This post was updated Oct. 11 at 6:26 p.m. Jo Ann Callis doesn’t produce images of everyday life. Instead, she said her photographs depict a state of mind, creating a metaphor for feelings. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna and California Institute of the Arts professor Jo Ann Callis said she constructs shots that express either anxiety or playful sensuality. As she does with many of her works, Callis infuses tension in her photo “Man on Bed with Crumbs.” (Courtesy of Jo Ann Callis/ROSEGALLERY)
Women are moving their creativity beyond pen and paper to discuss places for marginalized groups in storytelling within male-dominated fields. Jointly hosted by CalArts, the UCLA Animation Workshop and Women in Animation – and organized by leadership from USC, CalArts and UCLA – the three-day symposium “Breaking The Glass Frame: Women & Animation Past, Present, Future” gave attendees a chance to reflect on the current state of the creative world through a series of panels discussing diversity in animation. Read more...
Photo: Panelists at “Breaking The Glass Frame: Women & Animation Past, Present, Future” discussed strategies for encouraging more women and other underrepresented groups to pursue careers in animation. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
“Do record stores even exist anymore?” joked Emmylou Harris with her crowd at Royce Hall. The Grammy award-winning artist and the Recording Academy’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award winner reminisced about music consumption in the older days, saying that today, one can find her songs in the ether – referring to streaming services, most likely. Read more...
Photo: Country musician Emmylou Harris, a 13-time Grammy award winner, performed at Royce Hall on Thursday night with the Red Dirt Boys. Some dated songs from her set list were polished for the modern stage, she said. (Courtesy of Reed Hutchinson)
“Trench” is a cohesive album – but not in a good way. Twenty One Pilots dropped its latest album Friday, and it featured 14 songs, of which only three stood out. Read more...
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Morten Bay began researching tweets exploring the relationship between fake news and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” As a fan himself, he had seen other fans on Twitter willing to believe disinformation about the movie’s critical reception because it reinforced their beliefs that the film was bad. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of David James/Lucasfilm)
In an era where dessert is often evaluated by its Instagram potential, Los Angeles shines as one of the world’s premier cities for sweet treats. Join Daily Bruin staffers each week as they visit different dessert joints, going behind the scenes to give you an exclusive look into the creation of trending sugary concoctions. Read more...
Photo: The Baked Bear is a custom ice cream sandwich eatery offering ice cream, cookies, brownies and doughnuts. “Bear Batter” ice cream, blue cake batter with brownies, is the chain’s specialty.(Rachel Lee/Daily Bruin)
Ordinary stairs serve as alligator teeth in the Hammer Museum’s new mural “Pink Dots.” The piece, created by alum Math Bass, was first unveiled Saturday and will be on display until Feb. Read more...
Photo: Alum Math Bass’ mural is now on display at the lobby of the Hammer Museum. Bass has been building up a repertoire of symbols as a part of their artistic language for the past six years, with the mural featuring a number of the images. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
