UCLA Department of Art announces events for winter 2014

The UCLA Department of Art is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this winter, including exhibitions and public lectures. Programs are subject to change. For updated information and confirmation of events, call 310-825-3281 or visit www.art.ucla.edu.  

 

Exhibitions are at the New Wight Gallery, located in the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center at UCLA. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (closed on campus holidays). Admission is free. All-day parking ($12) and short-term parking (payable at pay stations) are available in Lot 3 (enter the campus at Hilgard and Wyton avenues). The exhibition program of the New Wight Gallery is made possible through the generous support of Dallas Price-Van Breda.             

 

Lectures are at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum (10899 Wilshire Blvd., at Westwood Boulevard). Admission is free. Parking in the museum's underground lot is $3 after 6 p.m. The Visiting Artists Lecture Series is made possible through the generous support of the William D. Feldman Family Endowed Art Lecture Fund.           

 

EXHIBITIONS             

For additional exhibitions and/or schedule changes, please visit www.art.ucla.edu/gallery.

 

Feb. 13–27

Discussion with juror Connie Butler: Thursday, Feb. 13, 5–6 p.m.

Opening reception: Thursday, Feb. 13, 6–8 p.m.

 

This exhibition features UCLA Department of Art undergraduate works selected by Connie Butler, chief curator at the Hammer Museum. Works are in various disciplines, including painting/drawing, photography, ceramics, new genres and sculpture.

 

March 6–14 

Opening reception: Thursday, March 6, 5–8 p.m. 

 

This exhibition, the first of four final showcases by 2014 master of fine arts candidates in the UCLA Department of Art, features work by Heather Cleary, Mindy Lu, Sarah McMenimen and Sean Raspet. The three other weeklong M.F.A. exhibitions are scheduled for the spring 2014 quarter.  

 

 

VISITING ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES       

For additional lectures and/or schedule changes, please visit www.art.ucla.edu/events.         

 

Thursday, Feb. 27

7:30 p.m.

 

Los Angeles artist Betye Saar is one of the great assemblagists of our time. She has had solo exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.