UCLA Arts Newsletter

One, an artist and designer. One, a scholar and historian. Both explorers, curators, and activists who share a passion for teaching and a conviction in the power of the arts and artists to illuminate and transform the world.

Earlier this spring, UCLA Arts invited Rebeca Méndez, Professor in the Department of Design Media Arts, and Polly Nooter Roberts, Professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, to sit down in conversation to share their stories and insights about the arts, teaching, learning, unlearning, memory, and the importance of cultivating a sensitivity to one’s place in the world, to other cultures, and to different ways of knowing.

The following is an edited version of their conversation.

Polly Nooter Roberts: It's such a delight to be able to have this conversation with you, Rebeca. I've been wanting to get to know you better since we participated in the An Imaginative Offer film for the school. I was so struck by things you said in the film and sense a real camaraderie and shared spirit with you. I am guessing we have more in common than we know. You were born and raised in Mexico City, right?

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Announcements  

This weekend, the Los Angeles cultural calendar highlights the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture and its community
Experience the depth and breadth of UCLA Arts this weekend at the following events:

• The UCLA Department of Art M.F.A. candidates open their studios to the public for the semi-annual Graduate Open Studios event.
• The Fowler Museum debuts the internationally traveling exhibition, Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths.
• The Hammer Museum opens its much-anticipated biennial exhibition, Made in L.A. 2018, which features ten UCLA Arts alumni.
• Peter Sellars (Distinguished Professor, World Arts and Cultures/Dance) and Refik Anadol '14 (M.F.A., Design Media Arts) present a multimedia performance, Schumann Focus: Das Paradies at the LA Phil conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.

And, don't forget you can always find a complete listing of every UCLA Arts event on our calendar.

Commencement
Congratulations to the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture's 2018 graduates! We invite you and your family and friends to join our faculty and staff in celebrating your academic and artistic achievements at this year's commencement ceremony, which will take place Saturday, June 16 at 4 p.m. in Dickson Court North (Perloff Quad). This year’s commencement speaker will be curator Helen Molesworth. Tickets are not required. Learn more...

2018–19 Elaine Krown Klein Scholars announced
On Tuesday, April 24, faculty, staff, friends, and students gathered to celebrate the recipients of the Elaine Krown Klein Fine Arts Scholarship for 2018–19. This luncheon has been an institution for the arts at UCLA since Elaine Krown Klein and her late husband, Leo, established the scholarship in 1986. Ms. Krown Klein is an artist herself who worked primarily in sculpture, and when she was young, she lacked the proper funds to pursue her artistic interests. She and her husband established this fund out of her enduring desire to provide encouragement and aid to students across artistic disciplines. Learn more...

Read the latest stories about UCLA Arts students, faculty, and alumni
From campus news to faculty and alumni activities around the globe the UCLA Arts website is updated daily to aggregate the best news and stories about and written by the School of the Arts and Architecture community.

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