With its puzzle-like appearance and distorted image of a human body, the assembled wood panel painting evokes a somewhat nostalgic feeling of reminiscing an early past experience. Read more...

Photo: “Art in the Union,” an annual art competition that allows UCLA students to enter artwork of any medium, selects up to five winners from as many as 150 participants each year. The pieces are judged, and besides receiving $600 as a cash prize, winners have their works kept in the gallery’s permanent collection. A few art pieces in the competition are pictured above.

The stage was set for the final run-through, with old photographs laid out neatly in the spotlight and the whisper of a Super 8 projector in the background. With a vintage film clip playing on the backdrop, the dancers prepared to tell the story of the choreographer, one of two graduate students who are showcasing their work this week. Read more...

Photo: “Exit Strategies” is a joint production featuring the final projects of two third-year graduate dance students, Carson Efird and Alexandra Shilling, who use their choreography as a mode of translating emotions and abstract concepts such as memory and loss into a visual experience. Their work will be showcased today and Friday.

An hour and a half may not seem like enough time to create a sense of cultural understanding, but tonight the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars is holding a song-and-dance performance to do just that. Read more...

Photo: The Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars will hold its fourth annual cultural performance night at the Fowler Museum today. The event will feature student performances of cultural dances and songs from countries including China, Malaysia, Mexico and Nigeria.