UCLA Arts Newsletter

In November, Martha Clarke, an American theater director and choreographer noted for her multidisciplinary approach, visited the UCLA Department of Design Media Arts as a UC Regents’ Lecturer. A founding member of Pilobolus Dance Theatre and Crowsnest, Martha Clarke has choreographed for Nederlans Dans Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Rambert Dance Company, and The Martha Graham Company, among others and is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Award in addition to numerous other awards including fellowships from the NEA and Guggenheim Foundation. Between studio visits and a public lecture in the UCLA Broad Art Center, Clarke sat down to talk with Anne Marie Burke (M.Arch ’98) and long-time collaborator and UCLA Design Media Arts Professor Emeritus Robert Israel.

Anne Marie Burke: Why did you become an artist?

Martha Clarke: Why did I become an artist? You don't have a choice.

Five things to see and do in and around Los Angeles this winter.

HANDPICKED BY MATTHEW ROBB, FOWLER MUSEUM CHIEF CURATOR
 

Tastemakers & Earthshakers: Notes from Los Angeles Youth Culture, 1943-2016		The Velaslavasay Panorama

El Tren Fantasma		Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World

The Lilys at the Echo

A destination for the arts, UCLA Arts provides opportunities for the public to experience the full depth and diversity of UCLA Arts activities and creative programming. Don’t miss your chance to engage with the next generation of cultural leaders. See below for highlights, visit our calendar for the season’s complete listing, and subscribe to our weekly events email.
 

Design Media Arts Alumni Lecture: Eric Hirshberg		Fowler Museum: Pantsula 4 LYF: Popular Dance and Fashion in Johannesburg

Architecture & Urban Design: cityLAB Times Ten		CAP UCLA: Rules Of The Game

Department of Art Undergraduate Juried Exhibition		World Arts & Cultures/Dance: MFA2

Hammer Museum: Her Dream Deferred: On the Status of Black Women

cityLAB, led by Department of Architecture and Urban Design Professor Dana Cuff, presents cityLAB Times Ten, an exhibition and panel series at the Architecture + Design Museum, Los Angeles.

Department of Architecture and Urban Design Faculty Steven Christensen receives The Architect’s Newspaper's 2016 Young Architects Award.

Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Arts Education and Department of Art Professor Barbara Drucker’s exhibition Inside Out is on view at JTAG in Joshua Tree through Feb. 4.

Department of Art Professor Andrea Fraser receives Foundation of Contemporary Arts 2017 Grant in Visual Art.

Department of Art Professor Roger Herman has a solo exhibition, Keramik, at Feuer/Mesler gallery in New York and will lecture at the Hammer Museum on Tuesday, Mar. 7.

Department of Architecture and Urban Design Assistant Adjunct Professor Georgina Huljich’s architecture firm, PATTERNS, unveils plans for Olympia Towers, a mixed-use development that will alter the skyline of Downtown Los Angeles.

Department of Architecture and Urban Design Lecturer Jiminez Lai is a finalist for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program.

Department of Design Media Arts Professor and Vice Chair Peter Lunenfeld received an International Award of Art Criticism (IAAC).

Architecture and Urban Design Distinguished Professor Thom Mayne publishes new research with The Now Institute at UCLA and Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design at the University of Houston, erects new buildings with firm, Morphosis.

Department of Design Media Arts Professor Rebeca Méndez awarded the Medal of AIGA.

Department of Art Associate Professor Silke Otto-Knapp to deliver artist on artists lecture at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA).

Department of Art Professor Catherine Opie will lecture at the Annenberg Space for Photography in February and her solo exhibition, 700 Nimes Road, travels to the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale.

Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance Professor and Chair Lionel Popkin presents the Los Angeles premiere of his work, Inflatable Trio, at the Skirball Cultural Center Feb. 23–25.

Department of Design Media Arts Professor Casey Reas’s work will be featured in Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art exhibition, Crooked Data: (Mis)Information in Contemporary Art.

Interim Dean and Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance Professor David Roussève choreographed the upcoming CAP UCLA presentation of Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars featuring SITI Company and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance Distinguished Professor Peter Sellars will be in conversation with Ayanna Thompson, Professor of English, George Washington University at the Downtown Library for the Aloud program titled "Shakespeare Now: Race, Justice and the American Dream."

Department of Design Media Arts Professor Jennifer Steinkamp will deliver a lecture for the UCLA Architecture & Urban Design Lecture Series on Monday, Jan. 23.

Department of Art Professor Emeritus James Welling presents Metamorphosis, a solo exhibition at Ghent and the Museum of Contemporary Art (S.M.A.K.).