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Monica Majoli Featured in Mousse Magazine
Connie Samaras has Two Exhibitions at UC San DiegoConnie Samaras has Two Exhibitions at UC San Diego
UC Irvine Professor of Art Connie Samaras currently has two exhibitions running at UC San Diego. The exhibitions are titled, Connie Samaras: Speculative Landscapes, and feature Samaras’ photography and video from the series Edge of Twilight, V.A.L.I.S, and After the American Century...
Ulysses Jenkins in ‘BACKSTORY’ in Art in America Magazine Ulysses Jenkins in ‘BACKSTORY’ in Art in America Magazine
Professor of Art Ulysses Jenkins is in BACKSTORY by Kerry James Marshall. The article describes his time at Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County with fellow artists Ulysses Jenkins, Greg Pitts, and Ronnie Nichols. BACKSTORY by Kerry James Marshall
For a New ‘Rainbow,’ Donald McKayle Is Still ExplainingFor a New ‘Rainbow,’ Donald McKayle Is Still Explaining
The most ferocious sound in the room at the David H. Koch Theater was coming from an 85-year-old man in a wheelchair. But the years melted away as that man — Donald McKayle, the modern dance and Broadway choreographer known for exploring African-American themes in his work — watched a recent...
Amy Bauer Presented at the Intercultural Music Conference 2016
Kojiro Umezaki performed at TED 2016Kojiro Umezaki performed at TED 2016
Associate Professor of Music Kojiro Umezaki performed with the Silk Road Ensemble and Rhiannon Giddens at the main TED Conference (TED 2016) in Vancouver, Canada. Kojiro has been with the Silk Road Ensemble for fifteen years. LINK - Silk Road Ensemble LINK - Rhiannon Giddens
Christopher Dobrian Appointed 2016 International Conference on Musical Gesture as Creative Interface Committee Christopher Dobrian Appointed 2016 International Conference on Musical Gesture as Creative Interface Committee
Professor of Music Christopher Dobrian was appointed to the scientific committee of the 2016 International Conference on Musical Gesture as Creative Interface in Porto, Portugal. He will be presenting his research there in March on the topic of "Using Detected Gestures in Music as the Control...
Michael Dessen Trio Awarded New Music USA Project GrantMichael Dessen Trio Awarded New Music USA Project Grant
Associate Professor of Music, Michael Dessen, was awarded a project grant by New Music USA to support performances, outreach events and a recording by his electro-acoustic trio. The trio, featuring bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Dan Weiss along with Dessen on trombone/computer/composition, has...
Professor Joe Lewis in Artists' Talk at Sacramento State Professor Joe Lewis in Artists' Talk at Sacramento State
Pump Up the Volume is Jane Dickson and Joe Lewis’ celebration of hip hop’s ascension into a global movement from its earliest moments that they witnessed in the South Bronx. The exhibition consists of approximately 60+ discrete pieces, including portraits of important genre artists, dating from...
Legendary actor William Needles dies at 97 Legendary actor William Needles dies at 97
William "Bill" Needles, former professor of Drama and one of Canada's best-known Shakespearean actors, has died at age 97. Needles served as an acting teacher at the University of California for a number of years and was a mentor to hundreds. "Perhaps the greatest of his many talents was his...
Ansel Adams' Student Photo CallAnsel Adams' Student Photo Call
(c) Theater Times - November 14, 2015 by Cristofer Gross with Robert Cohen ANSEL ADAMS' STUDENT PHOTO CALL A surprising photo credit for a college rehearsal shot sparks inquiry. Walking into UC Irvine’s main library in 2008, I stopped before a poster bearing a remarkable photograph. The...
Director Don Hill’s Take on “La Mancha”
‘Elsewhere’ Here at Claire Trevor‘Elsewhere’ Here at Claire Trevor
Annie Loui’s Elsewhere presented by Counter-Balance Theater returns to UC Irvine as part of the Chancellor’s Illuminations initiative. The play, based on the Kazuo Ishiguro’s book “Never Let Me Go,” questions the boundaries of medical ethics and explores the universal-timeless search for self-...
Jane Page Received Great Reviews for Directing “I and You” at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Jane Page Received Great Reviews for Directing “I and You” at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
Professor of Drama Jane Page receives great reviews from multiple media outlets for her work directing “I and You” at the Repertory Theater of St. Louis. The show runs from October 28-November 15, 2015. To read all reviews click on the links below. http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2015/11/02/i-and-...
Tony DeLap Featured in Coast Magazine Tony DeLap Featured in Coast Magazine
Tony DeLap was a Professor of Art at UC Irvine from 1965 until 1991. He has collections at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Guggenheim in New York, as well as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Laguna Art Museum. To read the full article click on the link. www.coastmagazine.com/...
“American Alchemy”, by Professor Joe Lewis, at the Newport Beach Public Library 
Professor David Brodbeck Received Prestigious Virgil Thompson Award Professor David Brodbeck Received Prestigious Virgil Thompson Award
Professor of Music David Brodbeck's book, Defining Deutschtum: Political Ideology, German Identity, and Music-Critical Discourse in Liberal Vienna (Oxford University Press, 2014), which the Times Literary Supplement (London) has called "an impressive work of scholarship that reconstructs...
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