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UC Irvine to Present Restive Moves: A Multimedia Festival of Dance, Music, Film and Mindfulness
Led by Professor S. Ama Wray, Ph.D., the festival unites artists, educators and community members at the xMPL Irvine, Calif., March 31, 2026 – The University of California, Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts will present Restive Moves: A Multimedia Festival of Dance, Music, Film and...
Vitor Luiz to Perform in Pacific Symphony's Echoes of Freedom Nowruz Concert
UCI Dance faculty member choreographs and performs in an event honoring Iranian cultural expression Assistant Professor Vitor Luiz of the UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Dance will choreograph and perform in Echoes of Freedom, a concert presented by Pacific Symphony and...
The Artists’ Laboratory
In the Experimental Media Performance Lab, technology blends with art to offer immersive, boundary-pushing experiences for audiences By Christine Byrd In William Fastenow’s, Ph.D. ’25 capstone recital, Art of the Unheard, audiences walked on elevated paths with pairs of speakers above...
Arts Advocates: Jeff Beall
TECHNOLOGICAL STEWARD Q&A with Jeff Beall As the Beall Center for Art + Technology marks its 25th anniversary, Jeff Beall, artist, publisher and entrepreneur and son of founders Don and Joan Beall, sat down with David Familian, the Beall’s artistic director, for an intimate conversation...
Disruptive Cultures
The Beall Center for Art + Technology concludes its 25th anniversary with an examination of social media By Christine Byrd Visitors to the Beall Center for Art + Technology this spring will be greeted by two ghostly figures on a screen, their endless, friendly chatter to each other powered by...
Yong Soon Min Memorial Fund Reaches Endowment Goal
Endowed fund honors the late artist and professor while supporting future generations of UC Irvine graduate students The Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine has successfully reached the $50,000 goal to establish the Yong Soon Min Endowed Memorial Fund,...
Alex Eto Van Duyne Choreographing Across Disciplines
Medici Circle Scholar Alex Eto Van Duyne and their trip to Jasmin Vardimon Summer Intensive By Gamy Cortes When Department of Dance B.F.A. student Alex Eto Van Duyne ’26 talks about choreography, she rarely speaks about movement alone. Since dancing at their community college, she realized...
Kendal Villa '26 Showcases Feminine Autonomy Through Dance Film
Medici Circle Scholar Kendal Villa and ¿Te Tiento? By Gamy Cortes Kendal Villa ’26 remembers the moment dance became her calling. While at a competition, surrounded by grand sets, skilled dancers and performers, something clicked. “I wanted to bring stories to life,” said Villa....
Amanda Ross-Ho Joins FXR Collective for Getty Performances and Venice Biennale Collaboration
UC Irvine professor contributes to international FXR project exploring care, community and collective artistic practice Getty announced a new performance engagement with Fac Xtra Retreat (FXR), a collective of seven Los Angeles-based Asian American artists and educators that includes UC Irvine...
Collin Felter Unifies Conflicting Modes of Music
Medici Circle Scholar Collin Felter and Felterman’s Deli By Gamy Cortes Before Collin Felter ’27 came to UC Irvine’s Ph.D. program in history and theory of music, and prior to breaking his wrist in a car accident back in 2021, Felter believed his future career was set for...
Returning to the Claire Trevor Theatre
After completing his graduate training during the pandemic, Evan Lugo, M.F.A ’22 returns to UC Irvine to perform in Noises Off On Friday, March 6, 2026, the UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama presents Noises Off, Michael Frayn’s iconic backstage farce known for its...
Colt McGuire Engineers Stories
Medici Circle Scholar Colt McGuire and his internship at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival By Gamy Cortes Until his senior year of high school, Colt McGuire believed that spending his days coding was his only calling. After gaining experience in scenic construction and acting, however, he...
Voices Heard Round the World
Conductor Irene Messoloras creates community around excellence By Christine Byrd The voices of UCI Chamber Singers have filled the concert halls and cathedrals of Portugal and Ireland as well as New York’s historic Carnegie Hall — twice — performing to sold-out audiences. Their holiday mini...
Ulysses Jenkins, visionary video artist and cultural storyteller, dies at 79
A visionary educator and early innovator in video art, Jenkins shaped generations of artists and expanded the language of media and performance. Ulysses Jenkins, a trailblazing video, performance and multimedia artist whose work helped define the language of contemporary media art while fiercely...
Meredith Monk honored with Claire Trevor Lifetime Achievement Award during UC Irvine residency
The annual Art of Performance series welcomes the trailblazing composer and performer for a week of interdisciplinary engagement Irvine, Calif., Feb. 19, 2026 — The UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts will welcome visionary interdisciplinary artist Meredith Monk to campus this March for a...
Beatrice Schleyer: Reclaiming Wreckage, Reframing Modernism
Medici Circle Scholar Beatrice Schleyer and Her Trip to The Chinati Foundation By Gamy Cortes For Department of Art student Beatrice Schleyer, M.F.A '27, making art with auto parts that have been involved in collisions, entails having an awareness of their provenance. “I'm...
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