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A Cross-Disciplinary Portrait of Creative Work at UCLA

Gathered here by creative practice, the class of 2026 tells their stories on the cusp of graduation. Reflecting on what they made, how UCLA shaped it, and what they're carrying forward.

MEDIA ARTS

A digital media installation with video on three walls, computer screens on the floor and other metal structures

The body in the machine: Chelly Jin, MFA Design Media Arts

A young filmmaker on a set with a horse corral and white horse holds a scene clapboard

Stories worth telling: Amber Payne, BA Film and Television

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Making It Real: Yash Nasikkar, BA Design Media Arts

An animated alien is surrounded by cookware

The Static Between: Dina Alkhateeb, BA Design Media Arts

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The Ground Is Fertile

MUSIC

Collage of two performers, a flutist on the left and a saxophonist on the right

The songs we carry: Gael Saldana, BA Global Jazz Studies, and Mickey Hashim, BA Ethnomusicology and Bs Mathematics

VISUAL ARTS AND DESIGN

Collage with portraits of Nabil Davidson (left) and EmaLee Davidson (right) against a backdrop of a black and white blueprint.

Found conditions: EmaLee and Nabil Davidson, MArch

LITERARY ARTS

ARTS CURATION AND EDUCATION