Design for Sharing at CAP UCLA

08/19/2019

It's here! We're about to embark on our 50th season of sharing the arts! RSVPs for are officially open--events start October 11.

https://cap.ucla.edu/dfs/upcoming_events/

06/28/2019

This year, DFS hosted almost 9,000 students from 68 schools and provided 144 buses. Stay tuned to see what next year holds--RSVPs open August 15!

05/08/2019

We’re thrilled to share Nico Muhly’s newest work with High School composition students, who got to sit in on an a open rehearsal.

05/01/2019

900 fourth, fifth, and sixth graders are on their way to Royce Hall to experience Quattrosound! It's a beautiful morning for sharing music.

04/30/2019

CAP UCLA

DFS is thrilled to close out our Demonstration Performance season with Love Heals All Wounds. We can't wait to share this work with hundreds of teens from across LA!

Through the vehicle of dance “Love Heals All Wounds” by Jon Boogz and Lil Buck tackles the most pressing social issues of our time.

Leap into your seat on Thu, May 23 at Royce Hall >> http://bit.ly/2UEkZJb

03/30/2019

CAP UCLA

It was an awesome morning for 500 Middle and High School students!

Here's a short clip of Nano Stern performing for LAUSD middle school students this morning at The Theatre at Ace Hotel DTLA - made possible through our arts education program Design for Sharing.

We'll be back this Saturday night for Nano's full debut concert.
Who's joining us? >> bit.ly/2T8qb78 🎸

03/18/2019

Starting the week out right with Tabari Lake and 50 middle school music students!

02/27/2019

Events Calendar - Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA

We're gearing up for a busy spring! Check out our calendar to see the two new events we just added, and stay tuned for more exciting additions soon.

Calendar of Events

10/29/2018

We're So proud of our students! 5 classes of 4th and 5th graders made mini books of art and poetry as part of our In-School Residency programs at UCLA Community School.

05/08/2018

Some of our favorite moments from Design for Sharing's '17-'18 season. Thank you to all the students and teachers that participated-- We love having you all at UCLA so much that we are exploring new parts of Los Angeles for the '18-'19 season for more students, schools, and performances.. Next year DFS ventures to The Theatre at Ace Hotel DTLA and Ford Theatres! See you there :)

03/09/2018

music in the morning...#kronosquartet

03/09/2018

Kronos Quartet getting ready for the arrival of 1,500 kids form school across LA, a good way to start the day! #designfor sharing, #capucla, #kronosquartet, #artseducation

02/21/2018

Salsa Dance Partaaay!! Some free style dancing at the end of our week-long residency at UCLA Community School, working with our partners at CONTRA-TIEMPO, and over 150 awesome 4th and 5th graders. Thanks to all the parents who came to our presentation today, and to the teachers and administrators at Community School who believe that kids deserve access to the arts to build their creative spirits! #uclacommunityschool #artseducation

02/21/2018

Getting some Salsa on with students at UCLA Community School and our teaching artist partners at CONTRA-TIEMPO!

02/16/2018

Jazz Percussionist Antonio Sanchez sat in with music students from Centennial High School this morning, sharing his love of jazz and the opportunity it provides to always "be in conversation." Many thanks to Antonio for sharing his passion, and to all the budding student musicians from Centennial who put their work out there. What a great morning!

02/15/2018

Sharing the love of art and culture with the next generation - there is nothing like Royce Hall filled to capacity with young students awash in wonder, curiosity and delight. This is how we fix the world... #artinaction #artseducation

02/15/2018

1,500 elementary kids just went nuts over this -- Gamelan Cudamani bringing it home! Just another day of sharing the arts with our community's kids!

02/15/2018

The amazing Gamelan Cudamani from Bali loads in this afternoon as we get ready for tomorrow's performance for 1,500 students from across Los Angeles. Can't wait!

01/04/2018

"I liked when there was a song that sounded like water"

"like a school band but even better"

"thank you"

These are just some of the many reviews and thank you notes we received from LAUSD 4th and 5th graders after Ónix Ensamble's demonstration performance. We loved reading them!

12/05/2017

Kids love drums! Pounding it home with Dr. Craig Woodson, drummer and ethnomusicologist extraordinaire in Royce Hall. #artseducation #CAPUCLA #theartsmatter

12/05/2017

Alejandro Escuer from ONIX Ensamble and his mighty flute, 1200 LAUSD middle school students attending the performance this morning in Royce Hall were wowed! DFS sharing the arts on a Music Monday! #artseducation

12/02/2017

Music students from Centennial High School jam with musicians from Bixiga70 after watching an open rehearsal for tomorrow night's "That Bad Donato" in Royce Hall. Just another typical morning at DFS: sharing love of culture by sharing the arts.

12/01/2017

The Royce Rehearsal Room is rocking this morning with 45 high schoolers, Joao Donato and Bixiga70!

11/28/2017

UCLA Giving

Celebrate #GivingTuesday by making a gift to the DFS Buy-A-Bus Fund!

For nearly 50 years, Design For Sharing has offered a world of creativity and inspiration public school students across Los Angeles by inviting them to UCLA's beautiful campus for free arts programs.
Help us continue our legacy of sharing with your gift to the Buy-A-Bus fund, providing free transportation to students attending DFS events.

Make a gift and give kids a lift!

11/08/2017

CAP UCLA

We can't wait to share AteNine's exciting work with high school dance students tomorrow morning!

"We live in a very intense reality right now and I think it's really fine not to hide it. If we can deal with it through stage, onstage, offstage, there is a chance we can process it. Then, there's a chance we can change."

We caught up with Ate9 dANCEcOMPANY's Danielle Agami during rehearsals for "calling glenn" to talk about her collaboration with Glenn Kotche and her outlook on art.

09/28/2017

Dancers backstage, students in the audience...another typical morning at Design for Sharing! #artseducation

09/28/2017

Just a few of the fabulous LAUSD schools joining us this morning for a dance concert with #contra_tiempo -- 1,400 young people from our community participating in the arts! #designforsharing #capucla #uclaarts #artseducation

09/28/2017

And, we're off! Our first Demonstration Performance of 2017/2018 is underway. 1,300 students are engrossed in a performance by CONTRA-TIEMPO.

09/22/2017

This is your brain on art

At DFS, we know the experience of a live performance is always an opportunity to make connections. That's one reason we do what we do.
Check out this incredible Washington Post article that explores how our brains and bodies respond to a dance performance.
"...we’re watching a story unfold that connects us with the performers, vicariously feeling and making meaning out of the actions on stage, responding to the magnetism of specific visual cues, experiencing heightened emotions"

When we experience art, we feel connected to something larger. Why? A new field of science has the answers to some of art’s enduring mysteries.

08/29/2017

Events Calendar - Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA

The DFS Demonstration Performance Calendar is up and ready to accept your RSVPs for our fall programs. Stay tuned to see what's coming in the Winter and Spring!

Calendar of Events

08/29/2017

Three of our awesome DFS Board Members: Merle Measer, Stephanie Snyder and Billie Fischer experience the culmination art exhibit at our first in-school residency of the new school year at UCLA Community School. Arts ED programs like this would not be possible without the support, passion and belief of our donors -- thanks to all our DFS supporters who make the arts a reality for our community's kids. We love you!

08/29/2017

#designforsharing begins its 9th year of arts residencies with our fabulous partners at #uclacommunityschool.Over 100 4th and 5th grade students went on a gallery walk of their self portraits and poetry, a culmination of a week's hard work and creativity. Thank you to our dear students for allowing us to see the world through your eyes -- our hearts fill with hope. We love you guys! #artmatters #artseducation #lausdarts #uclaarts

08/04/2017

Summer's almost over at DFS! LAUSD is back in session on August 15, and we'll be ready with our 2017/18 Demonstration Performance Calendar!

04/03/2017

Old Man Dances...

04/03/2017

Sharing the mysteries of the amazing Gamelan this morning with 60 music students from Porter Middle School. Thanks to Gamelan Master Nyoman Wenten and his amazing students for sharing their love for this incredible music.