Faculty Spotlight: Spring 2019
Upcoming Faculty Exhibitions, Performances, Publications, and Lectures
On any given day, the work of our faculty enlivens museums, galleries, performance venues, lecture halls, public spaces, and more—both at home and abroad. Their creative and scholarly contributions mine the complexities of the human condition, asking essential questions of our time while expanding the potential of creativity and the depth, diversity, and real-world impact of the arts.
Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance Professor Kyle Abraham’s company, Abraham.In.Motion., will perform at the Seattle Theater Group and NYU Skirball. Abraham will also present new choreography at the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance performance, First Hand: In-progress Choreography from WAC/Dance Faculty.
Department of Architecture and Urban Design Assistant Adjunct Professor Kevin Daly was recognized with a Progressive Architecture citation for his Little Berkeley Affordable Housing Project in Santa Monica. The UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Studios, designed by Johnston Marklee, received the top award.
UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance Executive and Artistic Director Kristy Edmunds was named the inaugural recipient of the Berresford Prize.
Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance Distinguished Professor Susan Leigh Foster published a new book, Valuing Dance: Commodities and Gifts in Motion.
Department of Art Professor Andrea Fraser will give the Tremaine Lecture in Contemporary Art at the Wadsworth Athenium Museum of Art and a lecture titled Philanthropy and Plutocracy—2016 in Museums, Money, and Politics at the National Gallery of Art.
Department of Art Lecturer Mariah Garnett has a solo exhibition on view at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.
Department of Architecture and Urban Design Professor Craig Hodgetts published his latest book, Swimming to Suburbia.
Department of Architecture and Urban Design Assistant Adjunct Professor Julia Koerner was on the costume team for the film Black Panther which recently won an Oscar for costume design.
Department of Art Professor Candice Lin presents three solo exhibitions: The Inscrutable Speech of Objects at the Weingart Gallery at Occidental College, Meaningless Squiggles at Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, and Spice at Ludlow38, New York. Her work will also be on view in group exhibitions at Para Site in Hong Kong, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Ballroom Marfa in Marfa, Texas.
Department of Design Media Arts Assistant Professor Lauren McCarthy was awarded a Creative Capital Award for her upcoming project, Surrogate, and is presenting work in two group exhibitions: Entangled Realities at the Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel and AI: More Than Human, at the Barbican Centre in London.
Department of Art Professor Rodney McMillian will present a Distinguished Alumni Lecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work is on view in a solo exhibition: New Work: Rodney McMillian at SFMOMA.
Department of Design Media Arts Professor Rebeca Méndez presents, Feathered by Design: An Evening with Rebeca Méndez a lecture in conjunction with the exhibition, Rebeca Méndez Selects which she curated at the Cooper Hewitt in New York City.
Department of Art Professor Catherine Opie will have work on view in more than 10 exhibitions this spring.
Department of Design Media Arts Professor Casey Reas will lead workshops at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center and the University of Texas College of Fine Arts and present a solo exhibition, Compressed Cinema, at DAM Gallery in Berlin.
Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance Distinguished Professor Peter Sellars will present his production of Saint John Passion, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Luxembourg, Hamburg, and Frankfurt, and his production of Persephone with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. His production of Lagrime di San Pietro (Tears of Saint Peter) will be presented in Berkeley, London, Newcastle, Paris, and Santa Fe.
Department of Design Media Arts Professor and Art|Sci Director Victoria Vesna presents the work, Noise Aquarium at the Vienna Biennial.
Department of Architecture and Urban Design Assistant Adjunct Professor Georgina Huljich and her architectural firm P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S was commissioned to design the set for the theatrical production of Joan Didion's The White Album, which will be presented by CAP UCLA in April.
Header image credit: Black Panther Marvel 2018; Costume Design Ruth E. Carter; 3D printed Crown and Shoulder Mantel by Julia Koerner
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