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.

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

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 13, 2026, 6:00pm

Dec 13, 2026 , 12:00 - 6:00pm

University Art Gallery

Contemporary Arts Center Gallery

Room Gallery

Before the Look of Law

Free Admission

What does it mean to desire, to stand before, to be subject to, the power of Law in a time of forever wars?

Bef...

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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 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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A pile of discarded plastic, paper, and other debris forms a floating mass against a textured blue background.

Drama

Nov 6, 2026, 8:00pm

Nov 7, 2026, 8:00pm

Nov 8, 2026, 2:00pm

Nov 12, 2026, 8:00pm

Nov 13, 2026, 8:00pm

Nov 14, 2026, 2:00pm

Nov 14, 2026, 8:00pm

Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

Continuity

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By Bess Wohl, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Liberation!

As an exhausted film crew...

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Art

Art Gallery

Oct 3, 2026, 12:00pm - Dec 13, 2026, 6:00pm

Dec 13, 2026 , 12:00 - 6:00pm

University Art Gallery

Contemporary Arts Center Gallery

Room Gallery

Before the Look of Law

Free Admission

What does it mean to desire, to stand before, to be subject to, the power of Law in a time of forever wars?

Bef...

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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 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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Drama

Nov 6, 2026, 8:00pm

Nov 7, 2026, 8:00pm

Nov 8, 2026, 2:00pm

Nov 12, 2026, 8:00pm

Nov 13, 2026, 8:00pm

Nov 14, 2026, 2:00pm

Nov 14, 2026, 8:00pm

Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

Continuity

Ticketed

By Bess Wohl, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Liberation!

As an exhausted film crew...

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Title	Department	Event dates
Before the Look of Law	Art, Art Gallery	Oct 3, 2026, 12:00pm - Dec 13, 2026, 6:00pm, Dec 13, 2026, 12:00 - 6:00pm
Ecotechnics	Beall Center	Oct 10, 2026, 12:00pm - Feb 6, 2027, 6:00pm, Feb 6, 2027, 12:00 - 6:00pm
UCI Symphony Orchestra Express	Music	Oct 30, 2026, 8:00pm
Continuity	Drama	Nov 6, 2026, 8:00pm, Nov 7, 2026, 8:00pm, Nov 8, 2026, 2:00pm, Nov 12, 2026, 8:00pm, Nov 13, 2026, 8:00pm, Nov 14, 2026, 2:00pm, Nov 14, 2026, 8:00pm
Titanic: The Musical	Drama	Nov 21, 2026, 8:00pm, Nov 22, 2026, 2:00pm
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
Tenth Thursday Undergraduate Student Exhibition	Art	Dec 3, 2026, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Sounds of the Season	Music	Dec 3, 2026, 7:30pm

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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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Arts Media Center

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Little Theatre

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

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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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