Angela Nguyen has a tattoo of a colorful butterfly conspicuously etched on her right ankle. Less conspicuous, however, are the scars that lie underneath the tattoo – the permanent and colorless marks of self-harm. Nguyen, a third-year psychology student, is organizing an art project called the Mental Health Tattoo Art Exhibition in the Powell Library […]
Category Archives: Theater & Fine Arts
Alumna showcases art worldwide, stays in LA for dynamic environment
The sights and sounds of Whitney Bedford’s studio disappear. With her first brush strokes, the UCLA alumna is transported into the world of her artwork, where she said paint and her inner emotions intertwine and manifest themselves as one on a blank canvas. After she graduated in 2003, Bedford’s art has been featured in exhibitions […]
Backstage Bruins: Lighting designer shapes ambience of ‘Twelfth Night’ production
While some shine in the spotlight, Chris Yu prefers to shine the spotlight on others behind the buttons and controls of a lighting board. “I enjoy being part of the process of creating the show but not actually being on stage,” said Yu. As a first-time lighting designer, third-year theater student Yu will debut his […]
Student’s solo art exhibition draws curiosity on fluidity of identity
Ten-year-old Alice Jung didn’t know how to speak Korean when she and her family moved from Tucson, Arizona to Seoul, South Korea so she sketched. She drew bluebirds to prove to her classmates that birds other than pigeons existed in America. Until she mastered the language, she spoke through her art. “The only way I […]
Graduate student’s costumes take the stage in opera production
Ruoxuan Li’s costume design takes the form of dresses in green and pink plaid and elegant velvet coats on the stage of “Cosi Fan Tutte.” She feels she shines whenever she makes actors on stage shine through her costume designs. “Costume design is not just about making pretty dresses or fancy stuff,” Li said. “It’s […]
Student artists gain exposure, commissions through DeviantArt
Ten-year-old Sylvia Li channeled her artistic ability to draw her favorite characters from Cartoon Network’s “Toonami” once the TV was shut off. She turned to pencil and paper, feeling compelled to release her inner creativity. About 6,000 miles away in South Korea, Deborah Ki, Li’s future UCLA roommate, sketched original designs based on Japanese anime […]
Femme art witch blends activism into work to embrace Punjabi heritage
Khushboo Kataria Gulati lights an off-white candle and passes the flame to a switch of sage, casting a spell around the purple-lit room as she places paintbrush to canvas. The herbaceous smoke billows around her, time suspends and her paint strokes create a scene of three multicolored faces surrounded by plants. Her acrylic paints, she […]