With the new series “arTistic Attention,” A&E will feature the very people whose office hours we really should go to more and explore their arts and entertainment-geared interests to find out what really makes them tick. If you know an artsy TA who deserves to be featured, email us at ae@media.ucla.edu. Masters of fine arts […]
Category Archives: Theater & Fine Arts
UCLA theater brings Polish play ‘Trash Story’ to life in US debut
Inside the silent walls of Auschwitz, with her head bent over the World War II archive documents, a young woman discovers the mysterious fate of her family. After conducting research in an Auschwitz concentration camp near Krakow, Poland, the Polish award-winning playwright Magda Fertacz was inspired for her new play. “Trash Story,” a contemporary drama […]
‘Next to Normal’ aims to portray realities of mental health issues
Lithium- and Xanax-induced semblances of happiness are hidden behind the makeshift smiles of the Goodmans, a seemingly average American family. A trauma hit the Goodman family 16 years ago and still echoes in their minds. In three performances running Friday through Saturday, Act III Theatre Ensemble at UCLA will bring the Goodman family’s mental scars […]
Exhibit to showcase representative collections of graduate student art
Sixteen graduating master of fine arts students will transform the blank white walls and open spaces of the New Wight Gallery at the Broad Art Center with pieces ranging from photography, to drawings, to static objects and models. Split into four separate showcases featuring four artists at a time, the MFA Exhibition series will open […]
Balloon & Panel: Colors in comics establish themes, alter perception
Comic books are everywhere – Marvel and DC Comics are mining decades of story lines for a huge slate of movies and television shows. But comics are more than a source to be mined for superhero blockbusters. New creators are dealing with issues every month in ways that couldn’t be done in other formats – […]
Art Exhibit Review: ‘Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974-1989’
“Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974-1989” Charles Gaines UCLA Hammer Museum 4.0 paws From a distance, mounted frames appear to contain simple sketches of walnut trees. However, upon closer inspection, the shapes of the limbs and branches reveal themselves to be comprised of tiny hand-written numbers filling the blocks of a grid. On view at the UCLA […]
Graduate student exhibits virtual reality project ‘Isla Lacerta’
In the world of “Isla Lacerta,” lizards can data mine and explorers can journey through caves. Design | Media Arts graduate student Theo Triantafyllidis’ solo exhibition, “Isla Lacerta” will be on display Tuesday and Wednesday in the Experimental Digital Arts room of Broad Art Center. This solo exhibition, incorporating artwork and a virtual reality, is […]