Creative CommunitiesCreative Communities
How Claire Trevor School of the Arts clubs cultivate belonging and equity beyond the classroom and across campus By Diana Kalaji At UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA), students’ success goes beyond main-stage productions, choral performances and thesis exhibitions. With...
UCI Drama Students Shine in Masterclass with Broadway’s Kerry ButlerUCI Drama Students Shine in Masterclass with Broadway’s Kerry Butler
Masterclass leads to a surprise duet as Butler invites student Nathan Bravo to perform at her concert. On Friday, January 24, UC Irvine Drama faculty members Daniel Keeling and Myrona DeLaney accompanied 25 music theatre students to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts for a special masterclass...
UC Irvine’s Artists Featured in Hammer Museum’s Made in L.A. 2025 Biennial UC Irvine’s Artists Featured in Hammer Museum’s Made in L.A. 2025 Biennial
Four Department of Art faculty and alumni featured Hammer Museum has announced 27 artists selected for the 2025 Made in L.A., the highly anticipated biennial showcasing contemporary artists working in the greater Los Angeles area. Among them are four artists from UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor...
The Contemporary Arts Center Gallery (CAC) Opens 'The Intimacies Between Continents' on Feb. 8 The Contemporary Arts Center Gallery (CAC) Opens 'The Intimacies Between Continents' on Feb. 8
DOWNLOAD THE PRESS KIT Three contemporary artists work across video, sculpture and installation to unearth the often-forgotten material traces of the historical processes that produced global capitalism The University of California, Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts is pleased to...
Dark Comedy Takes the SpotlightDark Comedy Takes the Spotlight
Pulitzer Prize finalist Gloria brings biting humor and thrilling drama to UC Irvine Irvine, Calif., Jan. 20, 2025 — UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama presents Gloria, an explosive dark comedy by acclaimed playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. A Pulitzer Prize finalist...
UC Irvine Newkirk Faculty Fellowship Symposium Features Three CTSA ProfessorsUC Irvine Newkirk Faculty Fellowship Symposium Features Three CTSA Professors
The event will showcase the creative activities of Newkirk Faculty Fellows that build on the center's mission for Science & Society Please RSVP to join the UC Irvine Newkirk Faculty Fellowship Symposium, “Existential Crises and Imagining Futures,” on Friday, January 24, 2025, from...
Beall Center for Art + Technology Presents ‘Engaging the Margins’Beall Center for Art + Technology Presents ‘Engaging the Margins’
DOWNLOAD THE PRESS KIT The exhibition showcases the work where artmaking, practice-based research and scholarship intersect IRVINE, Calif., January 7, 2025 — The Beall Center for Art + Technology at the University of California, Irvine, is pleased to announce the opening of Engaging the...
Dramatic ActionDramatic Action
Theater of Community festival challenges bigotry, bias and ideas of identity By Christine Byrd Can theater help us navigatethe real-life dramas created by bigotry, bias and our own sense of identity? The creators of Theater of Community believe it can. Running through the spring of...
Widening the LensWidening the Lens
Assyrian-American director and writer Dalia Ashurina (drama, '17) hopes to change the perception of Middle Eastern women and culture By Greg Hardesty Dalia Ashurina grew up in the Central Valley city of Turlock, far from her Assyrian mother’s birthplace of Baghdad, Iraq. But one-quarter of...
In Memory of Lorraine O’GradyIn Memory of Lorraine O’Grady
Lorraine O’Grady (1934–2024) Lorraine O’Grady, pioneering conceptual artist, writer, critic and former UC Irvine faculty member, passed away on December 13 at 90. O’Grady’s transformative career spanned decades and mediums, exploring the intersections of race, gender and identity. Working...
Professor of Art Simon Leung Selected for “Artforum's” Best of 2024: Critics' Favorite CriticsProfessor of Art Simon Leung Selected for “Artforum's” Best of 2024: Critics' Favorite Critics
Leung’s recognition highlights his continuing impact on contemporary Asian American art UC Irvine Professor of Art Simon Leung has been recognized in Artforum’s Best of 2024: Critics’ Favorite Critics section, a new feature spotlighting the year’s most compelling contributions to criticism. Art...
UC Irvine faculty and Alumnus Awarded ARTnews 2024 Award for Best Thematic Museum ShowUC Irvine faculty and Alumnus Awarded ARTnews 2024 Award for Best Thematic Museum Show
Scratching at the Moon exhibition is the first focused survey of Asian American artists in a major Los Angeles contemporary art museum The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) exhibition Scratching at the Moon has been awarded the ARTnews Award for Best Thematic Museum Show of...
Full STEAM AheadFull STEAM Ahead
How three women double majoring in the arts and sciences draw from it all By Diana Kalaji At UC Irvine, a convergence of artistic talent and scientific inquiry thrives. Meet Cassidy Doan, Isabella Cao and Brenna Farrell. What do these three students have in common? Besides relying on...
Emma Andres '20 creates ballet based on the acclaimed novel by Louisa May AlcottEmma Andres '20 creates ballet based on the acclaimed novel by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women Ballet takes over the historic Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles Department of Dance graduate Emma Andres (B.F.A., ’20) has carved a unique space in ballet as artistic director of Little Women Ballet. Inspired by Louisa May Alcott's timeless novel about four sisters...
The UC Irvine Chamber Singers Release Holiday EPThe UC Irvine Chamber Singers Release Holiday EP
Celebrate the holidays with classical hymns in Winter Night The UC Irvine Chamber Singers release their first holiday EP, Winter Night, on Friday, November 29, 2024. Produced by Signum Records, the musical collection features four songs with an available single, Gabriel’s Message, featuring...
Robert Cohen, the founding chair of the Department of Drama at UC Irvine passesRobert Cohen, the founding chair of the Department of Drama at UC Irvine passes
Robert Cohen (1938-2024) Claire Trevor Professor of Drama Emeritus Robert Cohen passed away on Nov. 15, 2024, at 86. A towering figure in the theater world, Cohen was a founding faculty of the Department of Drama at UC Irvine. Cohen joined UCI in 1965 after earning his undergraduate...
‘9 to 5’ hits all the right notes‘9 to 5’ hits all the right notes
Department of Drama presents Dolly Parton’s hit musical with a message of equality Claire Trevor School of the Arts is preparing for a rollicking production of 9 to 5: The Musical, set to take the stage from Nov. 21-24 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. Based on the 1980s film, this lively musical...
UC Irvine Chamber Singers Place Second in the American PrizeUC Irvine Chamber Singers Place Second in the American Prize
Chamber Singers receive national recognition in choral performance The UC Irvine Chamber Singers, directed by Dr. Irene Messoloras, professor in the Department of Music, have earned second place in the 2024 American Prize in Choral Performance—college/university division (smaller program). The...
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