UCLA Arts Newsletter
July 26, 2019
Andrew Kim did something extraordinary. Looking to combine aspects of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture’s design media arts program and the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s mechanical engineering program, he set about designing his own major, and this past May, was the first and only student to graduate with a hybrid degree of his own making in Design | Engineering.
While not widely utilized, all UCLA Arts students who have well-defined, interdisciplinary interests for which no suitable program is currently being offered have this individual major option available to them. Emblematic of the best of what a leading research university like UCLA has to offer, this kind of interdisciplinary study requires incredible initiative. A student must articulate a vision, formulate a curriculum, and secure approval. Then the real work begins of carrying through with the vision—which requires sustained commitment from the student as well as deep cooperation between cross-departmental faculty.
We salute Andrew for shaping the education he wanted and cannot wait to see where his education and experience leads him in the years ahead. Note to all students: don’t be afraid to color outside the lines and dream your own futures forward exactly as you want!
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Eggs are being fried as art at the Hammer Museum. Let's see what's cooking. |
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| Lauren: the performance art taking on Amazon's Alexa |
Hammer Museum presents retrospective of UCLA art professor Lari Pittman |
UCLA Arts is pleased to announce the launch of a new research fund available to School of the Arts and Architecture faculty.
UCLA Arts faculty research funds will be awarded up to $2,000 to help support new or ongoing faculty research projects, or travel not otherwise supported by UCLA or other external funding. Senate Faculty, at all levels within the school, are eligible with priority given to assistant and associate level faculty. The primary purpose of the faculty research award is to seed projects and support unanticipated research/field related needs.
TO SEE:
Outfest Under the Stars at Ford Theatres – Jul. 24–27 in Hollywood
– Phinn Sriployrung, UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance
TO HEAR:
Buddy Guy at Hollywood Bowl - on Aug. 7 in Hollywood
"Living legend!"
– Chris Wybenga, Dean’s Office
TO EAT:
Pacific Dining Car - Downtown LA
"Go at 3 a.m. or later for the crispy hash browns and fascinating overheard conversations."
– Anne Marie Burke, Dean’s Office
TO DO:
Echo Park Rising - Aug. 15–18 in Echo Park
– Tess Stevenson, Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Celebrate UCLA's centennial by sharing your own story that reflects on the institution’s 100-year legacy by looking back at the past or forward into the future.
We invite you to share reflections on your time at UCLA, lessons learned at UCLA and how they have shaped your life and work, moments from UCLA’s history that have inspired or influenced you, and/or hopes for UCLA’s future.
Submissions could take any number of forms from brief comments, to short essays, to photographs, to drawings, to videos, to performances, etc., but should be formatted or documented with the end goal of digital distribution. Submissions can respond to a single moment, work, individual, project, exhibition, performance, or space relating to the arts and architecture at UCLA; a through-line that can be followed over time at the institution; or anything in between. Critique is welcomed – one could explore gaps or missteps throughout our institution’s history and share related hopes for our future.
Announcements
Register for 10 Questions: Centennial Edition
Attention students! In Fall 2019, the School of the Arts and Architecture will offer Arts&Arc100: 10 Questions. This Centennial Edition of the 10 Questions course will continue to explore essential questions, such as: What is Knowledge? What is Justice? What is Creativity? and What is Nature?; bringing together leading faculty and distinguished alumni voices from across the university. 10 Questions provides a platform for vibrant conversations that engage multiple disciplinary viewpoints, seeding greater understanding of the profoundly interdisciplinary nature of knowledge, while offering a robust framework in which to envision and activate the role that the university can play as it embarks on its next 100 years. Arts&Arc 100 is an upper division elective course open to all undergraduate School of the Arts & Architecture students as well as sophomores and above from across the university. Register now.
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