President Donald Trump’s potential budget cuts may take a toll on the UCLA arts community, directors and faculty said. The Hill reported Jan. 19 that the Trump transition team outlined a budget plan that would eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities and National Endowment for the Arts, the latter of which is the only […]
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UCLA appoints Judith Smith as Herb Alpert School of Music’s first dean
UCLA officials appointed a founding dean for the Herb Alpert School of Music on Friday, ending the national search for the leader of the first autonomous music school in the University of California. Interim dean Judith Smith will postpone her retirement from UCLA and begin her term as dean March 1 until June 30, 2019, […]
Hammer Museum releases details of expansion plan
The Hammer Museum announced details of its upcoming expansion, which will increase exhibition space 60 percent by 2020, in a press release Thursday. The proposed renovations, spearheaded by architect Michael Maltzan, began in September 2016 with remodeling the museum’s third floor galleries. Those galleries will reopen to the public Sunday with exhibitions featuring work by […]
Album Review: ‘The Search for Everything – Wave One’
John Mayer, 39, and his music are aging like a well-worn pair of jeans – getting a little too comfortable and a little bit lackluster. On Friday, Mayer released “The Search for Everything – Wave One,” consisting of the first four songs of the singer-songwriter’s partially released seventh studio album. For a musician once known […]
Brothers plug students into music industry through sessions with artists
The Music Industry Committee at UCLA’s office hours aren’t held by professors – instead, they’re led by chart-topping musicians. Thursday, MIC at UCLA will host DJ Kaskade at Schoenberg Hall as part of the club’s six-part Office Hours series, which brings artists to campus to answer students’ questions about succeeding in the music business, said […]
Q&A: UCLA art history professor reappointed to White House committee
President Obama has renewed the appointment of a UCLA Chinese archaeology and art history professor to a White House committee. Professor Lothar von Falkenhausen was appointed Wednesday for another three years, after previously serving five years on the Cultural Property Advisory Committee. The body is responsible for advising government officials to make agreements to help […]
Herb Alpert School of Music to name founding dean in winter quarter
The first school of music in the University of California system will soon have its first dean. The Herb Alpert School of Music, designated as a standalone school at UCLA in January, launched a dean search with a job announcement in May. The search was open to both national and international candidates, said Neal Stulberg, […]