UCLA Arts Newsletter
March 22, 2019
In January, Department of Art undergraduate student Maya Buffett-Davis showed up to the site of The Burbank Family Tiara, a public artwork by William Healy in Burbank on the first day of her conservation internship. Los Angeles art conservator Andrea Morse Straus asked, “are you afraid of heights?” and, after a crash course on cleaning the sculpture, sent Maya right up in a scissor lift to get started when she said she wasn’t.
The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture will present more than 150 public events this spring. Featured in exhibitions, lectures, screenings, and performances are emerging and established artists, designers, architects, dancers, writers, musicians, policymakers, and cultural critics whose diverse work and perspectives will enliven the campus — and Los Angeles — and will offer insight and context for our current cultural climate. Many of the events are free, thanks to the support of donors, and all are open to the public.
A selection of UCLA Arts spring events follows. For more details and a complete listing of events, see the UCLA Arts calendar.
In the News 
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United States Artists Announces the Berresford Prize with Inaugural |
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Michelle Obama will visit UCLA in May to celebrate students heading to college |
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.
Announcements
Announcing the Fundacion AMA Visiting Artist program
With generous support from Fundacion AMA, the UCLA Department of Art is establishing the Fundacion AMA Visiting Artist program, a two-year program that will bring two Chilean artists to UCLA each year. Fundacion AMA has previously collaborated with the UCLA Department of Art History to support graduate student travel to Chile. In addition to working closely with faculty and both graduate and undergraduate students, visiting artists will engage the broader community with a public lecture. More details on the program are forthcoming. Fundacion AMA was founded ten years ago by Juan Yarur with the mission of supporting the connections between Chilean art and the world. To this end, the foundation supports residencies, programs, and travel that encourages dialogue and collaboration between Chilean artists and critics, academics and specialists abroad. Fundacion AMA is led by Founder and President Yarur and Director Bernardita Mandiola.
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