Category Archives: Arts

Student turns pastime into her hand-printed T-shirt business

Libby Burke’s hand-printed T-shirt designs include stalks of broccoli and dogs in capes. After doodling extensively in notebooks, the fourth-year political science student said she decided to transition into the more skill-oriented medium of T-shirt printing. Burke began stamping her own illustrations on T-shirts over the summer as a way to relax after coming home […]

Chinese ensemble aims to bridge cultures with traditional dance, music

Two bright red Chinese dragon figures, rescued from dumpsters by a staff member, will come to life Tuesday night in a performance by the Music of China Ensemble. The performance in the Jan Popper Theater will celebrate the ensemble’s 60th anniversary and will feature ancient Chinese instruments, a traditional fan dance, a dragon dance and […]

Reel Representation: Fantasy films often don’t include people of color within their worlds

Fantasy films are vehicles to gorgeous, vibrant magical worlds. But those worlds aren’t all that beautiful when they’re built to exclude you.   Growing up, I fell in love with “The Lord of the Rings.” But as a young biracial girl, I knew that I didn’t belong in Middle-earth’s mystical provinces and kingdoms – there […]

Japanese martial art fights stress, promotes cultural awareness

Kashima-Shinryu equips its practitioners with skills to face off against cavalrymen and giant savage boars. However, since giant boars rarely terrorize UCLA students on their daily commutes to class, some practitioners on campus have found other uses for the Japanese martial art. William Bodiford, an Asian languages and cultures professor, started the Kashima-Shinryu Club at […]

Student art exhibition paints personal pictures of mental health

This article was updated March 5 at 2:30 p.m. Tami Chalom once ran a ruler over one of her self-portraits in frustration, smearing her image across the canvas. But the outburst made the painting even more powerful, she said. Chalom, a second-year communication student, will display her marred self-portrait, “Broken Not Bent,” on Monday in […]