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Dana Farouki Dana Farouki is a curator and patron, specializing in Middle East contemporary art. Farouki was the first member of the Guggenheim Museum Abu Dhabi curatorial staff, serving as Assistant Curator until June 2010. She received her bachelor’s degree in History of Art and Architecture from Brown University in 2003, and completed her master’s degree in the History and Theory of the Art Museum at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London in 2005. She also held a one-year fellowship at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. She is currently a Trustee of MoMA PS1, the leading New York museum committed to emerging art and artists. Farouki also serves on the Board of Trustees for Creative Time, New York’s foremost public arts projects organization. She is the founding Chair of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s Middle East Circle and sits on the board of Bidoun Projects. A great advocate of regional cultural initiatives, she oversaw the largest commissioning based p ....
January 27, 2021 UCLA In the News lists selected mentions of UCLA in the world’s news media. Some articles may require registration or a subscription to view. See more UCLA In the News. “If I’m a gang member and I see an open window, and a bag of money on the other side of that window, and I reach in through the window and pull out that bag of money? That’s me, Jorja Leap, committing a crime. It’s not Jorja Leap, gang member. So right there, things get very, very fuzzy,” said UCLA’s Jorja Leap (approx. 29:45 mark). ....
The project addresses the need to increase community participation in exhibitions, digital learning and public programs Patrick Polk Left: Hollywood Sikh Temple, Los Angeles, February 2020. Right: Saint Raphael Catholic Church, Los Angeles, January 2020. Erin Connors | January 25, 2021 UCLA has received a grant of $1.38 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support a new endeavor called “Engaging Lived Religion in the 21st Century Museum,” that aims to expand the Fowler Museum’s ongoing study of religious and spiritual traditions in Los Angeles and around the world. With a focus on exploring the multisensory experiences of religion, the three-year project addresses the urgent need to increase community participation in exhibitions, digital learning and public programs. The Lilly Endowment grant will enable the museum to implement new digital learning activities and provide curatorial and educational outreach support, as well as offer stipend ....