The Hammer Museum announced the rehiring of former Grunwald Center the Graphic Arts curator Allegra Pesenti this summer, just four years after her departure in 2013. Read more...
Photo: Allegra Pesenti said she will bring her experience with paper artworks to her new position as the associate director and senior curator of the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts. The Hammer Museum rehired her just four years after her departure. (courtesy of Laura Hodgson)
Noah Crousore has produced music under about 35 different aliases with approximately 3 million combined SoundCloud plays on his tracks. But for the first-year pre-business economics student’s newest EP, he turned to just one: BLDRNNR. Read more...
Photo: First-year pre-business economics student Noah Crousore released his EP “Binary” under the alias BLDRNNR, an ode to one of his favorite movies. “Binary” features complex electronic beats fused with hip-hop vocals from co-writer Navin Bose. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)
The Hammer Museum celebrated the opening of “Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985.” Galleries were open late with live music coming from the courtyard and food trucks. Read more...
Mura Masa, Aminé and Mr. Carmack will be performing at this year’s Bruin Bash in Pauley Pavilion on Monday. The Cultural Affairs Commission and the Campus Events Commission announced the artists in a Facebook video Tuesday evening. Read more...
Photo: Rap artist Aminé rose to fame after his breakout single “Caroline” became a surprise hit last year. (Creative commons photo by Sweetfeet610 via Wikimedia Commons)
The UCLA-USC rivalry will step off the football field and into the Regal LA LIVE Studio 14. Ten films directed by students at UCLA Extension and USC will screen at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival on Sept. Read more...
Photo: Eva Merz and Luisa Novo are two of five UCLA Extension students who directed films that will be screened at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival on Sep. 24. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
LA rebel and renowned filmmaker Jamaa Fanaka produced three of his feature titles while studying film at UCLA. Fanaka was a filmmaker who worked to produce high-quality films outside of mainstream Hollywood, especially within the African-American community. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Jamaa Fanaka directed the “Penitentiary” films. Fanaka, who died in 2012, directed films which will be screened by the Brooklyn Academy of Music. (Courtesy of United Artists/Photofest)
Kendall McCready found the supplies for her next fashion project in the bread aisle of Costco Wholesale. While studying abroad in England, the second-year art student said she noticed stark differences between American and English culture. Read more...
Photo: Kendall McCready, a second-year art student, designed a coat made together from slices of Wonder Bread. She puts together her artwork and fashion with inspiration from historical research. (Courtesy Photo)
