Equal parts burlesque and social inquiry, Kayla Tange’s performance art is breaking walls and building communities. A fourth-year art student, Tange has been working in performance art for 15 years. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year art student Kayla Tange created her performance art show Sacred Wounds to transform Asian traditions, highlighting themes such as identity and sexuality. (Michael Vigman/Daily Bruin)
“The Women’s Project” is made for women, by women and about women. Created by second-year theater student Marlee Tierney, “The Women’s Project” is a multimedia film theater piece that tells the story of six different high school girls and their individual perspectives of one school day. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Emma Evans)
An uplifting art and music installation is finding something to celebrate after a year of isolation. Curated by Tanya Aguiñiga and Mark “Frosty” McNeill, Celebration Spectrum intends to bring people together following such a challenging year. Read more...
Photo: Grand Park’s Celebration Spectrum hopes to bring visitors closer together through outdoor installation art and music. (Courtesy of Maurice de la Falaise, Grand Park)
Bruin minds joined together in jump-starting a new student arts movement. In April, several UCLA art students created the Art Students Collective, an undergraduate club that organizes open discussions for students who are serious about visual arts. Read more...
Photo: Formed in April, the Art Students Collective hopes to include all undergraduate students who are passionate about art. Co-founder Marie Tagudena (left), a third-year art student, works on a project with new member and third-year art student Mayra Jimenez (left center), along with the two other co-founders, third-year art student Brenda Barrios (right center) and first-year art student Armando Perez (right). (Courtesy of Marie Tagudena)
A new video platform is bringing the Hammer Museum’s public programs straight to museumgoers – wherever they may be. Launched May 5, Hammer Channel is the museum’s new streaming website, consolidating recordings of new and old programs in one place. Read more...
Photo: (Katelyn Dang/Daily Bruin)
The “Re: Model” digital art gallery is recentering AAPI voices. Curated by members of UCLA’s Lapu, the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company, the art gallery features visual art, written works and videos from Asian American and Pacific Islander creatives in honor of AAPI Heritage Month. Read more...
Photo: Third-year psychobiology student Ruiting Jia submitted her painting, “She’s Hard to Read,” to the LCC’s digital art gallery “Re: Model.” The gallery highlighted AAPI creatives in honor of AAPI Heritage Month. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)
From doodles to tattoos, Soraya Saghbini’s abstract line art fits on a multitude of mediums. The third-year biochemistry student said she launched her Instagram page @soosartsyshit and website to sell her artwork back in April 2019 after being encouraged by her close friends to share her work with a wider audience. Read more...
Photo: Soraya Saghbini, a third-year biochemistry student, launched an art account and online shop to feature her abstract bodies and faces. More recently, Saghbini said she has attempted new mediums, such as tattoo design and digital art. (Photo by Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor. Photo illustration by Maddie Rausa/Daily Bruin)
