Other ways to give - at UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance

CAP UCLA ANNUAL FUND

UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance is dedicated to the advancement of the contemporary performing arts in all disciplines – dance, music, spoken word and theater, as well as emerging digital, collaborative and cross-platforms utilized by today’s leading artists. By supporting the CAP UCLA annual fund, you are providing flexible operating funds that help ensure we can curate and facilitate direct exposure to exceptional contemporary performance from around the globe, support artists who are creating extraordinary works, and foster a vibrant learning community both on and off the UCLA campus. Your generosity allows Los Angeles audiences to connect to new ways of seeing and better understanding the world we live in now.

UCLA NIMOY THEATER FUND

CAP UCLA will launch a capital campaign to raise funds for the renovation and activation of its new performance space, the UCLA Nimoy Theater. Through philanthropic support, the space will be transformed from a dormant movie theater into an innovative and flexible 250+ seat performing arts venue that will play a vital role in the arts ecology of Los Angeles. Inspired by this vision, and to inspire other arts supporters, one of the campaign’s lead donors has made a challenge gift that will match dollar for dollar all contributions to the campaign up to $2.5 million.

THE DIRECTOR'S FUND

The Director’s Fund bolsters the vision behind the major initiatives at CAP UCLA. Support to the Director’s Fund accelerates our participation in the international dialogues pertinent to the performing arts with cultural partners and global networks. This support galvanizes our leadership efforts that result in proactive creative development, and is the sole resource through which the Artistic Director is able to make advance commitments to projects that would otherwise languish in the delay of annual budget approval cycles.

While that may not sound sexy, the reality is ~ 70% of the artists and major projects that are presented come from the Director’s proactive commitment. The remaining 30% evolve from routed touring opportunities. If these figures were reversed, the majority of the season would be derived from what is shaped by availability rather than visionary pursuit.

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE FUND

Artists need resources and space for creative research, rehearsal and experimentation. Long before a performance is ready for a public audience, it is being tested, critiqued and refined behind the scenes. The Residency Fund supports CAP UCLA’s initiative to award up to 8 artists a concentrated creative development period within the Royce Hall rehearsal space. Resident artists are given access to UCLA research areas, the special collections archives and research libraries, in addition to the expertise of the Center’s departmental staff. Artists typically open one “work in progress” showing for students, CAP UCLA members or their artist peers towards the end of the residency, which are hosted by the Center.

FELLOWS FUND

The Artists acknowledged as Fellows are considered master practitioners in their artistic achievements, and benefit from a three-year commitment by the Center to present their ongoing works under full production as part of the main stage public programming. In addition, the Center develops enhanced contextual and archival material for each of the artists, and forges connections on their behalf that can expand the support for their future work. Fellows are on campus intermittently over the three years, and are generous in exchanging their practices with students and academics in addition to provoking ideas for the Center to consider. Inaugural Fellows include: Laurie Anderson and Robert Wilson.

Contributors to the Fellows Fund, provide lasting impact to renowned artists whose legacy and work becomes an enduring part of UCLA for future generations.

DFS ANNUAL FUND

Since 1969, Design for Sharing has brought a world of creativity and inspiration to public school students in Los Angeles by providing interactive and educational arts programming for more than 10,000 K-12 students each year. Your support helps DFS facilitate a student’s experience of being on the the UCLA campus while participating in free performances, workshops, and hands-on arts activities at both CAP UCLA, as well as through residency programs directly in students’ own classrooms. In addition, to help teachers extend the impact of performance experiences and art-making activities, DFS produces educational materials, discussion guides and links to artists and arts information. In its first 50 years, over half a million young people have experienced exceptional artists and programming through DFS programs.

DFS BUY A BUS

When you Buy A Bus for CAP UCLA you help fill a crucial void in arts education for K-12 students. Most public schools do not have any funds to pay for buses for field trips of any kind. To help remedy this crisis, we established the Perloff Memorial Bus Fund which provides free transportation for schools to attend DFS programs.

Contributions to the Perloff Memorial Bus Fund specifically subsidize transportation to UCLA for DFS events. Please note, because Buy-A-Bus contributions are fully tax-deductible and specifically directed to underwrite student transport, those funds cannot be applied to CAP UCLA membership support.