About the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture
About the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture
The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture (UCLA Arts) plays a vital role in the cultural and artistic life of the university and the communities that we serve. Our commitment to innovative education, pioneering research, dynamic public service, and community engagement is fueled by our unwavering belief in the fundamental value of creativity and the artist’s unique ability to shape the future and change the world. One of twelve prestigious professional schools at UCLA, UCLA Arts offers leading programs in four degree-granting departments: Architecture and Urban Design, Art, Design | Media Arts and World Arts and Cultures/Dance, and one school-wide minor, the Visual and Performing Arts Education program (VAPAE). Our internationally acclaimed museums—the Fowler and the Hammer—and groundbreaking performing arts program—the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA—provide a vibrant cultural commons that connects the public to the university—and the university to the broader community—through the vitality of the arts.
The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
Dean's Office
Dean's Office
Brett Steele
Dean
Lionel Popkin
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Anya Booker
Associate Dean and Executive Director, Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Michael Chung
Associate Dean, Administration
Anne Marie Burke
Executive Director, Strategic Communications
Berivan Eisenhardt
Executive Director, Development
Barry Cautivar
Director, Staff Personnel
Linda Holmes
Director, Operations and IT Services
Tiffany Long
Senior Academic Personnel Analyst
Shantel Daniels
Director, Office of Student Services
Ellen Hermann
Chief Financial Officer
Laura Young
Director, Enrollment Management
CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
Mariana Ibañez
Chair, Architecture and Urban Design
Catherine Opie
Chair, Art
Rebeca Méndez
Chair, Design | Media Arts
Jay O’Shea
Chair, World Arts and Cultures / Dance
Brett Steele
Interim Director, UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance
Silvia Forni
Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director, Fowler Museum
Ann Philbin
Director, Hammer Museum
David Gere
Director, Art & Global Health Center
Victoria Vesna
Director, Art|Sci Center
Peter Sellars
Director, Boethius Initiative
Dana Cuff
Director, cityLAB
Lauren Lee McCarthy, Chandler McWilliams, Casey Reas
Co-Directors, Conditional Studio
Rebeca Méndez
Director, Counterforce Lab
Cindy Burlingham
Director, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
Eddo Stern
Director, UCLA Game Lab
Kevin Kane
Director, Visual and Performing Arts Education Program
Hitoshi Abe
Director, X-LAB
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE 2024 COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE
Brett Steele, Committee Chair; Diana Alvarez, Anne Marie Burke, Tajairi Brown-Neuson, Kylie Carrigan, Michael Chung, Shantel Daniels, Linda Holmes, Lionel Popkin, Giselle Velazquez