UCLA
Fall Events
A destination for the arts, UCLA Arts provides opportunities for the public to experience the full depth and diversity of the institution’s 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.
(left) An Ancestor Takes a Photograph (video still), 2014, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, United States/Nigeria, b. 1970, video, filmed in Lagos, Nigeria, Seattle Art Museum, Commission, 2015. © Wura-Natasha Ogunji
(center) From Hiz Hands, 2010, Brendan Fernandes, Kenya/Canada, b. 1979, 3 neon-on-glass-frame signs, loan from the artist. © Brendan Fernandes, Photo courtesy of the artist.
(right) The Invisible Man (detail), 2015, Zina Saro-Wiwa, United States/United Kingdom/Nigeria, b. 1976, exhibition print, 25 15/16 x 40 in., Seattle Art Museum, Commission, 2015. © Zina Saro-Wiwa, Photo courtesy of the artist.
Disguise: Masks & Global African Art
Through Mar. 13
Wednesday—Sunday, Noon—8 p.m. (5 p.m. on Thursday)
Fowler Museum
Admission is Free
Disguise: Masks & Global African Art is a dynamic exhibition that considers the past, present, and future of disguise and features new works by twelve contemporary artists from Africa and of African descent who explore the impulse of disguise with optical illusions, street actions, computer magic, and virtual reality.
Image courtesy of the UCLA Department of Design Media Arts
BEYOND MUSIC: Composition + Performance in the Age of Augmented Reality
Nov. 7–8
Various Locations
Admission prices vary by event
An exploration of classical music’s expanding embrace of new digital technologies, video art, and augmented reality; BEYOND MUSIC is a series of concerts accompanied by a symposium that brings international composers and media artists to UCLA including Kaija Saariaho, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, and Bill Viola. Presented by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, the UCLA Department of Design Media Arts, and the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA.
BEYOND MUSIC is curated by Gloria Cheng, lecturer in the Herb Alpert School of Music.
DMA Lecture Series: Eric Hirshberg
Tuesday, November 10
Reception: 5:30 p.m., Lecture: 6 p.m.
Broad Art Center, EDA, Room 1250
Free
Eric Hirshberg is the president and CEO of leading video game publisher Activision Publishing and a UCLA design alumnus. Under Eric’s leadership, the “Call of Duty” franchise has delivered the biggest entertainment launch of all time, multiple times. Eric has also overseen the development of the “Skylanders” franchise, which has become the no. 1 kids’ game for three years in a row in North America and Europe.
Craig Hodgetts’ 1978 vision for the cult novel “Ecotopia”, Drawing by Craig Hodgetts
A.UD Lecture Series: Craig Hodgetts
Monday, Nov. 16
6:30 p.m.
Perloff Hall, Decafe
Free
The Department of Architecture and Urban Design presents a lecture by Craig Hodgetts, co-founder of the architectural firm, Hodgetts + Fung. A UCLA faculty member since 1972, Hodgetts worked for Sir James Stirling and formed StudioWorks before founding his own practice with Hsinming Fung in 1984. Hodgetts is known for employing an imaginative weave of high technology and storytelling to invigorate his designs, producing an architecture that embraces contemporary ideology, information culture, and evolving lifestyles.
Jennifer Pastor, Endless Arena (detail), electroless nickel-plated steel, fiberglass and paint, 2012
Artist Lecture: Jennifer Pastor
Thursday, Nov. 12
7:30 p.m.
Hammer Museum
Free
The UCLA Department of Art presents a lecture by Los Angeles-based artist Jennifer Pastor, M.F.A. ’82. Pastor’s work has been exhibited in national and international venues including the Whitney Museum, NY; MCA, Chicago; and MOCA, Los Angeles. Pastor received her M.F.A. in sculpture from UCLA and her B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She is a professor of art at UC Irvine.
Image courtesy of the Visual and Performing Arts Education Program.
Questions of Quality: What is High Quality Arts Education and Why Does it Matter?
Tuesday, Nov. 17
7 p.m.
Broad Art Center, EDA, Room 1250
Free
The Visual and Performing Arts Education Program (VAPAE) hosts a presentation by Steven Seidel, Ed.D, Bauman and Bryant Chair in Arts in Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Seidel is Faculty Director of the Arts in Education program and a former director of Project Zero. Before becoming a researcher, Seidel taught high school theater and language arts for 17 years, and has worked as a professional actor and stage director. Following the presentation, there will be a panel discussion and Q&A with Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, dean, UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies; Steve Zimmer, board president, LA Unified School District; Malissa Feruzzi-Shriver, executive director, Turnaround Arts CA; and Carolyn McKnight, principal, East LA Performing Arts Magnet Academy; moderated by Talia Gibas, Arts for All, LA County Arts Commission.
Courtesy of Stanford Arts Institute
Ann Carlson: The Symphonic Body UCLA
Saturday, Nov. 21
4 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Royce Hall
$19 ($15 UCLA Student/$25 Faculty & Staff)
A performance built entirely from gestures, The Symphonic Body UCLA is a movement-based orchestral work performed by participants from all across the UCLA community. Instead of instruments, individuals in this orchestra perform gestural portraits based on the motions of their workday. Choreographer Ann Carlson has been a CAP UCLA artist in residence for nearly a year working one-on-one with actor from all corners of the campus, and she will conduct the performers in their symphonic configuration. Ann Carlson’s award-winning work borrows from dance, performance, theater, visual, and conceptual art. Ann is the recipient of more than 30 commissions and numerous awards, including a 2015 Doris Duke Award for contemporary dance.
Courtesy of UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
UCLA Big Bands Holiday Concert
Tuesday, Nov. 24
7 p.m.
Schoenberg Music Building, Schoenberg Hall
Free
This holiday jazz concert features performances by the UCLA Jazz Orchestra, directed by Charley Harrison; the UCLA LatinJazz Big Band, directed by Dr. Bobby Rodriguez; and the Ellingtonia Orchestra, directed by Kenny Burrell.
Culture Crossing
Thursday, Dec. 3
6 p.m.
Kaufman Hall, Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater
Price: Donations accepted
The Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance presents an exciting, end-of-quarter showcase of projects in which students and faculty have the opportunity to show their work arising from courses reflecting the diversity and exemplary talents of the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance. Produced by Associate Professor Dan Froot.
Sandow Birk, photo by Elyse Pignolet and Reza Aslan, photo courtesy of the artist
Hammer Conversations: Sandow Birk and Reza Aslan: American Qur’an
Thursday, Dec. 3
7:30 p.m.
Hammer Museum
Free
The Hammer Museum presents Sandow Birk and Reza Aslan: American Qur'an. Artist Sandow Birk transcribed the Qur’an using traditional colors, inks, and formatting. He then set it against a backdrop of illustrations from everyday American life. Welcomed by the Muslim community, his newly published book, American Qur'an, unites two cultures. Reza Aslan, noted author and scholar of religions, joins Birk in conversation.