Experience the Arts at UCI Claire Trevor

From cutting-edge student showcases to world-class performances, the Claire Trevor School of the Arts brings creativity to life year-round. Discover what's happening across Art, Dance, Drama, and Music—and find your next favorite event.

Dancers leap mid-air on stage under vibrant purple and blue lighting during a contemporary performance.

Performer stands at the front of a staged platform in a colorful costume while three performers behind pose under bright overhead stage lighting

Two girls admiring art piece at Undergraduate Honors Thesis Exhibition

A group of singers stands on a dark stage under focused lighting, dressed in formal black concert attire. One vocalist stands slightly forward, illuminated at center, while the others remain just behind, facing the audience as if mid-performance.

Performer applies detailed stage makeup while looking into a mirror

The UCI Choirs and UCI Symphony Orchestra perform together on the Irvine Barclay Theatre stage, with a conductor leading the ensemble before a seated audience.

Explore Highlights by Department

Browse upcoming performances, exhibitions, and installations from each of our four departments—plus special picks curated by the UCI Arts team.

Music

Sep 30, 2026, 12:00pm

Winifred Smith Hall

UCI Music Joint Faculty Recital

Free Admission

Kick off the new academic year with an engaging concert featuring the outstanding musicianship of the UCI...

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A horizontal band of densely tangled teal lines overlays a torn white paper shape against a mottled watercolor background in soft teal, peach and green tones.

Music

Oct 24, 2026, 8:00pm

Winifred Smith Hall

Cauces Sónicos

Free Admission

Co-led by Wilfrido Terrazas and Michael Dessen, Cauces Sónicos (Sonic Channels) is a two-year project...

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Dennis Kim, violinist, in formal black attire with a white bow tie holds a violin against his chest

Music

Oct 25, 2026, 8:00pm

Winifred Smith Hall

Melodies of the Morning Calm

Ticketed

An evening full of traditional and modern Korean works

Enjoy an evening of works celebrating the sounds of...

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Music

Oct 30, 2026, 8:00pm

Winifred Smith Hall

UCI Symphony Orchestra Express

Free Admission

Experience the UCI Symphony Orchestra in a more personal setting. Symphony Orchestra Express features one-hour...

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Music

Sep 30, 2026, 12:00pm

Winifred Smith Hall

UCI Music Joint Faculty Recital

Free Admission

Kick off the new academic year with an engaging concert featuring the outstanding musicianship of the UCI...

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

Art

Art Gallery

Oct 3, 2026, 12:00pm - Dec 12, 2026, 6:00pm

Dec 12, 2026 , 12:00 - 6:00pm

University Art Gallery

Contemporary Arts Center Gallery

Room Gallery

Before the Look of Law

Free Admission

Before the Look of Law examines how contemporary artists confront justice, state power and collective...

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A close-up view of a fossilized footprint with two dark impressions and textured, cracked surfaces embedded in brown rock.

Beall Center

Oct 10, 2026, 12:00pm - Feb 6, 2027, 6:00pm

Feb 6, 2027 , 12:00 - 6:00pm

Beall Center for Art + Technology

Ecotechnics

Free Admission

Ecotechnics traces a sensibility among contemporary artists who treat ecology not as a fact but as a system of...

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Music

Oct 24, 2026, 8:00pm

Winifred Smith Hall

Cauces Sónicos

Free Admission

Co-led by Wilfrido Terrazas and Michael Dessen, Cauces Sónicos (Sonic Channels) is a two-year project...

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Title	Department	Event dates
UCI Music Joint Faculty Recital	Music	Sep 30, 2026, 12:00pm
Cauces Sónicos	Music	Oct 24, 2026, 8:00pm
Melodies of the Morning Calm	Music	Oct 25, 2026, 8:00pm
UCI Symphony Orchestra Express	Music	Oct 30, 2026, 8:00pm
Transfiguration: Music of Herrmann, Bartók and Wagner	Music	Nov 24, 2026, 8:00pm
UC Irvine Wind Ensemble	Music	Nov 30, 2026, 8:00pm
Fall Jazz Concert	Music	Dec 2, 2026, 8:00pm
Sounds of the Season	Music	Dec 3, 2026, 7:30pm
UCI Opera Workshop	Music	Dec 5, 2026, 8:00pm
The Art of Chamber Music	Music	Dec 7, 2026, 8:00pm

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Collaborating Spaces

An empty screening room features rows of light-colored seats facing three large projection screens. The screens display abstract visuals, including flowing blue imagery in the center and colorful streaks of light on the side panels.

Colloquium Room

Colloquium Room, Interior

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Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

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Little Theatre

2014 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Photo by Paul R. Kennedy

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New Swan Theater

A modular, transportable Elizabethan-style theatre that provides an intimate setting for both the audience and the actors. Roofless, the New Swan is perfect for outdoor theatre under the stars and enjoying our wonderful California summer evenings. Seating on two tiers for 125 maximum capacity.

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University Art Gallery

The University Art Gallery, or UAG, has a long history with the Department of Art, (formerly Studio Art Department). Since its inception in the late 1960s the gallery has been directed by faculty, with the exception of a brief period from 1998-2002. It has thus served as a laboratory that presents the creative research of our students and faculty to the public, rather than functioning as a publicly managed museum.

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