One theater student used his love for storytelling to create live entertainment in a COVID-19-safe setting. Held in one of UCLA’s parking structures on Saturday nights, “Experiments in Drive-in Storytelling” is fourth-year theater student Frank Demma’s senior thesis project. Read more...
Photo: (Katie Frei/Daily Bruin)
Magie Le is making her way through senior year one stitch at a time. The fourth-year international development studies student said she began a creative side project to prevent herself from stressing too much about life after graduation. Read more...
Photo: With encouragement from the TikTok community, fourth-year international development studies student Magie Le built an embroidery crewneck business that focuses on animated characters, such as Azula from “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” (Esther Ma/Daily Bruin)
With bright colors and repurposed elements, Lauren Cramer is meshing materials to make Bead Salad. Founded at the end of last year, Cramer’s small jewelry business Bead Salad operates through an Instagram shop as well as a self-designed website. Read more...
Photo: Third-year design and media arts student Lauren Leung Cramer creates beaded jewelry from fish lures and found materials, focuses on trinkets that are secondhand. (Courtesy of Lauren Leung Cramer)
Rainbow Fruit is giving old clothes a colorful new life. With a passion for sustainable fashion, third-year communication student Jaime Hattori started her small business Rainbow Fruit in September. Read more...
Callie Nance is making yoga accessible one downward dog at a time. Looking for a way to unwind, the third-year public affairs student first dipped her toes into yoga when she was a high school sophomore. Read more...
Photo: Third-year public affairs student Callie Nance got her yoga license during the pandemic and aims to bring accessible lessons to the UCLA community. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin staff)
Gabriela Freid intends to prove home can be anything imaginable. The fifth-year art student is currently developing a reimagining of Lucy R. Lippard’s exhibition “Curating by Numbers” to be showcased in September. Read more...
Photo: Fifth-year art student Gabriela Freid intends to support migrant justice nonprofits through her exhibition “Responding in Numbers.” The project is a reimagining of Lucy R. Lippard’s initial exhibit, “Curating by Numbers.” (Photo Illustration by Ashley Kenney/Photo editor and Jaelen Cruz/Daily Bruin)
George McHenry isn’t missing a beat. Despite the pandemic restrictions placed on music-driven social spaces, the fourth-year ethnomusicology student has continued making songs in his apartment to put together a portfolio that showcases his musical versatility. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year ethnomusicology student George McHenry is forming his music portfolio, combining genres such as EDM with global influences. (Vinukh Kalansuriya/Daily Bruin)
