Diversity in film and television came into the spotlight in 2016 with #OscarsSoWhite. A USC study in 2016 found only about one quarter of speaking characters belonged to non-white racial/ethnic groups. Read more...
Photo: (Shelby Chan/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 12, 9:10 pm
Q&A: UCLA art history professor reappointed to White House committee
President Obama has renewed the appointment of a UCLA Chinese archaeology and art history professor to a White House committee. Professor Lothar von Falkenhausen was appointed Wednesday for another three years, after previously serving five years on the Cultural Property Advisory Committee. Read more...
Photo: Professor Lothar von Falkenhausen was appointed Wednesday to a White House advisory committee for another three years. (Courtesy of UCLA Department of Art History)
Arts, Arts Columns, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 12, 12:00 am
UCLA’s Fowler Museum displays 20th-century West African headdresses
Walking into the Fowler Museum’s latest installation is like stepping into a time machine to 20th-century Freetown, Sierra Leone. “Did you bring your passport with you?” said curator Gassia Armenian as she led me toward the exhibition, “Joli! Read more...
Photo: Curatorial and research associate Gassia Armenian organized “Joli! A Fancy Masquerade,” an exhibit at the Fowler Museum displaying 11 West African headdresses created during the 1970s. The headdresses – which feature patterned fabrics, colorful textiles and intricate ornaments – were created from leftover fabrics of gowns, dresses and curtains during the British colonization of the state of Sierra Leone. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Lifestyle
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January 12, 12:00 am
Creative Labs club connects design, coding in real-world projects
UCLA students showcased where cars get the most parking tickets in Westwood – at Lindbrook Drive and Westwood Boulevard. The parking ticket data, along with other Los Angeles transportation patterns, were presented in an online, multicolored map by coders and designers in the club Creative Labs. Read more...
Photo: (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo Editor)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 12, 12:00 am
Kerckhoff Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibit brings inkblot test into 3-D
Hypnotic shapes and neon outlines will move their way through a three-dimensional space against a stark white backdrop. The images are reminiscent of the inky splotches of a Rorschach test – a psychology assessment commonly known as the inkblot test – which evoke different images personal to the individual examining them. Read more...
Photo: Anna Mader and Ann Slote (left to right) helped organize an exhibit in the Kerckhoff Art Gallery that was inspired by a psychology assessment known as the inkblot test. The exhibition is meant to help viewers think about their self-identities. (Kristie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Film & TV
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January 11, 12:03 pm
TV review: Season five premiere of ‘Nashville’
Don’t put dirt on “Nashville’s” grave just yet. ABC announced in May 2016 that the country music show, which follows the daily highs and lows of Nashville’s singer-songwriter community, would not be renewed for a fifth season. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Mark Levine/CMT)
Arts, Film & TV
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January 10, 10:41 pm
Student explores whitewashing through horror movie ‘The Chase’
Ivy Liao had written about whitewashing in the form of short stories. After hearing of a white man headlining a movie based around the Great Wall of China and other questionable Hollywood casting choices, however, she decided to explore whitewashing through a more intense lens: a horror movie. Read more...
Photo: Third-year film student Ivy Liao wrote, directed and produced a horror film about whitewashing called “The Chase.” The film contains no dialogue and was shot in one take. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)