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Anteaters in the Arts: Eliza RubensteinAnteaters in the Arts: Eliza Rubenstein
On June 17, Eliza Rubenstein (M.F.A. ’97) stepped onto the conductor’s podium at Carnegie Hall — for the second time. In June 2017, Rubenstein conducted the Carnegie Hall premiere of Kirke Mechem’s Songs of the Slave, a powerful reflection on racial justice and hard-won freedoms. While it...
Alumni reunite at the American College Dance Association (ACDA) Baja Regional ConferenceAlumni reunite at the American College Dance Association (ACDA) Baja Regional Conference
Spring break on college and university campuses can be quiet. This was not the case in March 2019 for the Department of Dance, which hosted the American College Dance Association (ACDA) Baja Regional Conference. The ACDA’s goal is to promote and exalt the existing and potential artistry...
CAM Alum Cyndie Klorer brings her Fourth Wall Entertainment Troupe to the Metropolitan CAM Alum Cyndie Klorer brings her Fourth Wall Entertainment Troupe to the Metropolitan
"San Andreas, CA…Mardi Gras Karaoke Party with Sweet Harmony Entertainment! About the new team at the helm of the historic Metropolitan. In 1994, Cyndie Hoffman (Klorer) was involved in her first theatrical production out of high school at the historic Metropolitan Theater in San Andreas. Once...
From Claire Trevor To Broadway: Justin Keats’ Career After GraduationFrom Claire Trevor To Broadway: Justin Keats’ Career After Graduation
By Lauren Knight A few years after he graduated from UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Justin Keats’ phone rang in an audition waiting room in New York City. Preparing to sing at an audition in four minutes for another Broadway musical, Keats saw his agent’s name on his screen and did not...
Kelly Moran’s Trippy, Beautiful Piano MusicKelly Moran’s Trippy, Beautiful Piano Music
Kelly Moran’s Trippy, Beautiful Piano Music New York artist’s avant-garde compositions break through to unique transcendence By Christopher R. Weingarten “I kind of just accepted that no one would really care about my work because I was such a weirdo,” says New York’s Kelly Moran, an avant-...
UC Irvine alum Jon Lovitz returns homeUC Irvine alum Jon Lovitz returns home
Jon Lovitz goes back to his roots Saturday, Sept. 29, by bringing his stand-up routine to his alma mater, UC Irvine, where the Irvine Barclay Theatre is located. Although this will be his Irvine Barclay debut, the comedian/actor/stand-up comic will recognize the surrounding campus. Or not...
Jérémie Favreau, MFA piano performance, 2008, performs Boston Court Pasadena
Kelly Moran, MFA ICIT 2012 performed at famed Brooklyn Club, RouletteKelly Moran, MFA ICIT 2012 performed at famed Brooklyn Club, Roulette
Kelly Moran, MFA ICIT, peformed at the famed Brooklyn club, Roulette on September 7. Mora is a versatile keyboardist and composer, spent recent months touring with the prominent electronic artist Oneohtrix Point Never. Traces of that collaboration are evident in the dreamy reveries and playful...
14 Art World “Bad Boys” Whose Macho Work Was Impossible to Ignore14 Art World “Bad Boys” Whose Macho Work Was Impossible to Ignore
At the height of Performance Art, University of California Irvine student Chris Burden asked a friend to shoot him in the arm with a .22 rifle. He titled the action Shoot (1971). The friend was supposed to just graze the artist’s skin. Instead, the bullet passed straight...
Jasmine Ejan (BA 2001) in "Cabaret" at the Celebration Theatre in Hollywood
Summer Reading List by Faculty and AlumniSummer Reading List by Faculty and Alumni
With summer here, we thought we would share summer read recommendations by faculty and alumni. Books by Faculty “György Ligeti’s Cultural Identities” by Amy Bauer (Associate Professor of Music), Márton Kerékfy. "Making Sense: Cognition, Computing, Art and Embodiment" by Simon...
Alexis Smith (BA 1970) to be honored at Venice Family Clinic Art Walks & AuctionAlexis Smith (BA 1970) to be honored at Venice Family Clinic Art Walks & Auction
The 39th annual Venice Family Clinic’s Art Walk & Auctions honors three world-renowned Venice-based artists: this year’s signature artist Alexis Smith (BA 1970) along with honorees Sam Durant and Ed Moses, posthumously. Venice Art Walk takes place on Sunday,...
Marcia Hafif, Painter of Monochromatic Works, Is Dead at 88Marcia Hafif, Painter of Monochromatic Works, Is Dead at 88
Marcia Hafif, an artist best known for monochromatic paintings that explored the intersection of color, brush stroke, surface and light, died on April 17. She was 88. In 1969, Ms. Hafif returned to the United States to attend the University of California at Irvine, where she earned a master of...
Brian T. Vernon (MFA, Dance 1994) Dean at Western Connecticut State University
Noritaka Minami MFA 2011 and Ashley Hunt BA 1994 awarded Graham Foundation GrantNoritaka Minami MFA 2011 and Ashley Hunt BA 1994 awarded Graham Foundation Grant
Graham Foundation awarded over $530,000 in grants to individuals which included Noritaka Minami MFA 2011 and Ashley Hunt BA 1994. Ashley Hunt - Degree of Visibility Degrees of Visibility tackles the politics of erasure and camouflage that allow mass incarceration to take place...
Guilty or not guilty? That is the question as UCI law school deans face off in a mock trial of Hamlet
Kori Newkirk, MFA 1997, Artist in Residence at Pasadena City College
Center Stage with UCI Alum Jacob Ben-ShmuelCenter Stage with UCI Alum Jacob Ben-Shmuel
UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts has trained and molded many rising stars and artists of today, who have taken their talents to live out their dreams. The New University was able to talk with one of these alumni, Jacob Ben-Shmuel. He is currently starring in the touring cast of “The...
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