Curatorial collective Durden and Ray is embracing viewers back in person. Alumnus Rebecca Niederlander is among the three artists invited to install site-specific work by Durden and Ray, a 24-member collective which collaborates with galleries internationally. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Rebecca Niederlander’s piece “Wald-en” is part of a site-specific installation at collective Durden and Ray. (Antonio Martinez/Daily Bruin)
Deceased migrant women are more than just dots on a map. In collaboration with a team of graduate students, Spanish and Portuguese professor Maite Zubiaurre, who also creates art under the name Filomena Cruz, is using multimedia art installations to raise awareness of migrant women’s deaths in the Sonoran Desert. Read more...
Photo: (Maddie Rausa/Daily Bruin)
The Hammer Museum welcomes Bruins back to Westwood with art worth writing home about. Works by Rembrandt and Henri Matisse are among the 68 pieces in “Shadows Fall Down,” the latest installment of the Houseguest series, in which an artist curates a Hammer exhibit from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts’ collection. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus, artist and UC Irvine art professor Monica Majoli curated the fifth exhibition of the Hammer Museum’s Houseguest series, titled “Shadows Fall Down,” for its analysis of themes such as melancholy. (Chelsea Rose Westman/Daily Bruin)
Rehearsals are underway in preparation for in-person classes this fall. After a year of fully online courses, the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television has prepared a variety of courses for a hybrid or in-person setting that will allow students to engage in an interactive environment. Read more...
Photo: After more than a year of adapting to Zoom classes and online learning, students and staff are preparing to return to more in-person settings. Three professors from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Wendy Kurtzman (left), Michelle Liu Carriger (center) and Perry Daniel (right) share their teaching plans for the upcoming school year. (From left to right: Courtesy of Wendy Kurtzman, Anika Chakrabarti/Assistant Photo editor, Courtesy of Perry Daniel)
A student-run theater group is bringing theater out of the blue and into the red of autumn. Out of the Blue – an experimental campus theater company – pushes the boundaries of theater through the synthesis of various mediums and unconventional ideas. Read more...
Photo: Out of the Blue, a student-run experimental theater company, is preparing for a new year of collaborative projects after a year of running fully online. The group plans to return with their upcoming adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull.” (Anika Chakrabarti/Assistant Photo editor)
For David Kwong, seeing is not necessarily believing. The magician and puzzle creator is performing his one-man show “The Enigmatist” at the Geffen Playhouse from Sept. Read more...
Photo: Illusionist and puzzle maker David Kwong blends his two passions into one immersive entertainment experience. Opening Sept. 14 at the Geffen Playhouse, “The Enigmatist” is a one-man puzzle, magic and storytelling show.(Courtesy of Yann Rabanier)
Whether it is an image of a political activist or an animal in space, Kyron Shochat has it in print. During his senior year, the alumnus took his knowledge of digital art and started making prints, leading to the development of a full-fledged print shop. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Kyron Shochat built an art business after graduation, monetizing his political and patterned prints through platforms such as Etsy and markets such as the Melrose Trading Post. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin senior staff)
