UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

Arts school of the University of California, Los Angeles

UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

Motto| Fiat lux
Let there be light
Type| Public
Established| 1939

Parent institution

| University of California, Los Angeles
Location|

Los Angeles

California

Campus| Urban
Mascot| Bruins
Website| arts.ucla.edu

The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture (UCLA Arts) is a professional school at the University of California, Los Angeles. Through its four degree-granting departments, it provides a range of course offerings and programs. Additionally, there are eight centers located within the school.

Glorya Kaufman Hall at the School of Arts and Architecture

## History

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In 1919, UCLA's leadership demonstrated an early commitment to offer students opportunities to explore the arts by the establishment of an art gallery and a music department. But in 1939 the College of Applied Arts was founded with the addition of a Department of Art, followed by the College of Fine Arts in 1960, with degrees available in art, dance, music, and theater arts.

Following academic restructuring in the late 1980s, the UC Regents formally approved the establishment of two schools: the School of the Arts and the School of Theater, Film and Television. In 1994 architecture and urban design joined the School of the Arts, which became the School of the Arts and Architecture (UCLA Arts).

Brett Steele was appointed dean of the School of the Arts and Architecture in 2017.

## Departments

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Broad Art Center, by Meier

* Architecture and Urban Design
* Art
* Design Media Arts
* World Arts and Cultures/Dance

## Facilities

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Hammer Museum on Wilshire and Westwood Blvds.

### Production, Research, and Exhibition Units

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* Art & Global Health Center
* Art | Sci Center
* Center for Intercultural Performance
* cityLAB
* Experiential Technologies Center
* Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
* New Wight Gallery

### Facilities

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* Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center (comprising the Design Media Arts and Art departments)
* Perloff Hall (consisting of the Architecture and Urban Design department)
* Glorya Kaufman Hall (consisting of the World Arts and Cultures department)

### Institutions

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The Fowler Museum

Three public arts institutions, including a major performing arts program (CAP UCLA), are located within the School of the Arts and Architecture. These institutions offer access to leading anthropological, historical and contemporary visual arts exhibitions and collections, as well as presentations by performing artists.

* Hammer Museum
* Fowler Museum at UCLA
* UCLA Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA)

## Notable faculty

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Current notable Professors of Design Media Arts include Rebecca Allen, Erkki Huhtamo, Peter Lunenfeld, Christian Moeller, Casey Reas, Jennifer Steinkamp, Eddo Stern, and Victoria Vesna. Current Professors of Architecture include Neil Denari, Thom Mayne, Sylvia Lavin, and Greg Lynn. Other notable faculty include Distinguished Professor of world arts and cultures Peter Sellars, Professor of Photography Catherine Opie, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studio and Department of Art Chair Andrea Fraser, Distinguished Professor of New Genres Barbara Kruger, and Distinguished Professor of Painting Lari Pittman. Notable former faculty members include Mary Kelly, John Baldessari, Charles Ray, Chris Burden, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, and Nancy Rubins.

## Notable alumni

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* Full List

Notable alumni of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture include Uta Barth. Judy Chicago, Trisha Donnelly, Sharon Hayes, Martin Kersels, Jason Rhoades, Betye Saar, and Wu Tsang.

## References

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## External links

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* UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

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University of California, Los Angeles

* Founded: 1919 – Located in: Westwood, Los Angeles, California

Academics|

* Letters and Science
* Engineering
* Management
* Medicine
* Education and Information Studies
* Music
* Dentistry
* Law
* Nursing
* Public Affairs
* Public Health
* Arts and Architecture
* Theater, Film and Television

Centers|

* NanoSystems
* Embedded Network Sensing
* Study of Women
* Chicano Studies
* Enormous Toroidal Plasma Device
* Film and Television Archive
* Hammer Museum
* Large Plasma Device
* Library
* Phonological Segment Inventory Database
* Language Materials Project
* Labor and Employment
* Neuroscience and Human Behavior
* Santa Monica Medical

Campus|

* Botanical Garden
* Clark Library
* Fowler Museum
* Mattel Children's Hospital
* Powell Library
* Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
* Royce Hall
* Sculpture Garden
* Stephanie and Spy
* Student housing
* Young Research Library

Athletics|

| Programs|

* Bruins
* Baseball
* Men's basketball
* Women's basketball
* Football
* Gymnastics
* Men's soccer
* Women's soccer
* Softball
* Men's volleyball
* Women's volleyball

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Rivalries|

* Arizona
* Berkeley
* Notre Dame
* USC

Culture|

* Joe Bruin
* Rose Bowl
* Marching Band
* "Hail to the Hills of Westwood"
* "Sons of Westwood"
* "Mighty Bruins"
* True Blue

Facilities|

* Drake Stadium
* Easton Stadium
* Jackie Robinson Stadium
* L.A. Tennis Center
* Pauley Pavilion
* Spieker Aquatics Center
* Wallis Annenberg Stadium

Life|

* Daily Bruin
* JazzReggae Festival
* Spring Sing
* Westwood

Associated|

* Harbor Medical
* Olive View Medical
* Lab School

Topics|

* History
* 2006 Taser incident
* 2016 shooting
* 2024 occupation protest
* People
* UCLA Blue

* Category

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States

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