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UC Irvine alumnus Tuan Andrew Nguyen named 2025 MacArthur Fellow

October 24, 2025

UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts alum and multi-disciplinary artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow. Nguyen, 49, is one of six artists and 22 total recipients this year to win the prestigious award.

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Tuan Andrew Nguyen ’99 Named 2025 MacArthur Fellow

October 8, 2025

UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts alumnus recognized for his multidisciplinary works exploring mem

White gallery wall displaying large abstract black-and-white paintings mounted on wooden supports, with a red garment and red handbag incorporated into the installation.

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Art That Moves L.A.

September 30, 2025

UC Irvine artists featured at the Hammer Biennial

Exterior view of a modern glass-walled campus building (the Claire Trevor Theatre) with blue metal framing, reflecting trees and sky, surrounded by greenery.

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UCI Arts Summer 2025 Faculty Highlights

September 30, 2025

A look at faculty news and creative activity from summer 2025

A student instructor leads a music class, holding a conductor’s baton while standing in front of a whiteboard, as seated students follow along with sheet music; the setting is a UCI Creative Connections classroom.

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OCDE and UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts Launch ‘Earn and Learn’ Apprenticeships

September 29, 2025

The collaboration creates stronger pathways connecting classrooms, communities and careers in the arts

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UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Art: A Culmination of Legacy & Resurgence

September 29, 2025

Drive past the carefully manicured lawns of Irvine, the most famously planned city in America, and the last

A close-up of the bronze Claire Trevor star at UC Irvine set against a blurred background of the arts campus.

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A Legacy Worth Celebrating

September 23, 2025

Anniversaries of UC Irvine and the Claire Trevor School of the Arts offer a moment of reflection and possib

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Growth and Experimentation: The UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (2000-2025)

September 22, 2025

It’s the turn of the millennium. We’ve escaped the mortal threat of Y2K.

The Inoperative Community poster. Exhibition x Practice, 1965-2025. University of California, at Irvine.

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UCI Art celebrates a milestone year with "The Inoperative Community: Exhibition X Practice, UCI 1965-2025"

September 18, 2025

The University of California, Irvine’s University Art Galleries is pleased to present The Inoperative Commu

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Origins and Evolution: The UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (1965-1999)

September 15, 2025

Six decades. 25 Guggenheim Fellows.