Arts and WellnessArts and Wellness
By Christine Byrd The seats were empty, the orchestra silent, the studios dark. More than 700 undergraduate and 150 graduate students, and the scores of faculty and staff who teach and support them, disappeared literally overnight. It was March 17, and the Claire Trevor School of the Arts,...
Jason Valdry Named Assistant Dean, Claire Trevor School of the ArtsJason Valdry Named Assistant Dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Dean Stephen Barker has named Jason Valdry the next assistant dean for the Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA). The assistant dean is responsible for the entire scope of planning, operations, and resource management for the School, involving its administrative, instructional, and research...
Kristine N. Haag, ’06Kristine N. Haag, ’06
Costume design alumna Kristine N. Haag has been nominated for a 2020 Emmy Award. Haag is part of the costume design team nominated for “Outstanding Contemporary Costumes” for her work as the Assistant Costume Designer on the Netflix show Grace and Frankie for the episode “The Tank.” Her colleagues...
From Waste to Wonder: Face Shields Transform Into ArtFrom Waste to Wonder: Face Shields Transform Into Art
UCI art piece commemorates the efforts of UCI’s face shield project and global pandemic. September 15, 2020 By Kate Wokowsky / UCI Beall Applied Innovation News "The face shield project at UC Irvine left behind piles of clear and colorful plastic scraps that were bound for the trash can, but...
UC Irvine Art Department: Recontextualizing Instruction During Changing TimesUC Irvine Art Department: Recontextualizing Instruction During Changing Times
The visual and performing arts inspire and enlighten us. They provide solace, help us rise above difficulties and uplift our spirits during times of change and confusion. “Art is essential to the well-being of individuals and society...”
How the Pandemic Made UCI Composer Michael Dessen’s World Go ZoomHow the Pandemic Made UCI Composer Michael Dessen’s World Go Zoom
By Peter Lefevre September 11, 2020 "If you’ve ever been in a video meeting, you’ve had this experience: Someone’s lips move, and a fraction of a second later, you hear the sound of their voice. That millisecond of being out of sync, that delay between when a sound enters a system and when it...
In the Zoom Where It HappensIn the Zoom Where It Happens
What San Diego Theater Looks Like in the Age of Social Distancing Local theater companies are adapting their art Dan Letchworth | Sep 1, 2020 (excerpt) "At the same time up in Solana Beach, North Coast Repertory Theatre was facing a similar dilemma with the Eric Pfeffinger comedy Human...
At the end of summer comes UC Irvine’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Zoom’ At the end of summer comes UC Irvine’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Zoom’
Four days will quickly steep themselves in night; four nights will quickly dream away the time — for four nights, UC Irvine’s New Swan Shakespeare Theater will draw its audience into the bard’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” albeit unconventionally...
A Midsummer Night’s Zoom
Jesse Colin Jackson Named Inaugural Associate Dean, Research and InnovationJesse Colin Jackson Named Inaugural Associate Dean, Research and Innovation
Dean Stephen Barker has named Jesse Colin Jackson, associate professor in the department of art, to the inaugural role of associate dean, research and innovation at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA). The associate dean will be responsible for developing a vision and plan for faculty...
Review: lauren woods: American Monument: 22/2019Review: lauren woods: American Monument: 22/2019
Review: lauren woods: American Monument: 22/2019 By Andrea Liss for Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism June 2020 Who can read the news today without seeing a headline and a visceral photograph recounting yet another shooting of an African American person? The...
Professor Emeritus Joseph Huszti Named 2020 Swan Award WinnerProfessor Emeritus Joseph Huszti Named 2020 Swan Award Winner
The California Choral Directors Association (CCDA) recently presented Professor Emeritus Joseph Huszti with the Howard S. Swan Award. Since 1985, the CCDA has recognized an outstanding choral director in California who is retired from full time conducting, having spent the major portion of their...
Meet UCI Drama alumna Andrea CabanMeet UCI Drama alumna Andrea Caban
Q&A with Certificate in Presentation Design Lead Faculty Andrea Caban Andrea Caban, lead faculty of the new Certificate in Presentation Design program (CPD), traverses the fields of business, medicine and art making in a way that lends a unique perspective to presentation design, a creative...
Artist for the FutureArtist for the Future
Gabby Miller, M.F.A. ’20, crosses disciplines to explore the possibility of a future that is not predetermined By Christine Byrd “Can we turn the black box theater into an Oracle Machine?” was a question burning in Gabby Miller’s mind during the final year of her M.F.A. program at the Claire...
Playing Music Together Online Is Not As Simple As It SeemsPlaying Music Together Online Is Not As Simple As It Seems
Article shared from Jazz Night In America Playing Music Together Online Is Not As Simple As It Seems by Nickolai Hammar and Colin Marshal Here's a seemingly simple question: Can musicians in quarantine play music together over an Internet connection? We've migrated birthday parties, happy...
Feats of Engineering & ArtistryFeats of Engineering & Artistry
By Christine Byrd If you see opera singers on a flying alligator’s back or snakes chasing Mozart, if it rains inside the theatre or a wild owl swoops overhead, it’s not magic. It’s just another day’s work for the Claire Trevor School of the Arts production team. “We’re prototyping and...
UCI students put diversity center stage in a summer series for young theatre professionalsUCI students put diversity center stage in a summer series for young theatre professionals
UCI graduate students and their colleagues present Re-Creating the Stage: a round table for our new reality, a six-week digital summer program produced and organized by K.B. Theatre Company and collaborators. The program consists of panel conversations and workshops with industry professionals...
Arts Advocates: Tom NielsenArts Advocates: Tom Nielsen
ARTIST ALLY Q&A with Tom Nielsen Tom Nielsen, founder of a real estate consultancy, is a longtime advocate and supporter of Orange County arts organizations. A longstanding member of the CTSA Dean’s Arts Board, Nielsen ramped up his support of the school over the past decade,...
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