UCLA Center for the Art of Performance Names Edgar Miramontes New Executive And Artistic Director
UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture Dean Brett Steele has announced the appointment of Edgar Miramontes to the position of executive and artistic director of UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA), effective August 2023. Miramontes comes to CAP UCLA from REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater), a multidisciplinary center for innovative visual, performing, and media arts founded by California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where he has served as deputy executive director and curator since 2019, and associate director from 2013-2019.
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance Announces Collaborative 2021 Fall Programming
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance, a leading West Coast presenter dedicated to the advancement of the contemporary performing arts in all disciplines, puts collaborative praxis in the front seat. Now announcing programs quarterly, CAP UCLA's Fall programming expands on two micro-commissions, launches a complimentary off-site program, sends audiences to MOCA and welcomes back The Tune In Festival featuring 20 different programs. Â
YoungArts Announces 40th Anniversary Season Programming
YoungArts announces today programming details for the organization's upcoming 40th anniversary season with creative and professional development opportunities supporting YoungArts award winners at every stage of their careers and public programming in Miami, New York and online.
YoungArts Announces 40th Anniversary Season Programming
YoungArts announced today programming details for the organization’s upcoming 40th anniversary season with creative and professional development opportunities supporting YoungArts award winners at every stage of their careers and public programming in Miami, New York and online.
United States Artists Awards Lulani Arquette and Roberto Bedoya The 2021 Berresford Prize
United States Artists has announced Lulani Arquette and Roberto Bedoya as recipients of 2021 Berresford Prize, an annual award that honors cultural practitioners who have contributed significantly to the advancement, wellbeing, and care of artists in society. Lulani Arquette and Roberto Bedoya are complementary figures in the field that have both created new possibilities for artists, and will each receive the $25,000 award this year. Their visionary approaches engender cooperation, promote thoughtful civic engagement, and advocate for artists on a local and national level.Â
CAP UCLA Presents THE PLASTIC BAG STORE
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance presents the much-anticipated arrival of Robin Frohardt's The Plastic Bag Store, opening to the public in Los Angeles' downtown Arts District Wednesday, June 30 – Sunday, July 11.
Partners With The Lapis Press To Create 26 Choreographers' Scores
UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA), a leading West Coast presenter and creative producer dedicated to the advancement of the contemporary performing arts in all disciplines, believes the power of collaboration can nurture the arts ecosystem through the pandemic.
SITI Company Announces Legacy Plan and Prepares for Finale Season
SITI Company has announced the SITI Legacy Plan, which includes a finale 30th anniversary season and the creation of a robust physical and digital archive. At the conclusion of the finale season, anticipated to be the Fall of 2022, SITI Company will cease to operate in its current iteration as a touring, teaching, performing ensemble.
BWW Spotlight Series: Meet Kristy Edmunds, Executive and Artistic Director of UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
With the current theatre world on hiatus, I have created a Spotlight Series on Broadway World which features interviews with some of the many talented artists who make our Los Angeles theatre community so exciting and vibrant thanks to their ongoing contribution to keeping the Arts alive in the City of the Angels. And just like all of us, I wondered how they are dealing with the abrupt end of productions in which they were involved. This Spotlight focuses on Kristy Edmunds, Executive and Artistic Director of UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance.
UCLA Arts Invites The Public Into The Classroom For 10 Questions: Centennial Edition
The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture will kick off the second edition of a?oe10 Questionsa?? on Oct. 1. Building on the success of its inaugural presentation in 2018, this hybrid undergraduate course and public event series engages leading scholars, artists, scientists, activists, philosophers, executives and more for an energetic exchange of ideas addressing a range of fundamental issues that both shape and transcend our current moment in history.
Photo Flash: Inside The 2019 Herb Alpert Awards
The Herb Alpert Foundation and California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) has awarded the 25th Annual Herb Alpert Award in the Arts to five exceptional mid-career artists at a celebration hosted by the Herb Alpert Foundation in New York City on Monday, May 13.
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance Announces 2019â€"20 Season
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) today unveiled the 2019-20 season lineup honoring "We, the People" -- as artists, performers, thought leaders, change-makers and spectators. CAP UCLA continues to bring bold programming from around the world to the Los Angeles community to advance social justice conversations through contemporary dance, music, theater, and literature.
CAP UCLA Selects BAR Architects For UCLA Nimoy Theater Renovation
The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture along with its performing arts presenting program, The Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA), announces the selection of BAR Architects of San Francisco for the renovation of the Crest Theatre on Westwood Boulevard.