Arts + Culture

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.

UCLA Library scholars worked with partners at St. Catherine’s Monastery and the Early Manuscripts Electronic Library on the five-year Sinai Palimpsests Project.

The annual series includes talks on intersectionality, as well as magical and occult styles of thought, and a mini-symposium on Jamaican popular music and dance.

There are several in Southern California and more around the country and the world.

“Meleko Mokgosi: Bread, Butter and Power” opens Feb. 11, 2018 and runs through July 1.

The new technique sheds light on the materials the artist used, and the order in which they were applied to the painting. It also helped scientists uncover insights about the painting’s connections to other work from the same era.

“Dining with Kings: Ceremony and Hospitality in the Cameroon Grassfields” runs from Dec. 17 through April 15, 2018.

Honorary Oscar celebrates lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences or outstanding service to the film academy.

The clinic will provide pro bono services to independent filmmakers needing help with things such as contracts, intellectual property, licensing and the First Amendment.

A UCLA digital artist and neuroscientist collaborated to create a performance art installation in which participants explore unspoken, visual communication.

The singer and conductor, who has guided opera in Los Angeles for decades, also conducted a public master class at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

“Romance Tropical” to premiere Nov. 4 as part of a UCLA Film and Television Archive exhibition, which celebrates the Spanish-language film culture of downtown Los Angeles.

A report by UCLA’s Darnell Hunt also found that major networks’ diversity programs are failing to meaningfully improve opportunities for black writers and other writers of color.

In presenting the campus’s highest honor, Chancellor Gene Block praised the poet’s achievements as both an artist and an activist.

Liz Buda, Joey Siara, Godwin Itai Jabangwe and Eric Mallory Morgan were honored for excellence in dramatic writing in the 62nd annual competition.

The schedule includes performances of “Spring Awakening,” “The Glass Menagerie” and the West Coast premiere of “Steel Pier.”

Renee Tajima-Peña’s award-winning documentary “No Más Bebés” tells the story of how these women were sterilized without their consent or under extreme duress from doctors.

Highlights include honors for Ava DuVernay and Hilton Als and tributes from J.J. Abrams and Maggie Nelson, live performance by HAIM.

Lecturer Tananarive Due uses the acclaimed horror blockbuster and other films and books to examine how depictions of blackness have shaped real-life attitudes and prejudice.

Highlights include several world premieres of new work, symposia, and programs celebrating works by American and British composers.

The UCLA design media arts professor talks about creating the eye-catching visuals for four new songs by the critically acclaimed group.

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.

The awards, which will be announced Oct. 30, are available exclusively to students at UCLA.

“He has been a powerful champion for the arts in Los Angeles for five decades, and his exceptional commitment to arts education embodies UCLA’s highest ideals,” said Chancellor Gene Block.

“Africa/Americas: Photographic Portraits by Pierre Verger” runs through Jan. 21, 2018.