Arts Activism: UCLA Arts Alumni Respond to COVID-19

On Oct. 20, 2020, UCLA Arts convened this critical conversation on the response of the arts and culture community to COVID-19. The conversation was moderated by Kristy Edmunds, Executive and Artistic Director of CAP UCLA, with a cross-disciplinary panel of UCLA Arts alumnae including: Neda Ashtari (BA ’16, MFA Public Policy ’22, Phd Medicine ‘22) painter and medical student, Universities Allied for Essential Medicine, Free the Vaccine → https://freethevaccine.org/ → https://www.instagram.com/uaem.ucla/ Jia Gu (M.Arch ’14, Phd Architecture ’21), Director, Materials & Applications, Heat Aid initiative → https://www.materialsandapplications.org/ → https://www.instagram.com/materialsandapplications/ Analia Saban (MFA ’05) visual artist, Shield-19 → https://shield-19.org/ → https://www.instagram.com/19shield/ Mary Clare Stevens (MFA ’97) Executive Director, Mike Kelley Foundation → https://mikekelleyfoundation.org/ → https://www.instagram.com/mike_kelley_foundation/ Kristina Wong (BA ’00) performance artist, Koreatown Neighborhood Councilmember, Auntie Sewing Squad → http://auntiesewingsquad.com/ → https://www.instagram.com/auntiesewing/ ABOUT UCLA ARTS One of 12 prestigious professional schools at UCLA, the School of the Arts and Architecture is the premiere public arts school in the nation and offers leading programs in four degree-granting departments: Architecture and Urban Design, Art, Design | Media Arts, and World Arts and Cultures/Dance. → https://www.instagram.com/uclaarts/ → https://twitter.com/uclaarts → https://www.facebook.com/ucla.arts