Type Public Campus Urban Mascot UCLA Bruins | Established 1939 Website College website Founded 1939 | |
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Location Los Angeles, California Motto Fiat lux; Let there be light Parent organization University of California, Los Angeles Profiles | ||
The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture (UCLA Arts) is a professional school at the University of California, Los Angeles. Through the six degree-granting departments, it provides a range of course offerings and programs. Additionally, there are five centers located within the school.
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History
In 1919, UCLA's leadership demonstrated an early commitment to offer students opportunities to explore the arts by the establishment of an art gallery and a music department. But in 1939 the College of Applied Arts was founded with the addition of a Department of Art, followed by the College of Fine Arts in 1960, with degrees available in art, dance, music, and theater arts.
Following academic restructuring in the late 1980s, the UC Regents formally approved the establishment of two schools: the School of the Arts and the School of Theater, Film and Television. In 1994 architecture and urban design joined the School of the Arts, which became the School of the Arts and Architecture (UCLA Arts).
Christopher Waterman was appointed dean of the School of the Arts and Architecture in 2003.
Departments
Production, Research, and Exhibition Units
Facilities
Institutions
Three public arts institutions, including a major performing arts program (UCLA Live), are located within the School of the Arts and Architecture. These institutions offer access to leading anthropological, historical and contemporary visual arts exhibitions and collections, as well as presentations by performing artists.