Rachel Berkowitz said she showed her love for humorous artwork at last year’s Fine Art Show, submitting a painting of a huge, brightly colored baby with squinting eyes and a mouth screwed up in a wail. Read more...

Photo: Third-year art and art history student Rachel Berkowitz will serve as the curator for the annual Fine Art Show on May 21 and the Student Photo Contest on Thursday. This year, Berkowitz opened submissions to all students, not just those studying art at UCLA. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)

The past few years, co-captain Sunny Shah said UCLA Nashaa – the Bollywood-fusion dance team – seemed to be having a dry spell. After winning second place at Bollywood America in 2010, the team hadn’t placed at the national competition for three years. Read more...

Photo: Bollywood-fusion dance team UCLA Naasha and its female and male leads won first place at Bollywood America in Phoenix, Ariz., on April 25. The team performed its routine “Jab We Met,” based on a traditional Bollywood film. (Matt Cummings/Daily Bruin)

A 16-year-old juvenile hall inmate wrote her first poem, “My Lifestyle,” in a creative writing class taught by UCLA alumna Christina Han. “My lifestyle is a living hell. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Christina Han teaches creative writing, art and photography at the Central Juvenile Hall in Boyle Heights. Han also founded the nonprofit company and online art magazine, Spilt Arts, in 2013. Along with organizations, such as Project KnuckleHead, Han and Spilt Arts work to showcase the artistic talents of youth from underserved locations. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)