In part with its third International Theater Festival, UCLA Live presents world-renowned theater group El Teatro Justo Rufino Garay. Justo Rufino Garay, which comes from Nicaragua under the direction of Lucero Millan and Enrique Polo, has been incredibly successful. They have performed in various world cities and have established one of Nicaragua’s main theatrical education […]
Author Archives: CristinaDe Leon
Representing the undiscovered
In a world obsessed with photography and its technology, UCLA’s Hammer Museum is now presenting an exhibition showing the revival of representational painting called “The Undiscovered Country.” While many have forgotten or ignored painting as an adequate means to depict reality since the popularization of photography, the Hammer Museum hopes to dispel such thoughts by […]
New universal logo struts mix of art, technology
There are many UCLA logos. And while many people do not perceive this as a problem, it is. UCLA is one institution and should therefore be represented in one way. Also, resources and time are often lost in creating a new UCLA logo each time a new program is created. Recently, the UCLA Graphic Identity […]
Fowler's botanica exhibit offers culture, spirituality
UCLA’s Fowler Museum Director Marla Berns describes the dizzying array of candles, statues and other ritualistic items that make up a re-creation of an authentic Los Angeles botanica as “visually seductive.” “Botanica Los Angeles: Latino popular religious art in the city of angels,” was created by visiting professor and curator, Patrick Polk. The exhibition introduces […]
Artist explores murders of Juarez women with “˜tree of life’ altarpiece
Sunday afternoon, a series of on-campus events paying tribute to the Maquiladores murders of Juarez came to a close with a lecture introducing artist Veronica Castillo’s altarpiece “Lamento por las Mujeres de Juarez (Elegy for the Women of Juarez).” More than 300 women in Mexico have been murdered over the past 10 years in what […]
Review: Allied Artists’ “˜Dracula’ a frighteningly good version
Piercing screams echoed throughout the halls of the Mount Hollywood Congregational Church as Lucy Westenra slowly reached her death. Two minutes later, she rose from her grave only because the setting needed to be changed. Directed by Brian Huckeba, the Allied Artists Theatre Company’s exceptional rendition of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is simplistic in its staging […]