Staff News -- Jan. 24, 2014
Moshayedi joined the curation team at the Hammer in July of 2013 and since then has curated two exhibits for the Hammer Contemporary Collection. Moshayedi has curated the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater and LA><ART, in addition to writing on art and video for several publications, such as "Art in America" and "X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly." For the fellowship, he will visit artist studios and organizations in Beirut in Lebanon, Tehran inIran, Beit Sahour in Palestine, Cairo in Egypt and Istanbul in Turkey.
The Warhol Foundation’s curatorial fellowship program, launched in 2008, aims to encourage curatorial research leading to new scholarship in the field of contemporary art. Grants are designed to support travel, archival research, convening of colleagues, interviews and time to write.
Transportation publication wins award from American Planning Association
ACCESS Magazine, the publication housed at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, has been named the recipient of a National Planning Excellence Award by the American Planning Association. The award celebrates efforts to increase awareness and understanding about the planning profession, and "tell the planning story."
ACCESS reports on research funded by the University of California Transportation Center. Launched 21 years ago, ACCESS has consistently made transportation research useful for policymakers and planning practitioners. With a goal of translating academic research into readable articles intended for a lay audience, ACCESS helps bring academic research into the public policy debate.
The biannual magazine has more than 8,500 subscribers and 1,000 website visitors per month from more than 60 countries. Its ease of reading and widespread fan base has led to numerous reprint requests and articles being translated by international publications, including the leading Chinese journal, Urban Transport of China.
ACCESS Magazine was also named the 2012 Organization of the Year by the California Transportation Foundation and was nominated for the 2013 White House Champions of Change Award. The publication is funded by the California and U.S. Departments of Transportation.
To learn more about ACCESS and sign up for a free subscription, visit the publication's website.
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