CTSA News
Creating a Professional Pipeline for the ArtsCreating a Professional Pipeline for the Arts
Long in the planning, generous support from donor is the catalyst behind the Arts Launch Internship Program By Greg Hardesty Steve Sorenson is an avid supporter of the arts, but ask him to sing, act, paint, or play the guitar, and, well… “I have zero artistic talent,” he says with a...
Celebrating a Remarkable Year and Embracing a Bright FutureCelebrating a Remarkable Year and Embracing a Bright Future
Dear Friends, As we approach the end of an incredible year, I am filled with gratitude and admiration for the exceptional accomplishments we have achieved together. It has been an honor to serve as the new Dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts and witness the remarkable talent, passion...
Kaysie José Comes Full Circle at CTSA Kaysie José Comes Full Circle at CTSA
By Mia Hammett A once-UCI undergraduate, alumna Kaysie José (B.A. '11) is particularly qualified — and wholly committed — to bolstering the creative career pursuits of UCI’s arts students. After working in UCI’s Student Housing department, José joined the Claire Trevor School of the Arts (...
Arts Advocates: Joel VeenstraArts Advocates: Joel Veenstra
INSPIRATIONAL IMPROVISOR Q&A with Joel Veenstra Professor Joel Veenstra, M.F.A. ’11, is a professional stage manager whose production credits span Los Angeles to London, and who co-leads the Department of Drama’s stage management program as a professor of teaching in the Claire Trevor...
Arts Advocates: Dr. Steven M. SorensonArts Advocates: Dr. Steven M. Sorenson
DIVERSITY CHAMPION Q&A with Dr. Steven M. Sorenson Dr. Steven M. Sorenson is a radiologist and arts advocate. He serves on the board of directors for the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Dr. Sorenson is also the president of the Ibex Foundation...
$30,000 Gift from the Richard B. Siegel Foundation Supports Arts Outreach at UCI$30,000 Gift from the Richard B. Siegel Foundation Supports Arts Outreach at UCI
Irvine, Calif., June 21, 2022 — The UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) outreach unit was recently awarded a $30,000 gift from the Richard B. Siegel Foundation to support the School's community engagement programs. The CTSA's outreach program partners with local...
Taking a BowTaking a Bow
By Christine Byrd One of the most satisfying parts of my tenure has been raising awareness of the way in which arts are radically interdisciplinary. Stephen Barker’s career is hard to pin down: He has been a dancer, actor, director, creative writer, translator, critical theorist and, for...
Tiffany López is named dean of UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the ArtsTiffany López is named dean of UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Visionary arts and diversity leader comes from Arizona State University Tiffany López, Ph.D., visionary artist and administrator and proven champion for diversity and inclusion, has been named dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine, following a...
Getting In On The ActGetting In On The Act
After performing a live reading of an in-progress play at UCI’s Winifred Smith Hall, the actors and others working with Orange County’s South Coast Repertory theater company offered the audience of about 80 UCI drama students the kind of career advice they had probably gotten before from their...
Arts Advocates: Susan HoriArts Advocates: Susan Hori
CREATIVE DEFENDER Q&A with Susan Hori Susan Hori is a partner at the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, where she specializes in land use and environmental law. She has supported the Claire Trevor School of the Arts since 1997, and has been a longtime member of the Medici Circle,...
Elaine Koshimizu Endowed Scholarship for Inclusive Excellence in DanceElaine Koshimizu Endowed Scholarship for Inclusive Excellence in Dance
The Department of Dance at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts ranks third in California and 10th in the U.S. Despite being nationally acclaimed, each year the department competes with other top dance programs to recruit high-achieving and underrepresented students in dance. Students often select...
UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Names Ten New Medici Scholars UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Names Ten New Medici Scholars
UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) is pleased to announce the 2021 Medici Circle Scholars. Ten awards were given to both undergraduate and graduate students offering an opportunity to take their education beyond the classroom and collaborate with academics and artists in our community and...
Arts Advocates: Rick SteinArts Advocates: Rick Stein
COMMUNITY STRATEGIST Q&A with Rick Stein Rick Stein has served as the president and CEO of Arts Orange County, the local nonprofit arts agency, since 2008. He was previously the executive director of the Laguna Playhouse for 17 years and, prior to that, managing director of the...
21C Supports Faculty and Graduate Student Creative Research in the Arts21C Supports Faculty and Graduate Student Creative Research in the Arts
Since its founding in 2017, the Institute for 21st Century Creativity (21C) has sought to cultivate experimental and arts-based research to innovate and challenge creativity for this century and beyond. With support from the UCI Office of Research, Dean Stephen Barker founded the...
2021 Dean's Scholarship Awardees2021 Dean's Scholarship Awardees
Congratulations to the 2021 Dean’s Scholarship awardees! A very special thank you to the Giving Day donors who made these scholarship funds possible. As the leading campus in the nation providing access to all qualified students, no matter what their background, our students rely...
Arts Advocates: Sheila PetersonArts Advocates: Sheila Peterson
MOTHER OF ARTISTS Q&A with Sheila Peterson Sheila Peterson is passionate about arts education and student support — in part because she raised children who became artists. In addition to serving on the Dean’s Arts Board for the last decade, she co-chairs the CTSA Scholarship...
UCI’s Summer Academies in the Arts Earns Praesidium Accreditation®UCI’s Summer Academies in the Arts Earns Praesidium Accreditation®
Outreach program, committed to safety, earns highest honor for abuse prevention practices Irvine, Calif., December, 15, 2020 – The Summer Academies in the Arts, an annual college and career preparatory program offered by the Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) at the University of California...
Arts Advocates: Janice F. SmithArts Advocates: Janice F. Smith
OPPORTUNITY MAKER Q&A with Janice F. Smith Janice Smith is a longtime advocate for the arts in Orange County, having served on the board of the Bowers Museum, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, and the John Wayne Airport Arts Commission. She served on the Claire Trevor School of...
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