Facilities, theatres, galleries, venues, rentals, classrooms and labs.
FACILITIES, THEATRES, GALLERIES,
CLASSROOMS & LABS
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts boast a variety of facilities that support our students’ artistic development. Our theatre, galleries and other facilities may be rented by on- and off-campus groups, depending on their availability. Typically, our venues are dark from late June through mid-September. Inquiries about facility rentals should be addressed to Toby F. Weiner, director of space planning & facilities, at (949) 824-8765 or tfweiner@uci.edu.
Our facilities include:
Arts Plaza
UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts is centered around the Arts Plaza, a unique outdoor venue that was designed by renowned artist Maya Lin, who won acclaim for her Viet Nam Memorial in Washington, D.C. At once an outdoor gallery, performance space, learning space, and park, the Arts Plaza serves as a meeting spot for students and faculty alike.
Located at the heart of UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts -- fronting its major theaters, exhibition spaces and box office -- is the 30,000-sq.-ft. Arts Plaza, where visitors can explore the School's vast offerings in the visual and performing arts including:
- Live performances in music, theater, and dance
- Art exhibitions, video, and film screenings
- Instructional activities, guest artists, and lectures on the arts.
About Maya Lin, Artist
As an architecture major at Yale University, she won the competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and captivated a nation. Lin has created nationally recognized works that have touched people in a way unprecedented in contemporary art and architecture. She is widely recognized as one of America's great artists.
I've been interested in a university project that presents significant design challenges and opportunities like those present at UC Irvine. The plaza will be a multifunctional space where students, faculty, and visitors can gather for learning or for quiet contemplation. It truly will serve as the heart of the School, and must capture the School's creative energy and vibrant spirit. -- Maya Lin
Pamela Burton, Landscape Architect
Pamela Burton is lauded for her interdisciplinary approach to design that integrates the disciplines of art, architecture, and landscape. Geography, ecology, and history all play a role in her designs for public and private spaces throughout Southern California.
The Design: Creating a Welcoming Gateway to the Arts
The arts entertain, move us, challenge and teach us. The Arts Plaza is a focal point for the Claire Trevor School of the Arts campus and a major addition to Southern California's rich and diverse cultural life. Winding pathways connect the different elements of the Plaza, which are landscaped to encourage visitors to stay and experience the arts.
Key components of the Arts Plaza include:
Three Bright Pathways. Colorful lights lead visitors from convenient parking to the heart of the Arts Plaza.
The Drawing Room. A shaded grove invites contemplation and reflection. The sound of water from a Maya Lin signature fountain -- a water table -- draws visitors to this area. Seating is available on “whispering” granite benches that play music, poetry, and other sounds.
The Screening Room. An outdoor amphitheater seating 200 was carved out of a natural bowl, echoing Maya Lin's earth sculptures. The screening room welcomes audiences for plays, intimate music performances, film screenings, and appearances by guest artists.
Beall Center for Art + Technology
In 1997 when the art world began witnessing emerging innovations that combined art and technology, a group headed by the former dean of UC Irvine’s School of the Arts approached the Rockwell Foundation with the proposal to establish a center on campus dedicated to interdisciplinary research and exhibitions in contemporary media arts.
A year later, to honor retiring Chairman Donald R. Beall and his wife, Joan, Rockwell International Corporation approved that proposal and awarded the School a major gift to support the founding and infrastructure of the Donald R. and Joan F. Beall Center for Art + Technology.
The Center was physically located within the School of the Arts campus and its intent was to promote interdisciplinary collaborations between the University’s arts, engineering, sciences and business programs – all of which contribute to the development and applications of multimedia.
When completed, the Beall Center became the only exhibition center within the UC system to solely focus on contemporary new media arts and the only space of its kind in Southern California.
Contemporary media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with emerging media technologies, including, but not limited to, digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art technologies, computer robotics, science, and art as biotechnology.
While media art may appear to be a new art form rising from the burgeoning computer age of the 1980s and 1990s, its roots can be traced as far back as 180 AD with the creation of an elementary zoetrope thought to have originated in China or the more often referenced 1800’s zoetrope that used moving photographic images both as a study in physics and as a visual art form.
Leaping forward, the 1960s saw the beginnings of experimental video art developments by Nam June Paik and multimedia and experimental performances by Fluxus. The 1980s experienced real-time computer graphics and the emergence of the video game, followed by the computer and Internet explosion of the 1990s.
The Beall Center’s inaugural exhibition opened in the fall of 2000 with SHIFT_CTRL: Computers, Games and Art, a groundbreaking exhibit that examined games, gaming, and related new technologies.
Since its opening, the Beall Center has showcased over 35 professional exhibits, seven undergraduate and graduate exhibits, over 20 youth and outreach events, and has represented over 230 artists, researchers and students of higher education practicing in various genres of contemporary media arts.
In the fall of 2009 the Beall Center received important works by world renowned and pioneering video artist Nam June Paik (1932-2006) on loan from a private collector and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Media Alchemy showcased Nam June Paik’s later works in an inviting intimate setting.
When stripped down, the Beall Center is a big black box of approximately 2500 sq. ft. and consists of grids for lights, electricity, and provides online connectivity – the tools and materials necessary for media art exhibits.
Art at the Beall Center is experimental in nature. Most galleries and museums do not have the infrastructure, technological know-how and/or the time to trouble shoot technological problems that sometimes occur in exhibiting these types of media art. Luckily the Beall Center was built as a technology-based art center and the infrastructure is in place to allow for trouble-shooting and immediate repairs.
Thanks to its continued uniqueness, the Beall is as important today as it was when it opened 10 years ago.
While the Beall Center received its initial support from the Rockwell Corporation in honor of retired chairman Don Beall and his wife, Joan, it is with much gratitude that major support today is generously provided by the Beall Family Foundation.
Claire Trevor Theatre
Originally known as the Village Theatre, the edifice was renovated thanks to a generous contribution by Academy Award-winning actress Claire Trevor and renamed in her honor when the updates were completed. Today, the proscenium theatre is our largest on-campus venue with seating for almost 300 persons.
Contemporary Arts Center
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts recently celebrated the ribbon and official grand opening celebratration of this 59,000-sq.-ft. LEED-certified, technologically advanced building that is destined to become the hub of student and School activity.
Inside the CAC, a variety of new spaces beckon, from the Experimental Media Performance Lab (or XMPL, a versatile black box of a room) to an art gallery, a 2,000-sq.-ft. Performance Capture Studio, and a fully equipped recording studio, to an enormous costume design studio with computerized storage system, computer labs, meeting spaces, offices, artists’ studios, and more!
The building was designed to meet the needs of the School and the environment – the four-story eco-friendly building was constructed primarily using locally sourced materials to reduce the School’s carbon footprint. In addition, the building’s land orientation provides a natural ventilation system by taking advantage of the wind patterns that occur on site. Against the West-facing exterior of the building are fixed, perforated panels that block out the summer sun while still allowing a breeze to flow through the hallways.
The building’s advanced technological capabilities will provide Arts students with the resources they need to marry art and technology. A quarter million feet of networking cable throughout the building is fed by fiber optic connections, increasing network efficiency and speed. The majority of the building is secured through the use of proximity-based card keys, which allow easily programmable access for faculty and students at all times.
The Meyer Sound Design Studio on the lower level of the building is a well-equipped recording studio with an isolated vocal booth and sound editing suite. Its ground-floor location keeps out the low frequency sounds that can be heard in other rooms.
The Performance Capture Studio is used primarily for dance research and features a green screen and traditional motion capture system that uses infrared markers, allowing for a mix between video and animation.
The costume design studio contains a modern storage system with a computerized racking retrieval system similar to those found in dry cleaners shops.
A colloquium room contains three projection screens and serves as a seminar room for graduate students and guest lecturers.
CyberA Café
Located in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, the Cyber A Café combines the advances of modern technology with the comfort of a coffee house. Whether you want to check your e-mail or pick-up a snack, the café fulfills the many needs of students, staff and faculty on the go.
Featured are specialty blended coffee drinks, sandwiches, salads, and pastries that can be enjoyed inside while accessing the Internet or while dining al fresco under the shade of an umbrella. Its convenient location in the Arts Plaza provides easy access to the art galleries, Beall Center, box office, theatres and classrooms.
The cafe is open for most CTSA performances.
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: Closed
Dean and Administrative Staff Offices
Adjacent to the Mesa Parking Structure and located behind the red door on the second floor of the Mesa Arts Building (MAB) are the offices of CTSA Dean Joseph S. Lewis III and his administrative staff, which includes the Academic and Staff Personnel Manager, Assistant and Associate Deans, Business Office, and directors of Arts Outreach, Development, Marketing & Communications, Box Office, Beall Center, Space Planning and Facilities, and Information Technology.
Little Theatre
Located in Humanities Hall, the Little Theatre seats 165 and is utilized by the Drama Department for a variety of its stage production.
Robert Cohen Theatre
Formerly known as the Studio Theatre and recently renamed in honor of founding faculty member and Claire Trevor Professor of Drama Robert Cohen, this is a flexible black-box theatre that can be configured for a variety of productions. Maximum seating capacity is 96.
Winifred Smith Hall
With a seating capacity of 205 and wonderful acoustics, this facility is primarily used as a concert hall, although both Drama and Dance occasionally mount performances here. The
Building was named to honor the generous contributions of music lover and Orange County philanthropist Winifred Smith.
Classroom & Labs
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts features a wide variety of computer labs and technical facilities for the creation of digital art and research. Each one has it's own function, audience, and flavor. Some are computer classrooms, others are labs for doing homework, and others are for doing research. Some are open to all Claire Trevor School of the Arts students, while others may be restricted by department and student status.
- Artslab - The #1 place to do your tech homework; also supports all technology used in the School.
- Arts Media Center - Music library and listening, MIDI lab, and general homework.
- Digital Arts Teaching Lab - A large 25-seat Windows\Mac computer classroom.
- ArtsTEC - Another large 25-seat Apple computer classroom.
- Drama Design Lab - Digital set and lighting design for graduate students in Drama.
- Costume Design Lab - Digital costume design for graduate students in Drama.
- Stage Managers Lab - Where our graduate student stage managers live and work to run our shows.
- Dance Editing Lab - A small video editing and multimedia production suite for Dance graduate students.
- Performance Capture Studio - A large space with a sprung floor and an optical motion capture system for digitizing human movement.
- DATA Lab - Digital imaging and digital video labs and studio for Studio Art majors.
- iGASP Lab - A research lab in the Studio Art Department that deals with games, animation, and the Internet.
- Gassmann Electronic Music Studio - A world-class computer music studio.
- The Beall Center for Art and Technology - A gallery for digital collaboration between artists, scientists and engineers.
- CyberA Café - Surf the net and have a cup of joe.
- The Claire Trevor Theatre and Winifred Smith Hall - Both feature extensive Internet conectivity and digital A/V integration.
- REALab - The Realtime Experimental Audio Laboratory
- Visual Resources Collection - Extensive image collections for teaching and learning in the Arts and Humanities, including 35mm slides, digital images, and videos
Artslab
Location: Studio Four, Room 104
Hours:
Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Tech Hours:
Description: Artslab is a general-purpose computing lab located down stairs in Studio Four Room 104, available to students, staff and faculty in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts.
Hardware: The front section of Artslab has five Macintosh workstations, a flatbed scanner, slide scanner, and four Pentium 4 workstations. The rear section of Artslab has twelve Pentium 4 3GHz. workstations and two flatbed scanners. Two VHS tape recorders and a Hi8 tape recorder with two 14" TV monitors.
Dell OPTIPLEX GX620
3GHz Pentium 4
1GB RAM
80GB Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
DVD+-RW Drive:
Read
(CD) 40X
(DVD) 16X
Write
(CD-R) 40X
(CD-RW) 24X
(DVD+R) 16X
(DVD+R DL) 2.4X
(DVD+RW) 4X
(DVD-R) 8X
(DVD-RW) 4X
Software:
Windows XP
Microsoft Office 2003
Access
Excel
PowerPoint
Publisher
Word
3DS Max
AutoCAD 2002
Maya Unlimited 3
Poser 4
Vectorworks
Volo View Express
Adobe
Acrobat 6
Distiller 6
Illustrator 10
ImageReady 7
Photoshop 7
Premiere 6
RecordNow! Plus
Email Terminal
FileZilla
Internet Explorer
Firefox
LifeForms 3
Beamwright 4
Lightwright 4
Painter 6
Macromedia
Director 8
Dreamweaver MX
Fireworks MX
Flash MX
FreeHand 10
PowerDVD
QuickTime
RealPlayer
Windows Media Player
Sound Forge 4.5
McAfee Virus Scan
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Digital Arts Teaching Lab - CAC 3006
Location: Contemporary Arts Center, Room 3006
Hours: Dependent on class schedules (schedule is posted on the door)
Classes:
Description: This is a computer lab for the instruction of digital arts classes. During non-scheduled classroom hours, the facilities are open to School of the Arts students. The lab contains twenty-five Mac Pros 2.8Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, and 20" Apple monitors. . The machines are running Boot Camp with Windows XP Professional and Mac OS 10.5.2 (Leopard). There are two scanners available for the lab, but no printing capabilities. You will need to go to Artslab for printing.
Hardware:
Mac Pro
2.8Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
4GB RAM
320GB Hard Drive (Mac OS)
500GB Hard Drive (Win XP)
One 16x SuperDrive
NVIDIA Gefore 8800 GT 512MB Video card
Apple Mighty Mouse
Apple Keyboard
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ArtsTEC - AITRC 190
Location: Arts Instructional Technology Resource Center, Room 190.
Hours:
Monday-Thursday 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Classes:
Description: ArtsTEC is both a general-purpose and instructional computing lab. There are twenty-three Mac Pros for use by students enrolled in qualifying classes. The lab is available to all students in the School of the Arts when classes are not in session.
Hardware:
Mac Pro
4GB RAM
Superdrive
160GB Harddrive
20" Apple Displays
7 USB Floppy Drives
3 Canon N1240U 48 Bit, 1600x2400 Flatbed Scanners
17 Sony DVMC-DA2 Media Converters
Hi-resolution Ceiling-Mounted Projector
Software:
Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger)
Microsoft Office 2004
Word
PowerPoint
Safari
Mozilla
Firefox
Fetch
Terminal
iLive 08
iChat
iDVD
iMovie
iPhoto
iTunes
GarageBand
Final Cut Pro 6
Cinema Tools
LiveType
Soundtrack
Audacity
Max/MSP/Jitter
Adobe Creative 3 Suit Premium
Flash CS3
Photoshop CS3
Illustrator CS3
InDesign CS3
GoLive CS3
LabanWriter 4.5.1
Adobe Acrobat Professional 8
Quick Time Pro
Compressor
DVD Player
Realplayer
Drama Design Lab
Location: 300 FAT
Hours: 24 hours / 7 days (Restricted Access)
Description: This lab is designated for theatrical design work. There are six computer workstations running Windows XP Professional on Pentium 4 3GHz. machines. All workstations are equipped with DVD/CD-RWs and Wacom Pen Tablets. An 11x17 color printer, 8.5 x 11 color printer, color scanner, OCE copier and plotter are available as shared resources in the lab.
Hardware:
Dell OPTIPLEX GX620
3GHz Pentium 4
1GB RAM
80GB Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
DVD+-RW Drive:
Read
(CD) 40X
(DVD) 16X
Write
(CD-R) 40X
(CD-RW) 24X
(DVD+R) 16X
(DVD+R DL) 2.4X
(DVD+RW) 4X
(DVD-R) 8X
(DVD-RW) 4X
Software:
Windows XP
Microsoft Office 2003
Access
Excel
PowerPoint
Publisher
Word
3DS Max
AutoCAD 2002
Maya Unlimited 3
Poser 4
Vectorworks
Volo View Express
Adobe
Acrobat 6
Distiller 6
Illustrator 10
ImageReady 7
Photoshop 7
Premiere 6
RecordNow! Plus
Email Terminal
FileZilla
Internet Explorer
Firefox
LifeForms 3
Beamwright 4
Lightwright 4
Painter 6
Macromedia
Director 8
Dreamweaver MX
Fireworks MX
Flash MX
FreeHand 10
PowerDVD
QuickTime
RealPlayer
Windows Media Player
Sound Forge 4.5
McAfee Virus Scan
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Costume Design Lab
Location: Drama Building, Room 249A
Hours: 24 hours / 7 days (Restricted Access)
Description: This lab is designated for theatrical costume design work. There are four computer workstations running Windows XP Professional on Pentium 4 3GHz. class machines with printing and scanning capabilities.
Hardware:
Dell OPTIPLEX GX620
3GHz Pentium 4
1GB RAM
80GB Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
DVD+-RW Drive:
Read
(CD) 40X
(DVD) 16X
Write
(CD-R) 40X
(CD-RW) 24X
(DVD+R) 16X
(DVD+R DL) 2.4X
(DVD+RW) 4X
(DVD-R) 8X
(DVD-RW) 4X
Software:
Windows XP
Microsoft Office 2003
Access
Excel
PowerPoint
Publisher
Word
3DS Max
AutoCAD 2002
Maya Unlimited 3
Poser 4
Vectorworks
Volo View Express
Adobe
Acrobat 6
Distiller 6
Illustrator 10
ImageReady 7
Photoshop 7
Premiere 6
RecordNow! Plus
Email Terminal
FileZilla
Internet Explorer
Firefox
LifeForms 3
Beamwright 4
Lightwright 4
Painter 6
Macromedia
Director 8
Dreamweaver MX
Fireworks MX
Flash MX
FreeHand 10
PowerDVD
QuickTime
RealPlayer
Windows Media Player
Sound Forge 4.5
McAfee Virus Scan
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Stage Managers Lab
Location: Mesa Arts Building, Room 133
Hours: 24 hours / 7 days (Restricted Access)
Description: This lab is for MFA students studying production and stage management. There are three computer workstations running Windows XP on Pentium 4 class machines with shared printing capabilities.
Software:
Microsoft Office
Internet Explorer
Eudora Email
Telnet
FTP
Dance Editing Lab
Location: MAB, Room 300
Hours: M-F 8:00AM – 5:00PM (Restricted Access to Dance students in Video Editing classes)
Description: This lab is designated for Dance Video editing, used for Lisa Naugle’s and Mary Corey’s Video Editing classes. There are two computer workstations, one G4 and an 8600/300 PowerMac; Also a Hi8 tape recorder and a VHS tape recorder, two Video choreography (player and recorder) units, and two TV monitors.
Software:
Adobe Premier
Adobe Illustrator
Photoshop
SoundEdit 16
Director
Microsoft Office 98
Internet Explorer
Motion Capture Studio
Location: Music and Media Building, 216
Hours: (Restricted Access)
Description: A School-wide facility for optical motion capture using an eight-camera Vicon 8 system. The studio has a high ceiling, sprung floors, and a sound system. Access is restricted to class participants and reservation-only. Contact Artslab tech support for details.
DATA Lab
Location: Music and Media Building, Room 116
Hours: (Restricted Access)
Description: The facility is available to students currently enrolled in selected studio art courses and those persons who have paid a lab fee. Both analog and digital video editing stations are available, including two digital video stations for exclusive use by graduate students. Primarily, Final Cut Pro is used, although Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects are available.
Also available: Instructional CDs and videos, dubbing rack, analog title maker, camcorders, tripods and light kits.
