Crafting costumes

Nestled far from the main center of campus in the production rooms of MacGowan Hall, Jennifer Lee works in a bustling shop, surrounded by fabrics and mannequins boasting beautiful and varied costumes. As the third-year graduate costume design student examines the ribbons adorning a blue-gray gown, surrounding students and costume workers busily sew on other […]

Portraits of the Artists: Art School Confidential

This is the first in an occasional series, “Portraits of the Artists” which will take an in-depth look at UCLA’s artistic and performative departments, from music to film to theater. This week, the UCLA Department of Art is examined through the eyes of a graduating senior and an incoming freshman. On her way to class, […]

Tales taking flight

When researching scholastic options after graduation, most students are unaware that pick-pocketing is a possible path of academic study. In fact, it’s complete with a whole underground school offering teachings in the trade. Rather than conducting labs and penciling in scantrons behind a desk, the tests take place in stores’ backrooms and are centered around […]

Jump-stating architecture

Fast-paced, intense, highly competitive ““ and unprepared. Without an undergraduate architecture major at UCLA, such is the life of many graduate students entering UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban Design. The Jump-Start Architecture program began at UCLA last summer to give inexperienced students an edge. Its second run this summer provides both undergraduate and incoming […]

[ORIENTATION]: Theater group gives non-majors opportunity to participate on stage in each step of the process

In high school, theater is an activity that most students are easily able to participate in. At UCLA, however, pursuing a love of performance at the college level can be more difficult if you’re not in the theater department. Fortunately, several student groups on campus have attempted to provide an outlet for students’ artistic ambitions. […]