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Matt Bailey, wearing a dark blazer over a black T-shirt and black-framed glasses, stands with one hand in his pocket in a darkened gallery surrounded by glowing, symmetrical digital artworks in vivid rainbow colors.

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Matt Bailey Doubles His Investment in the UCI Arts Department of Art

October 27, 2026

Inspired by the impact of his first gift, Matt Bailey gives again

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.

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October 27, 2026

Art professor and Guggenheim Fellow Monica Majoli looks for the female gaze

A low-angle view of the Contemporary Arts Center, with bronze letters spelling its name along a red-orange entrance canopy, a facade of teal and navy glass panels and a red brick wall against a clear blue sky.

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UCI Arts Summer 2026 Faculty Highlights

October 23, 2026

A look at faculty news and creative activity from summer 2026

An artist holding a bouquet of flowers smiles beside three framed works on a white gallery wall. The works are soft, layered abstractions in blue, gold and green that suggest water and sky.

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Tai Nguyen ’23 Presents Portraits of a Living Past at Heritage Museum of Orange County

October 8, 2026

UCI Arts alum explores the past and future of local environments in a new exhibition

A desert landscape with saguaro cacti and low shrubs appears layered with translucent, overlapping abstract forms in muted pink, orange, blue and green tones.

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Organized by Simon Leung and Sora Han; on view from Oct. 3–Dec. 13, 2026, in the Contemporary Arts Center Gallery, University Art Gallery, Room Gallery, with an opening reception on Sat., Oct. 10, 2-5 p.m.

Graphic banner reading 'UCI Arts Alumni Appreciation Month, #UCIArtsAlumni' in white, gold, and teal text on a navy-to-gold gradient background. To the right, a diamond-tiled photo collage shows seven UCI Arts alumni: a woman with long dark curly hair in a denim jacket; a dancer with short silver hair mid-movement in a studio; a woman with long brown hair in a black blouse and gold hoop earrings; a smiling bald man with a mustache and glasses in a blazer; a young person with dark hair against a bookshelf; a

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Celebrating UCI Arts Alumni

July 27, 2026

Alumni Appreciation Month at UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts

Audience members watch a student experimental film featuring archival images from UC Irvine’s history on a large video wall during the Connecting Histories exhibition.

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Connecting Histories

June 15, 2026

In a new public video art project, UC Irvine students place themselves within the evolving story of campus

Collage of 17 headshots of student awardees above text reading Medici Circle 2026 Scholarship Awardees on a blue background

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2026 Medici Circle Scholars

June 11, 2026

UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts names 17 new Medici Circle Scholars

Teresa with two men reviewing what looks like Natalie Wood memorabilia — bronzed baby shoes, vintage magazines, cut-out doll books — in an exhibit or archive room.

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The Art of Giving Back

June 11, 2026

Arts Launch Intern Teresa Lam and her work with The Muckenthaler Center

Yuzhe Zhang, a UC Irvine Class of 2026 graduate, smiles in a black cap and gown with a brown master's hood and a blue and gold UC Irvine 'Class of 2026' stole from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Department of Art. He stands on an outdoor terrace with the UCI anteater water tower and campus greenery behind him.

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Graduation Spotlight Series: Capturing Time in Abandoned Spaces

June 1, 2026

Yuzhe Zhang, M.F.A. ’26, studio art