Alumni News
'Urban Light': Everything you didn't know about L.A.'s beloved landmark'Urban Light': Everything you didn't know about L.A.'s beloved landmark
The artwork, one of the city's most popular landmarks, turns 10 this month. To mark its first decade, the museum has switched from incandescent light bulbs to LEDs, a birthday gift from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. It’s something that the late Burden’s wife, Nancy Rubins, said would have...
Alumnus Hideki Yamaya in 'Farinelli and the King,' a Broadway Play with the Shakespeare's Globe TheatreAlumnus Hideki Yamaya in 'Farinelli and the King,' a Broadway Play with the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Hideki Yamaya (MFA guitar, 2001) will be playing theorbo continuo in a live Baroque ensemble for the Broadway play Farinelli and the King featuring Tony winner Mark Rylance. (January - March 2018)
Alumnus Joshua Romero, A Living Statue
Alumnus Sofia Carreras' Career A Dream Come True Despite Cancer DiagnosisAlumnus Sofia Carreras' Career A Dream Come True Despite Cancer Diagnosis
MFA Alumnus Sofia Carreras has shared the stage with Mikhail Baryshinikov and trained with the Sacramento Ballet, Capitol City Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. As a choreographer, Carreras has had work performed at New York's Lincoln Center and a far away as Varna, Bulgaria. “I didn’t...
Musical Theatre West names Matt Terzigni as Production ManagerMusical Theatre West names Matt Terzigni as Production Manager
Matt Terzigni is a stage manager and company manager who has worked on both coasts and internationally. His extensive credits includes productions on the New York stage scene, including The Events with the New York Theater Workshop and Should I Have...It's all Wright, Sex with a Censor,...
Celebrating a Leader of Chicano Art Celebrating a Leader of Chicano Art
"That’s what Gilbert Luján loved to create. The late artist, who went by the nickname “Magu,” was a pioneer in the Chicano art movement in Los Angeles starting in the 1960s. A member of the Chicano art collective Los Four (which, ironically, later gained a fifth member in Judith Hernandez), he...
SoCal Sculptor Eric Johnson Brings Wood and Resin Masterpieces to Doyle Arts PavilionSoCal Sculptor Eric Johnson Brings Wood and Resin Masterpieces to Doyle Arts Pavilion
The work of second-genteration "Finish Fetish," or "L.A." Look," arist Eric Johnson, MFA, will be on view at Orange Coast College's Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion from February 8 until April 7 in an exhibit entitled "Helix2: Sculptures by Eric Johnson." Johnson - whose art combines shipwright-like...
UCI Art Department Alum Alexis Smith's Exhibition at Pepperdine’s Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art ">
UCI Art Department Alum Alexis Smith's Exhibition at Pepperdine’s Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art
January 20 - April 1, 2018 For over 40 years, Alexis Smith's art has explored the depths of popular culture. She begins with an array of images—ranging from thrift-store finds to nostalgic advertisements—and juxtaposes them with poetic and poignant texts. Her art underscores how the media shapes...
Amandla Bearden Featured in National Commercial
Nick Manfredi in an Episode on "Betrayed"
Gwyn Conaway-Bennison recently published "The Story We Wear: Costume Design for Animators and Illustrators"Gwyn Conaway-Bennison recently published "The Story We Wear: Costume Design for Animators and Illustrators"
Gwyn Conaway-Bennison (MFA 2015), who is currently guest Costume Designer on UCI Drama’s Mrs. Packard, recently published The Story We Wear: Costume Design for Animators and Illustrators (Design Studio Press 2017).
Fun Home’s Beth Malone Joins Broadway’s Angels in AmericaFun Home’s Beth Malone Joins Broadway’s Angels in America
The Tony nominee will share the role of the Angel at select performances with Amanda Lawrence. Beth Malone earned her first Tony nomination for her portrayal of Alison Bechdel in Fun Home. She also originated the role of June Carter Cash in Ring of Fire on Broadway, as...
Kelly Moran's "Bloodroot" made Rolling Stone Magazine's 20 best Avant Albums of 2017 
Matt Koenig to perform in Southern California Production of "Cabaret"
Alum Bree Murphy to Play Adelaide in Upcoming Production of 'Guys and Dolls'
Alumni Composer Jeffrey Mumford had recent works performed at over a half dozen venues in 2017Alumni Composer Jeffrey Mumford had recent works performed at over a half dozen venues in 2017
Composer Jeffrey Mumford (BA, 1977) had recent works performed at over a half dozen venues in 2017: the violin piece “eight musings . . . revisiting memories” (2005), was performed at Eastman School of music, Lawrence University and Chicago; “eight aspects of appreciation II” (2005...
Ry Bradley Nominated for California Country Artists in the Best Album categoryRy Bradley Nominated for California Country Artists in the Best Album category
Alumni Ry Bradley is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter rising to prominence in the country music scene. Bradley is based in California but travels frequently to Nashville to perform and co-write songs with Nashville songwriters. Ry performs constantly in venues ranging from bars to...
Alumni Kelly Moran’s album “Bloodroot” was named one of the top 25 classical albums of the year by the New York TimesAlumni Kelly Moran’s album “Bloodroot” was named one of the top 25 classical albums of the year by the New York Times
‘BLOODROOT’ Kelly Moran, keyboards (Telegraph Harp). When writing for “prepared” piano, some composer-performers focus on timbral effects to the exclusion of all else. Throughout this rewarding set of miniatures, Ms. Moran avoids this pitfall. The avant-garde touches she employs may be...
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