UCLA Arts Newsletter

October 7, 2022

Fall is upon us and the 2022-23 academic year at UCLA is off to a terrific start. Campus is abuzz with activity in something that resembles pre-pandemic life; albeit, amidst what I am sure we are all experiencing, in a multitude of ways, is a radically changed and increasingly tenuous world.

Miguel Gutierrez creates dance-based performances, music, and poetry that focus on desire, identity, and the search for meaning. He is a choreographer, music artist, writer, visual artist, educator, podcaster, community advocate/agitator, and Feldenkrais Method practitioner. He has spent the last 25 years living on Lenape/Canarsie land in the area referred to as Brooklyn, NY.

Meryl Friedman is co-interim director and the Director of Education & Special Initiatives at UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance. 

Don't Miss:

Check out upcoming virtual programs from across our academic departments, museums, and performing arts presenters. Find a complete list of upcoming events on the UCLA Arts online calendar.

Oct. 9: Celebrate the Hammer's fall exhibitions with cash bars, free admission, and music in the courtyard.		Oct. 13 & 14: The UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance presents *AKATA*, an evening-length dance theater performance that shares an intimate look into the lives of three Black American women.
Opens Oct. 14: The Department of Design Media Arts presents AMID TEARS, the DMA MFA 2022 Preview exhibition.		Oct. 16: UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance welcomes The Branford Marsalis Quartet, acclaimed for their original compositions as well as their uncompromising interpretations of jazz standards and popular classics.
Oct. 17: Todd Gannon, professor of architecture at the Knowlton School at The Ohio State University presents his book, Figments of the Architectural Imagination as part of the Department of Architecture and Urban Design's fall lecture series.		Oct. 22: The Fowler welcomes you to the celebratory opening of the exhibition Art, Honor, and Ridicule: Fante Asafo Flags from Southern Ghana.

Opens Oct. 27: The UCLA Department of Art presents its MFA 2023 Preview Exhibition.

In the News:   

Design Media Arts alumnus and visiting assistant researcher Refik Anadol will be featured in the exhibition Seeing the Invisible, which aims to forge new links between the 'natural' and 'digital' and foster collaboration and connection between institutions, artists, and audiences around the world.		California Governor Gavin Newsom signed 38 housing bills into law–including UCLA cityLAB’s “Assembly Bill No. 2295: Education Workforce Housing Development.” AB2295 streamlines the development of affordable and mixed-income housing for teachers and support staff of California’s K-12 public schools on public land.
Flaunt Magazine shared a 22-page photo spread and article about the Los Angeles Metro's K Line artwork, including work by UCLA Design Media Arts chair and professor Rebeca Méndez.		Julia Koerner, assistant adjunct professor of architecture and urban design, has been awarded the department’s Charles Moore Traveling Studio prize for her research studio “Fit for the Future: 3D Printed Sustainable Building Skins.”
UCLA WACD professor emerita Judy Baca is featured in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s online publication of 10 short comics celebrating influential women artists represented in the museum’s permanent collection. The collection aims to provide children and art lovers the opportunity to identify with the struggles and triumphs of each artist illustrated on the pages.		Ten UCLA faculty-led projects – addressing themes of identity, justice, and domesticity, among others – are recipients of the 2022 Chancellor’s Arts Initiative Grants, administered by the Chancellor’s Council on the Arts and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities.

Announcements: 

Request for Ideas: Memorial to the Victims of the 1871 Chinese Massacre

The City of Los Angeles is seeking conceptual ideas—from individuals, firms, or groups of artists, designers, architects, and others—for a world-class new memorial to the victims of the 1871 Chinese Massacre. The new memorial seeks to simultaneously raise public awareness of the 1871 Chinese massacre in Los Angeles and to address contemporary concerns about race, intolerance, and violence. It strives to tell the story of the little-known largest mass killing in Los Angeles history but also to convey a broader, more universal message. The proposal deadline is 5 p.m., Oct. 12.
 

Bruin Family Weekend
Bruin Family Weekend is UCLA's annual, two-day family event that's jam-packed with exciting activities, important information about campus resources, presentations from top faculty, parent and family workshops, and so much more. Mark your calendars for Oct. 29 & 30 and make sure to register by Oct.12.
 

Are you registered to vote?
You must be registered by Oct. 24 in order to be eligible to vote in the Nov. 8 general election. Visit UCLA’s Bruin’s Vote website to learn more and register. And, shout out to our own Hammer Museum for returning as a Vote Center.
 

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