Sunday, February 15

Student-run initiative captures cross-cultural pandemic experiences through art

Bruin Project Management Initiatives is making impressions across campus and abroad. Founded last spring, BPMI bridges on-campus organizations with professionals and international students. On Monday, the organization premiered its newest event, an online art exhibit titled “Impressions” featuring work by artists who responded to an open call. Read more...

Photo: Student organization Bruin Project Management Initiatives launched its online art exhibit on Monday. The exhibit’s theme is “Impressions” and encouraged participating artists to reflect on their experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic. (Marc-Anthony Rosas/Daily Bruin)


Student-run WACsmash event brings dance, art into digital space

WACsmash is reconfiguring its rhythm with an online livestreamed showcase. Traditionally a three-day event, the student-run dance showcase and visual arts gallery is transitioning to a remote event in its 21st year. Read more...

Photo: The annual student-run dance showcase WACsmash is reconfiguring itself for a virtual environment. Typically a three-day event, the showcase will now be prerecorded and livestreamed online, which producer Justin Gamboa said actually allows for more flexibility for the choreographers. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)


Maker’s Medium: Nico Young uses sculpture to find significance in life’s mundanity

The mastery of materials is fundamental to the artistic process and the career goal of any artist in their chosen medium. Every method requires a different skill set and can evoke different reactions in viewers. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year art student Nico Young looks into the ordinary to find artistic meaning. The artist frequently uses metaphors in his sculpture to make social commentary and brings his archiving interest into his work. (Lillie Yazdi/Daily Bruin)


Student uses Hydro Flask bottles as canvases for her painting business

Many artists may paint on canvas, but Kira Hum’s material of choice is the Hydro Flask. The third-year economics and communications student began selling customized, painted Hydro Flask bottles during her first year, an activity which has since grown into an Instagram business. Read more...

Photo: Third-year economics and communications student Kira Hum runs an Instagram business where she paints commissioned Hydro Flask bottles. The experience has reinforced her self-confidence, she said. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)


Maker’s Medium: Piecing together new meanings from existing works with collage

The mastery of materials is fundamental to the artistic process and the career goal of any artist in their chosen medium. Every method requires a different skill set and can evoke different reactions in viewers. Read more...

Photo: Second-year art student, Elliott Couts finds self expression in zines and collage work. Having dabbled in other forms before, Couts said they took to how collage work allows artists to take what the media gives them to extract new meaning. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin staff)


Maker’s Medium: Art student explores precision, permanence through printmaking

The mastery of materials is fundamental to the artistic process and the career goal of any artist in their chosen medium. Every method requires a different skill set and can evoke different reactions in viewers. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year art student Chereen Tam started off as a sculptor but is now a printmaker. She prefers the medium for its ability to produces many identical copies of one piece. (Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin)


Ballet and Books combines dance and reading in support of children’s literacy

This post was updated Jan. 31 at 6:46 p.m. Ballet and Books is pairing pirouettes with page-turners to bring literacy to young students in the LA community. Read more...

Photo: Second-year pre-human biology and society student Moe Kawakami brought a chapter of Ballet and Books to UCLA, started at Cornell University. Alongside Ballet Company at UCLA co-directors of external service Caroline Chou and Yingru Huang, the club hopes to increase literacy through dance. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)



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