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Your gift to the Claire Trevor School of the Arts fuels creativity, education, and innovation, making student scholarships and inspiring performances possible.

Arts & Impact

Your Support in Action

Through the support of UCI Arts donors, scholarships, outreach programs, and boundary-pushing performances come to life. Discover how your generosity transforms lives.

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College Factual® 2023
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32,000+
Community Members Engaged
150+
Scholarships Awarded Annually
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Featured Campaigns and Fundraising Priorities

Key Initiatives

Support the initiatives that strengthen student opportunities, faculty research and programs at the heart of UCI Arts.

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Dean's Excellence Fund

Contribute to the Dean’s Excellence Fund to support special opportunities for research and art production. This fund is unique in that it provides support for areas of the School with the greatest need or toward special projects that arise.

Dean's Excellence Fund

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Student Success

Empowering students through scholarships, professional development opportunities, and inclusive initiatives that champion diverse voices and support academic and artistic excellence across all disciplines.

Student Success

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Endowed Chairs

Home to two Pulitzer Prize winners, 26 Guggenheim Fellows, our faculty are among the world’s top artists. With your support we can expand support for their groundbreaking research and teaching by establishing a named endowed academic or faculty chair at UCI Arts.

Endowed Chairs

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Department Support

Support for a department within the Claire Trevor School of the Arts provides focused and flexible resources that strengthen the areas of greatest need and opportunity within each program.

Department Support

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Exhibition and Production Sponsorship

Support student- and faculty-led performances, exhibitions and showcases that bring original work to the public, elevate diverse perspectives and advance inclusive artistic expression.

Exhibition and Production Sponsorship

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Beall Center for Art + Technology

UCI Arts Research and Innovation includes school-level centers and performance spaces that provide resources and opportunities to collaborate across all four departments.

Research and Innovation

Diana Fathi - Drama
Receiving this scholarship is a gesture of trust and belief that the work I do matters

Diana Fathi ‘27 Drama and Theatre Ph.D.

Marilyn L. Wolfsberg scholarship recipient

Ways to Engage

Get Involved with the Claire Trevor School of the Arts

There are many ways to support the Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Whether you're joining a membership circle, sponsoring a production, or leaving a legacy, your involvement fuels the future of the arts at UCI.

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Join a Membership Circle

View the various giving societies available to join in Art, Dance, Drama and Music at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts.

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Production and Exhibition Sponsorship

Play a starring role in bringing performances and exhibitions to life. Your sponsorship helps elevate student work and expand access to the arts for the wider community.

Become a Sponsor
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Legacy and Planned Giving

Help shape tomorrow’s creative leaders by making an estate gift to the Claire Trevor School of the Arts that captures your values and creates a lasting legacy for you and your family.

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Connect and Support

Find out what’s possible with your donation and learn more ways to be involved.