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Harp of GoldHarp of Gold
Daniel Cadena was 15 the first time he picked up a violin, and he couldn’t get it to make a sound. Finally, watching YouTube, he realized he needed to rosin the bow before drawing it across the strings. He was in love with music, and eager to learn to play. Unfortunately, as a new arrival from...
Setting Dreams in MotionSetting Dreams in Motion
A glimpse at UCI Drama’s New York Satellite Program through the eyes of aspiring actor Isaiah Tadros, B.F.A. ’20 By Emma Andres, B.F.A. ’20 New York City is ever-moving, marked by a quick flow of people and ideas. Many artists dream of calling it home, to submerge themselves in a life they...
Anteaters in the Arts: Michelle Caumiant ZehnderAnteaters in the Arts: Michelle Caumiant Zehnder
Michelle Caumiant Zehnder, B.A. Dance, ’76, continues to inspire students with clever choreography and carefully crafted lesson plans. Zehnder has taught ballet and jazz for the past nine years at the OASIS Senior Center of Newport Beach, for students ages 50 and up. Zehnder states that “it is a...
Anteaters in the Arts: David TorresAnteaters in the Arts: David Torres
“My Son, I will eternally miss you, you have left a void in our lives that the Pacific Ocean could not fill.” — Ricardo Torres The Claire Trevor School of the Arts community is heartbroken by the passing of recent Department of Art undergraduate David Andrew Torres (B.A...
Faculty Research: Embodying HumanityFaculty Research: Embodying Humanity
What if dance could make us all better people? S. Ama Wray, associate professor of dance, believes it can. “The world needs dance to connect with our bodies in terms of rhythm (since the constraints of time impact everything), and to connect with empathy to one another,” Wray says. “These things...
Arts Advocates: The RuszatsArts Advocates: The Ruszats
COMMUNITY CONNECTORS Q&A with the Ruszats Cheryll and Richard Ruszat are longtime UCI supporters and leaders. They are trustees of the UCI Foundation, co-presidents of the Chancellor’s Club, and support numerous causes across campus, from education to health sciences. In their...
Triple Jubilee Brings UCI Music to Downtown Santa Ana This SpringTriple Jubilee Brings UCI Music to Downtown Santa Ana This Spring
Triple Jubilee Brings Longstanding Partnership between UC Irvine Department of Music and Santa Ana High School Music Program to Downtown Santa Ana This Spring Having developed a partnership spanning seven years, and serving hundreds of high school and college students, the team of educators...
Brilliance: A Night of Music and Light
Shining a Light on Future ArtistsShining a Light on Future Artists
By Christine Byrd As a violinist begins to play on stage, UCI graduate student Tomoko Ozawa transforms the solo into a live electronic ensemble piece by manipulating data from the player’s hand movements with computer software. Ozawa is able to collaborate on this experimental strings...
Meet LA’s Art Community: Linda Stark Likes the “Challenge of Resurrecting a Bankrupt Image”Meet LA’s Art Community: Linda Stark Likes the “Challenge of Resurrecting a Bankrupt Image”
HYPERALLERGIC's Meet LA’s Art Community: An interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks. In the 16th installment of the series, writer Elisa Wouk Almino...
UCI Drama examines motherhood, inequality and humanity in Lisa Loomer’s LIVING OUTUCI Drama examines motherhood, inequality and humanity in Lisa Loomer’s LIVING OUT
UCI Drama examines motherhood, inequality and humanity in Lisa Loomer’s Living Out Irvine, Calif., February 25, 2020 – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) presents Lisa Loomer’s Living Out, a comic drama focused on immigration and working mothers. The show is directed by...
Citizen Artist: Christine Dianne GuiyangcoCitizen Artist: Christine Dianne Guiyangco
View the full pictorial in CONNECT, the quarterly magazine for UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Art graduate student Christine Dianne Guiyangco (M.F.A. ’20) is a first-generation Filipino immigrant. Through her artwork, she explores the instabilities of migration and the...
American Monument Think Tank Marathon at the Beall Center for Art + Technology American Monument Think Tank Marathon at the Beall Center for Art + Technology
DOWNLOAD THE THINK TANK PRESS KIT DOWNLOAD THE AMERICAN MONUMENT PRESS KIT BEALL CENTER - EXHIBITION PAGE American Monument Think Tank Marathon at the Beall Center for Art + Technology For two days scholars, lawyers, community activists, civil rights leaders, students, artists, and...
Shakespeare Orange County will “pass the baton” to UCI’s New Swan Shakespeare FestivalShakespeare Orange County will “pass the baton” to UCI’s New Swan Shakespeare Festival
The artistic director of Shakespeare Orange County, John Walcutt, announced on Saturday that the company would be permanently closing. Walcutt wishes to “pass the baton” to and support UCI’s New Swan Shakespeare Festival and its upcoming summer season.
‘Changing Tides II’ Has Musicians Respond To Climate Change‘Changing Tides II’ Has Musicians Respond To Climate Change
Prof. Michael Dessen collaborates with Prof. Mark Dresser (UC San Diego) for a "Telematic Translocational Concert" with musicians from South Korea’s Seoul Institute of the Arts in the Experimental Theatre at UC San Diego. Read the article from KPBS to learn more.
New Swan Shakespeare Festival to Participate in "The Merchant of Venice" Mock TrialNew Swan Shakespeare Festival to Participate in "The Merchant of Venice" Mock Trial
Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” will take an unexpected turn on February 16th, 2020. "Shakespeare Trail: The Shylock Appeal," a live-action dramatic production and mock trial for character, Shylock, will be performed by UCI's New Swan actors.
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