From Art to Impact
The Fund for Excellence addresses the most pressing needs of the School of the Arts and Architecture. Directed by the dean, generous gifts to this fund have supported a wide range of projects touching every facet of university life, including:
- critical facilities upgrades, such as improvements to the school’s exhibition gallery, where all art students now have the opportunity to present their work in a professional setting;
- public programming, such as a recent symposium exploring the intersection of architecture, artificial intelligence, and virtual worlds;
- initiatives that preserve the important legacy of the arts at UCLA, such as an oral history project documenting and archiving the fifty-five year history of dance at UCLA, home of the first dance department in a public university.
Ambitious and impactful projects like these are only possible through your generosity. When you give to the Fund for Excellence, you help us tackle our highest priorities and seize new opportunities to nurture the cultural leaders of tomorrow and unlock the limitless potential of the nation’s leading public arts university.
Undergraduate students gather to present dioramas.
Display of white architectural models.
Student and professor examine textile pattern.
“While the heart of [UCLA Arts] remains on the Westwood campus, its soul extends beyond the campus borders to the greater Los Angeles area with ... outreach programs, concerts, exhibitions, symposia and dance productions presented in cooperation with groups throughout L.A.”
Christopher Waterman
Former Dean, School of the Arts and Architecture