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Professor Monica Majoli talks with two students in a paint-spattered studio filled with metal easels. One student sits at a worktable assembling a small brass and metal sculpture, while the other stands nearby holding a tool.
Art
Body of Work
Art professor and Guggenheim Fellow Monica Majoli looks for the female gaze
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Performers in trench coats and fedoras point upward in unison onstage in a production choreographed by Andrew Palermo, with an orchestra and chorus seated behind them.
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Research
Already in Practice
At UCI Arts, curriculum and collaboration turn arts education into a professional pathway
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Bridging Urban America filmmakers Basia and Leonard Myszynski discussing aerials over Huey P. Long Bridge, New Orleans Lakefront Airport. Photo by Quinton Brudos-Sommers
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Once You See It
Basia Myszynski ’78 explores ethics, technology and human truth through documentary filmmaking
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Image: Performance from Chad Michael Hall’s meta-modern dance company, Multiplex Dance. Courtesy of the artist.
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Dance, Reframed
A new project from Chad Michael Hall, associate professor of dance at UC Irvine, turns viewers into co-creators through virtual reality technology
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Image: Katherine Yang giving opening remarks for the Philharmonic Society's Orange County Youth Symphony and String Ensemble Fall Concert in November 2024 at Soka Performing Arts Center. Photo by Paul Cressey.
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Anteaters in the Arts
From innovative community theaters to world-class concert venues, Orange County is home to a vibrant arts community — powered, in no small part, by UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts alumni
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Image: Michelle Maas Brouwer outside the Irvine Barclay Theatre. Photo by Emily Zheng.
Dance
Curating Community
Michelle Maasz Brouwer ’14 connects audiences and artists as director of programming at Irvine Barclay Theatre
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Art of Opportunity
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The Art of Opportunity
Through two paid internship programs, the office of Access & Engagement uses the arts as a catalyst for developing creative career pathways for students
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Image: Installation view of William Fastenow's, Ph.D. 25 capstone recital, Art of the Unheard in the xMPL. Photo by Micah Sechler.
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The Artists’ Laboratory
In the Experimental Media Performance Lab, technology blends with art to offer immersive, boundary-pushing experiences for audiences
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