UC Irvine Alum Joe Wein Brings Survival Story to Newport Beach Film FestivalUC Irvine Alum Joe Wein Brings Survival Story to Newport Beach Film Festival
76 Days Adrift directed by Joe Wein ’91 to screen at the 2024 Newport Beach Film Festival UC Irvine alumnus Joe Wein ’91 (B.F.A. theatre, B.S. psychology), will showcase his latest documentary, 76 Days Adrift, at the 25th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival on October 20, 2024. The film...
Cats in Outer Space!Cats in Outer Space!
Zachary Dietz Brings CatStronauts! the Mews-ical to UC Irvine This summer, Zachary Dietz, professor in the Department of Drama, known for his work as a conductor and music director for Broadway shows like Mrs. Doubtfire, In the Heights, School of Rock and more, teamed up with drama students...
Art & LegacyArt & Legacy
Young Chung (studio art, ’96) celebrates his late UC Irvine mentor, fellow Korean American artist Yong Soon Min By Greg Hardesty Back in his undergraduate days at UC Irvine in the early 1990s, after he switched his major from philosophy to studio art, Young Chung recalls seeing the professor...
Arts Advocates: Jeffrey BarrettArts Advocates: Jeffrey Barrett
ARTFUL SCIENTIST Q&A with Professor Jeffrey Barrett Jeffrey Barrett is a Chancellor’s Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at UC Irvine and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition to his research in the conceptual foundations of physics and game...
Navigating Seaways
Room Gallery Presents “Learning from ACT UP: Tactics of Direct Action”Room Gallery Presents “Learning from ACT UP: Tactics of Direct Action”
DOWNLOAD THE PRESS KIT The exhibition explores the grassroots advocacy group that confronted the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York Irvine, Calif., September 16, 2024 — The University of California, Irvine’s Room Gallery announces the opening of Learning from ACT UP: Tactics of Direct Action...
Working “9 to 5”Working “9 to 5”
Dolly Parton's hit musical brings showstopping performances to UC Irvine with a message of pay equity Irvine, Calif., Sept. 16, 2024 — UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama presents 9 to 5: The Musical as its 2024 fall production. This adaptation of the classic 1980...
Curating Connections
An “L.A. Story”An “L.A. Story”
Kevin Appel, UC Irvine Department of Art chair, displays work at Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood Kevin Appel, professor and Department of Art chair at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts is currently featured in the highly anticipated exhibition L.A. Story at Hauser & Wirth...
"A Song for Cesar" Documentary Screening at UC Irvine Celebrates Cesar Chavez’ Legacy"A Song for Cesar" Documentary Screening at UC Irvine Celebrates Cesar Chavez’ Legacy
Post-screening panel illuminates the impact of the arts on the movement Irvine, Calif., September 9, 2024 — The Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine, in collaboration with Chicano/Latino Studies in the School of Social Sciences, Jack & Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of...
Complexity in Focus Complexity in Focus
Getty and the Beall Center for Art + Technology highlight the complexity of our modern challenges By Christine Byrd If we learn anything from living through this era of “unprecedented” events, it might be to expect the unexpected. Weather affects the supply chain, health impacts education,...
Leading with Light Leading with Light
How Jaymi Lee Smith is shaping the future of graduate education at UC Irvine: A Q&A session In June, Professor Jaymi Lee Smith from the Department of Drama at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts was appointed as the Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Interim Dean of the...
Celebrating Alumni in the ArtsCelebrating Alumni in the Arts
Alumni Appreciation Month at Claire Trevor School of the Arts August marks Alumni Appreciation Month at UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA). This initiative honors the achievements of graduates in the fields of art, dance, drama and music. This year, we are excited to...
Professor Vincent Olivieri explains how sound travels for the Los Angeles TimesProfessor Vincent Olivieri explains how sound travels for the Los Angeles Times
What caused the thumping of Inglewood music festival to disrupt so many? Blame the weather? Los Angeles Times By Karen Garcia | Aug. 10, 2024 Living in Westchester, Chris Bankoff said, he’s used to two types of noise: the occasional house party by Loyola Marymount University students, and...
UC Irvine’s Beall Center for Art + Technology opens 'Future Tense: Art, Complexity, and Uncertainty' August 24UC Irvine’s Beall Center for Art + Technology opens 'Future Tense: Art, Complexity, and Uncertainty' August 24
Image credit: Laura Splan, Baroque Bodies (Sway), 2024. work in progress still from interactive audiovisual installation including data-driven sound and 3D models with AI-generated imagery. Image courtesy of the artist. Commissioned by the Beall Center for Art + Technology’s Black Box Projects...
Molecules in Motion: Where Dance and Chemistry CollideMolecules in Motion: Where Dance and Chemistry Collide
UC Irvine’s innovative event showcases the synergy between artistic expression and scientific inquiry At UC Irvine, the intersections of dance and chemistry culminated in an interdisciplinary event titled "Club Lab Freestyle: Molecules in Motion." Hosted in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts...
UC Irvine Choirs Named Finalists in the American PrizeUC Irvine Choirs Named Finalists in the American Prize
Ensembles receive national recognition in choral performance The UC Irvine Chamber Singers, directed by Dr. Irene Messoloras, professor in the Department of Music, have been named a finalist in the 2024 American Prize competition. The award, presented by The American Prize National Nonprofit...
2024 Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship Recipients 2024 Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship Recipients
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts is pleased to announce the 2024 UC Irvine Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship (GDDF) recipients. The competitive fellowship provides financial support to graduate and doctoral students in the final stages of their thesis and dissertation research. This...
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