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The stone faces and human problems on Easter Island
Archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg, who will be on “60 Minutes” April 21, continues to seek insight from the statues and for the living descendants of their makers.
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Fowler Museum to present an exhibition featuring masks from Guatemala
“Guatemalan Masks: Selections from the Jim and Jeanne Pieper Collection” is an exhibition of 80 remarkable carved wooden faces depicting animals, folk personae, and historic figures.
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Fowler Museum exhibition to showcase rare selection of garments from Syria
“Dressed with Distinction: Garments from Ottoman Syria” features a collection assembled by David and Elizabeth Reisbord and will be on view March 17 through Aug. 18.
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Exhibition at Fowler Museum puts spotlight on video art from Africa
“Inheritance: Recent Video Art from Africa,” features the work of three artists and opens Feb. 17 and will remain on view through July 28.
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UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive re-opens following renovation
Grand re-opening celebration to feature “Documenting the Sounds of Africa,” a free day-long symposium and concert.
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Film festival showcases poignant ethnic and social justice movies made by UCLA alumni
The event marks the 50th anniversary of the UCLA Institute of American Cultures and its four ethnic studies centers.
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Fowler Museum to exhibit photographs of New Orleans brass band parades
The exhibition of portraits by Pableaux Johnson showcase Second Line Parades, the jubilant processions organized by African American social aid and pleasure clubs.
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UCLA Library launches international initiative to save at-risk cultural heritage materials
Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, gives $5.5 million to support Documenting Global Voices.
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Fowler Museum exhibition focuses on bronze objects from southern Nigeria
“Summoning the Ancestors” explores a comprehensive collection of bronzes — 76 bells and 73 ǫfǫ (small objects derived from wooden staffs of power).
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Rethinking classical theater for Los Angeles audiences
UCLA group presents “LA Escena,” the city’s first Hispanic classical theater festival Sept. 21–23.
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UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library receives preservation design award
California Preservation Foundation recognized the Clark for preserving its treasured aesthetic while upgrading for safety and accessibility.
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Arts of the Swahili coast featured at Fowler Museum
“World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean,” an exhibition that challenges fixed and familiar notions of places like Africa, opens Oct. 21.
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Prints from radical, independent press from Mexico City featured at Fowler Museum
“South of No North: Gato Negro Ediciones,” is a dynamic installation of risograph prints and runs until Dec. 9.
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New exhibition at Fowler Museum highlights Maroon arts from Suriname
The show of works from the permanent collection runs until Sept. 9.
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With $1 million gift from Farhang Foundation, UCLA plans to create new minor in Iranian music
The proposed minor would create new opportunities to engage students across all majors on campus, and it would extend the campus’s existing strength in Iranian studies.
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Fowler Museum exhibit reveals the artistry of African blacksmiths
The exhibition “Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths” contains more than 225 pieces will travel internationally after debuting at UCLA.
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UCLA Arts announces Spring 2018 events calendar
Featured among the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture’s 100-plus events: Kyle Abraham, Angélique Kidjo, Kenya HARA and Brett Steele.
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Photos of traditional Oaxacan games featured in new Fowler Museum show
‘Pelotas Oaxaqueñas/Oaxacan Ball Games: Photographs by Leopoldo Peña’ is on view until July 15.
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UCLA, Univision and others team up to unearth solutions to Hollywood’s lack of diversity
The partners, who also include multiple Hollywood industry groups, are trying to initiate changes around diversity, inclusion and equality efforts in the entertainment industry.
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With renewed vigor, UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library reopens
The archival and architectural treasure was closed for two years for seismic retrofitting and to bring the building into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Exhibition of La Raza photos documents Chicano life in L.A. during the 60s and 70s
The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center is home to the publication’s archives, selections of which are on display at the Autry Museum as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.
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Lost ancient texts recovered and published online through international partnership
UCLA Library scholars worked with partners at St. Catherine’s Monastery and the Early Manuscripts Electronic Library on the five-year Sinai Palimpsests Project.
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Cameroonian ceramics, textiles and beadwork featured in Fowler Museum exhibition
“Dining with Kings: Ceremony and Hospitality in the Cameroon Grassfields” runs from Dec. 17 through April 15, 2018.
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Professor’s study of human development led to collection of Mayan textiles
Psychologist Patricia Greenfield’s “Weaving Generations Together” is on display at Powell Library through Dec. 15.
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Conference at UCLA explores the significance of American Jewish music and its reach
Program opens Sept. 5 with the world premiere of “David’s Quilt,” featuring 15 L.A.-based composers including one UCLA faculty member and three graduate students.
- Thursday, April 25, 2019