Don't Miss: Winter 2017
Seven UCLA Arts events that you don't want to miss this winter
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Design Media Arts Alumni Lecture: Eric Hirshberg
Design Media Arts Alumni Lecture: Eric Hirshberg
Tuesday, Jan. 24
6 p.m.
UCLA Broad Art Center, EDA (room 1250)
Price: Free
UCLA Design Media Arts alumnus Eric Hirshberg is the president and CEO of leading video game publisher Activision Publishing. Under Hirshberg’s leadership, the “Call of Duty” franchise has repeatedly set records for the biggest entertainment launch. Hirshberg has also overseen the development of the “Skylanders” franchise, which has become the no. 1 kids’ game three years in a row in North America and Europe.
Pantsula 4 LYF: Popular Dance and Fashion in Johannesburg
Chris Saunders (b. 1984, Johannesburg, South Africa), Intellectuals—Soweto
Pantsula 4 LYF: Popular Dance and Fashion in Johannesburg
Jan. 29–May 7
Wednesday, noon–8 p.m.; Thursday–Sunday, noon–5 p.m.
Fowler Museum
Price: Free
Pantsula 4 LYF: Popular Dance and Fashion in Johannesburg will feature a series of photographs and videos taken by South African photographer Chris Saunders that examine the township culture of pantsula. Known predominantly as a youth movement, pantsula is characterized by crews of men and women who perform energetic, acrobatic, virtuosic dances.
cityLAB Times Ten
cityLAB Times Ten
Feb. 3–Apr. 9
Opening Reception: Friday, Feb. 3, 7 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 12 p.m.–6 p.m.
A+D Architecture and Design Museum, 900 E. 4th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Price: General Adult: $7, Students + Seniors: $5, A+D Members and Children under 12: Free
For the past ten years, cityLAB - UCLA has been at the center of innovation thought about the architecture of the city, particularly in Los Angeles. The cityLAb Times Ten exhibition showcases the lab’s research on some of the critical challenges facing the 21st century metropolis ranging from housing to density and transportation.
Rules Of The Game
Rules Of The Game
Friday, Feb. 10
8 p.m.
Royce Hall
Price: $15–49
Presented by the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, Rules of the Game is a multidisciplinary work for eight dancers inspired by the play, Il gioco delle parti by Italian playwright, Luigi Pirandello. The work represents the largest collaboration between Jonah Bokaer (choreography) and Daniel Arsham (scenography) and their first partnership with Pharrell Williams (score), collectively. On February 8 CAP UCLA and the YoungArts Salon Series present a conversation between Daniel Arsham and long-time collaborator and renowned choreographer Jonah Bokaer, who will discuss their ongoing partnership and challenging perceived boundaries of performance art, visual arts, music, and design. The conversation will be moderated by CAP Artistic and Executive Director Kristy Edmunds.
Department of Art Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition 2016, installation view
Department of Art Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
Feb. 16–Mar. 2
Opening Reception: Thursday, Feb. 16, 5–6 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Broad Art Center, New Wight Gallery
Price: Free
An exhibition of work by UCLA Art undergraduate students selected by Sohrab Mohebbi, Associate Curator, REDCAT. Students present artworks in various disciplines including painting/drawing, photography, ceramics, new genres, and sculpture. Join us for an exhibition walkthrough with the curator and opening reception on Thursday, February 16.
MFA2 Concert
MFA2 Concert
Friday, Mar. 3
8 p.m.
Glorya Kaufman Hall, Dance Theater (room 200)
Price: Free
Four choreographers—Rayven Armijo, Chantal Cherry, Daeun Jung, Jade Robertson—will present their movement-based works in an interdisciplinary program, and addresses social issues relevant to our times—gender, sexual orientation, identity, systemic racial contentions, and discrimination. At a time when many attach fear to diversity it is crucial to present diverse bodies on stage as a way to speak out together and stand in support of each other. Please support this unique and valuable event.
Her Dream Deferred: On the Status of Black Women
Image: Trajal Harrell, Judson Church is Ringing in Harlem (Made-to-Measure) / Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church, 2015. Photo: Paula Court.
Her Dream Deferred: On the Status of Black Women
Mar. 28–30
Hammer Museum
Price: Free
Black women and girls have continually been on the front lines of progressive change movements, using their voices and stories to mobilize intersectional coalitions to dismantle oppressive systems. To celebrate these women, the African American Policy Forum, in partnership with the Hammer Museum, presents the third annual Her Dream Deferred, a series offering substantive analysis on the status of black women and girls in the United States and exploring multifaceted solutions to social injustice. Organized by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Columbia University and UCLA law professor. Co-presented with the African American Policy Forum.
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