UCLA Arts Newsletter
October 18, 2018
UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance Distinguished Professor Peter Sellars is an opera, festival, and theater director who has gained renown worldwide for his groundbreaking and transformative interpretations of artistic masterpieces and collaborative projects with an extraordinary range of creative artists across three decades. On October 30, Sellars will join neuroscientest Kelsey Hunt and sociologist Darnell Hunt in conversation for 10 Questions: What is Memory? Below, Sellars handpicked five things to see and do in Los Angeles this fall.
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Choreographer David Roussève shines a light onDuke Ellington's unsung arranger Billy Strayhorn |
Alum Wu Tsang Receives MacArthur Fellowship |
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In conversation: Painter Lari Pittman finds beauty in violenceand telenovelas |
Don't Miss
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| Design Media Arts M.F.A. Fall Preview Exhibition: Convolution |
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Opening Night: World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the |
Thanks to a new endowed scholarship, students at UCLA will now have more opportunities to travel across the globe to pursue their studies. Architects Alice Fung and Michael Blatt, the husband and wife team behind Blatt + Fung Architects, established the Pearl Blatt Letz Scholarship for Student Travel in honor of Michael’s late aunt, Pearl Blatt Letz. Pearl Blatt Letz (1911–2010) was an artist and longtime employee at UCLA.
Announcements
UCLA Bruin Family Weekend
Please join fellow UCLA Arts parents at UCLA Bruin Family Weekend this October 26–October 28. On Friday, October 26, UCLA Arts Dean Brett Steele will host a lunch with faculty, students, and families, and UCLA Arts families are also invited to a private walkthrough of the Hammer Museum on Saturday, October 27. For more information, please contact Jennifer Kondo, director of development, at Jennifer.kondo@arts.ucla.edu or 310.206.1838.
Undergraduate Applications for 2019–20 open Nov. 1
Mark your calendar! The UC Application filing period for undergraduate students begins next week on Nov. 1 and runs through the end of November. More info...
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