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Beatrice Schleyer: Reclaiming Wreckage, Reframing ModernismBeatrice Schleyer: Reclaiming Wreckage, Reframing Modernism
Medici Circle Scholar Beatrice Schleyer and Her Trip to The Chinati Foundation By Gamy Cortes For Department of Art M.F.A '27 student, Beatrice Schleyer, making art with auto parts that have been involved in collisions, entails having an awareness of their provenance. “I'm interested...
Reed Wixson Blurs the Line Between the Natural and the Artificial Through Music Reed Wixson Blurs the Line Between the Natural and the Artificial Through Music
Medici Circle Scholar Reed Wixson and their Project Xylocyclos By Gamy Cortes Early in their compositional journey, Reed Wixson followed conventions aligned with classical composition. Later, however, as a PhD student in UC Irvine’s Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT...
The Next Stage
Kurt Sanchez Kanazawa Confronts Injustice Through PerformanceKurt Sanchez Kanazawa Confronts Injustice Through Performance
Medici Circle Scholar Kurt Sanchez Kanazawa and L’OPERA! By Gamy Cortes “Anytime you put pen to paper, whether you want to acknowledge it or not, you are political,” said Kurt Sanchez Kanazawa, M.F.A. student in UC Irvine’s Department of Drama. Funding Creativity Founded in 2004, the...
UCI Arts 2025 Year in ReviewUCI Arts 2025 Year in Review
Reflecting back on a year of exceptional milestones The past year marked a significant moment for the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, coinciding with UC Irvine’s 60th anniversary and the continued celebration of the 25th anniversary of the naming of the school. Together, these milestones...
UCI Chamber Singers Awarded The American Prize for Best Choral PerformanceUCI Chamber Singers Awarded The American Prize for Best Choral Performance
National recognition honors the ensemble’s artistry and musical excellence to choral performance in the university category UCI Chamber Singers, the premier choral ensemble of UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts, under the leadership of Professor Irene Messoloras, has been named the...
World Stages
Annual TWO-0-NINE Concert Features New Works by ICIT Ph.D. StudentsAnnual TWO-0-NINE Concert Features New Works by ICIT Ph.D. Students
UCI Department of Music’s ICIT program presents original works exploring contemporary composition and emerging sonic technologies Ph.D. students in UC Irvine’s Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) program will present TWO-0-NINE, the annual concert featuring newly...
The 2025 Dance Major Journal Confronts the Realities of Today’s Dance WorldThe 2025 Dance Major Journal Confronts the Realities of Today’s Dance World
Explore the 2025 Dance Major Journal The Department of Dance at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts announces the release of Dance Major Journal, Volume 13 (2025), a collection of essays written and edited by undergraduate dance majors that examine the current state of the field with...
UCI Drama Wins at 2025 Orange Curtain Review AwardsUCI Drama Wins at 2025 Orange Curtain Review Awards
La Belle et la Bête earns Best College Show alongside 9 to 5’s Best Young Actor honor UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama received top honors at the 2025 Orange Curtain Review Awards, with La Belle et la Bête named Best College Show and actor Drew Downs recognized as...
UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Art: A Culmination of Legacy & Resurgence">
UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Art: A Culmination of Legacy & Resurgence
by Peter Lefevre Drive past the carefully manicured lawns of Irvine, the most famously planned city in America, and the last words that occur to you might be “radical” and “avant garde.” Yet those are exactly the terms that define the 60-year legacy of UC Irvine’s Department of Art....
OCDE and UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts Launch ‘Earn and Learn’ ApprenticeshipsOCDE and UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts Launch ‘Earn and Learn’ Apprenticeships
The collaboration creates stronger pathways connecting classrooms, communities and careers in the arts The Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) and UC Irvine are partnering to create new registered apprenticeships that combine paid, hands-on experience with industry-recognized...
UC Irvine Department of Drama Recognized with URTA Excellence Award in Undergraduate TrainingUC Irvine Department of Drama Recognized with URTA Excellence Award in Undergraduate Training
National award highlights UC Irvine’s excellence in design and technology training The Department of Drama at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts has been honored with a 2025 Excellence Award in Undergraduate Training from the University Resident Theatre Association (URTA). UC Irvine...
Growth and Experimentation: The UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (2000-2025)Growth and Experimentation: The UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (2000-2025)
by Peter Lefevre It’s the turn of the millennium. We’ve escaped the mortal threat of Y2K. Beanie Babies are the next big thing. And the UC Irvine School of the Arts is launching itself into a new and transformative era. It started with a new name. Orange County...
Origins and Evolution: The UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (1965-1999)Origins and Evolution: The UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (1965-1999)
by Peter Lefevre Six decades. 25 Guggenheim Fellows. More than 1,000 students every year, producing hundreds of performances and exhibitions. Numbers don’t tell the whole story of the UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts, but they’re a revealing snapshot of the outsized...
UCI Arts Graduates Receive Chancellor’s Award of DistinctionUCI Arts Graduates Receive Chancellor’s Award of Distinction
Award recognizes academic excellence, research, leadership and service UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts is pleased to announce that graduating students Genysia Brown, Kory Ha and Aejin Yi, have been selected as recipients of UC Irvine’s 2025 Chancellor’s Award of Distinction....
Experimental Film Installation Debuts at UC Irvine's Middle Earth’s Pippin Recreation CenterExperimental Film Installation Debuts at UC Irvine's Middle Earth’s Pippin Recreation Center
New public art project explores student life, memory, and culture through multiscreen video The Department of Art at UC Irvine, in partnership with Undergraduate Housing, presented a new public art installation at Middle Earth’s Pippin Recreation Center showcasing student-made experimental films...
Graduation Spotlight Series: Justin Cerda ’25 Leaps to the Professional StageGraduation Spotlight Series: Justin Cerda ’25 Leaps to the Professional Stage
With his B.F.A. in choreography and performance, Cerda is joining Gin Dance Company By Christine Byrd Dancing runs in the family for Justin Cerda. He started taking classes at the same time as his sister, and by age 8 he was dancing competitively — and hooked for life. This June, after...
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