design arts

Melissa Pugash smiles when she thinks about the time she learned to play poker. She had no experience with the game, but she had a curiosity to learn. That day, she found herself at a table surrounded by "poker sharks," but instead of a cutthroat ...

Growing up in picturesque Chile, Gabriel Pacheco found himself drawn to the beauty of the natural landscape around him. While his journey has included detours far afield from his current career, Pacheco eventually found his way back to nature at UCLA ...

K Tak knows that there is a certain baggage that comes with tattoo art. It is often confined to the corners of society, covered up when in company, and somewhat opaque to the average person. "But tattoo art has 5,300 years of history," she added. "And ...

Krissy Warlich and Cara Sandoval have been best friends since high school. They went to community college together. And they even earned certificates from UCLA Extension just one year apart from one another. This year, they decided to embark on the ...

Purchased by UCLA in 2023, UCLA Downtown originally housed the Title Insurance and Trust Company, which erected the Art Deco building in 1928. Since then, its uses have fluctuated - at one point a design center, later a garment manufacturing and most ...

To Nick Brown, art is more than just a passion, it is a calling. And it started early. Like most children, Brown loved drawing - from dinosaur bones to Star Wars landspeeders. He had a desire to share things with the world and to help others view the ...