With $5 million from Herb Alpert Foundation, UCLA to introduce state-of-the-art music practice rooms
Construction is set to begin this summer for the 46 practice rooms, which have not been fully refurbished in nearly 70 years.
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In memoriam: Marina Goldovskaya, 80, teacher of documentary filmmaking
The professor and award-winning filmmaker captured the decline of the Soviet Union in her movies.
In memoriam: Barbara Morrison, 72, jazz singer and UCLA voice teacher
The vocalist, who taught at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, enjoyed teaching and giving back to the community.
UCLA poised to become a world leader in hip-hop studies
Building on decades of scholarship, the new Hip Hop Initiative will highlight the local and global impact of this Black art form.
Shining the spotlight on women lighting designers
In honor of Women’s History Month, a brief look at some of the women who have made an impact on theatrical lighting design.
UCLA Film & Television Archive welcomes spring with diverse lineup of screenings
The free spring public programs, presented at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum, begin April 1.
Photographer’s work explores tensions between Congo’s past and present
Gosette Lubondo’s pictures bear the traces of postcolonial neglect yet suggest a more hopeful future.
Dancing to the words of Angela Davis
Recordings from the educator and activist’s speeches are part of Ronald K. Brown and his company’s newest dance work.
Fowler Museum to welcome back campus community with evening festivities March 2
The event revolves around the four exhibitions on view, which feature art from Africa and Australia.
‘Take a seat at the table’: Mural welcomes people to the Black Bruin Resource Center
Student artist Maia Hadaway created a cafeteria-like scene of generations of important Black Bruins and civil rights leaders for the center.
The landmark film that let Black entertainers ‘steal the show’ in classic Hollywood
Q&A with historian Miriam Petty about “Stormy Weather,” which the UCLA Film & Television Archive will screen on Feb. 19
A whole new world: Production of ‘A Most Favored Nation’ tests the definition of live theater
The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television faculty and students were able to incorporate augmented reality in how they staged the play.
Destination Crenshaw pays tribute to Black creativity and history in Los Angeles
UCLA faculty and alumni contributed ideas, expertise and artworks to the $100 million revitalization project.
Alumnus David Koepp writes big stories for the big (and small) screen
Q&A with the screenwriter of “Jurassic Park” and “Spider-Man,” whose newest screenplay “KIMI,” debuts Feb. 10 on HBO Max.
Cheryl Keyes hits the right notes with Smithsonian anthology of rap music
Keyes, a professor of ethnomusicology and global jazz studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, helped select music for the collection.
UPDATE: Queer cinema retrospective at UCLA changed to begin Feb. 18
The series marks a capstone of years of UCLA Film & Television Archive efforts to share LGBTQ media.
‘MoMA Contenders 2021’ presents the past year’s most important films
The series begins Jan. 5, 2022, at the Hammer Museum at UCLA
Eight films with UCLA ties among 25 named to the National Film Registry
The Librarian of Congress annually selects the United States’ most influential motion pictures for this honor.
UCLA Film & Television Archive rings in 2022 with new in-person screenings
The Archive’s free winter offerings, which include a wide variety of screenings, talks and artist tributes, will run from Jan. 21 to March 26.
Stunning textiles draw from 65,000 years of Aboriginal cultural practices
An exhibition highlighting work from Australia’s Top End opens today at the Fowler Museum at UCLA.
Alumnus Rafael Agustín champions diversity in Hollywood
The writer and Latino Film Institute CEO touts the importance of UCLA’s research on inclusion in TV, movies.
Kal Penn to discuss life and diversity in Hollywood at UCLA online event, Nov. 11
In a pre-event Q&A, the entertainer and Obama White House staffer speaks about how both jobs have shaped his worldview.
TV shows with diverse writers rooms, casts resonated with pandemic audiences
The UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report finds that Latinos were still extremely underrepresented during the 2019–20 season.
Indigenous artist Mercedes Dorame shines at the Fowler Museum
The alumna brings her career full circle as part of the UCLA Centennial exhibition, “The Map and the Territory,” which closes Oct. 24.
In memoriam: Margo Leavin, 85, alumna who shaped arts education at UCLA
Leavin was a longtime champion of artists in Los Angeles, and was the lead donor in the renovation of UCLA’s graduate art studios.