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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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BEFORE THE LOOK OF LAW

September 29, 2026

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

The word "carla" in bold yellow rounded lettering against a light gray ceiling with fluorescent lighting, from the cover of Carla magazine issue 44.

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Against Outer Space Featured in Latest Issue of Carla

May 27, 2026

Beall Center for Art + Technology exhibition challenges the idea of space as a distant, empty frontier

Photo of UCI Professor Simon Penny seated outdoors on a beach, wearing a neon green hoodie and backpack, with a clear blue sky and ocean behind him.

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After the Fire

May 26, 2026

Professor of Art Simon Penny and Eaton Fire evacuee join UCSC panel on climate change

Ulysses Jenkins speaks into a microphone wearing a bold geometric-patterned jacket and a red, white, and blue headband, standing against a gray wall.

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Remembering Ulysses Jenkins (1946–2026), Contemporary Griot

May 1, 2026

UJ understood LA, his home city, not as backdrop but as medium