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Mari Kimura Explores Music’s Intersections with Technology and ScienceMari Kimura Explores Music’s Intersections with Technology and Science
By Richard Chang Mari Kimura, a professor of music at UCI’s Integrated Composition, Improvisation and Technology program, is connecting students, disciplines and departments with her groundbreaking work. She’s fostering collaboration and interaction during times when the coronavirus pandemic has...
Chloe King and Summer Session Uplift Queer Voices Chloe King and Summer Session Uplift Queer Voices
Medici Scholars Chloe King and Summer Session Uplift Queer Voices in Searching for Shelter By Lauren Knight When UCI Drama M.F.A. directing candidates Chloe King and Summer Session started collaborating last summer, they had no idea that their co-directed project on racism in childhood would...
Emerging BrighterEmerging Brighter
UCI student artists discovered and honed new skills in 2021 By Christine Byrd When UCI moved operations online a year and a half ago, everyone gained new skills: creating an at-home studio, mastering Zoom meetings and troubleshooting technology. But as artists struggled to keep their creative...
Ulysses Jenkins retrospective opens in Philadelphia on Sept. 17Ulysses Jenkins retrospective opens in Philadelphia on Sept. 17
Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation is the first major retrospective on the work of groundbreaking video/performance artist Ulysses Jenkins, on view at ICA this fall, September 17–December 30, 2021. The exhibition is co-curated by Meg Onli, ICA Andrea B. Laporte Associate Curator and...
Dr. Rajna Swaminathan joins the UCI Music facultyDr. Rajna Swaminathan joins the UCI Music faculty
The Department of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Rajna Swaminathan as Assistant Professor of Music. Professor Swaminathan holds a Ph.D. in Music from Harvard University’s Creative Practice and Critical Inquiry program and is an improviser, composer, and scholar. Her...
Ariyan Johnson Brings Innovation and Passion to UCI DanceAriyan Johnson Brings Innovation and Passion to UCI Dance
By Jezebel Ramirez-Robles and Lauren Knight Professor Ariyan Johnson is a multidisciplinary artist with a rich background in dancing, choreographing, acting, producing, and directing, the list continues with each new project she takes on. At a young age, Johnson’s mother -- a dancer...
Prof. Monica Majoli wins a prestigious Hammer Museum awardProf. Monica Majoli wins a prestigious Hammer Museum award
Excerpt from the Los Angeles Times by Deborah Vankin July 15, 2021 "The Hammer Museum announced Thursday that L.A. artist Kandis Williams, co-founder of Cassandra Press and a visiting faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts, will receive the museum’s $100,000 Mohn Award for...
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...
Raising Community VoicesRaising Community Voices
Director and playwright Juliette Carrillo helps bring hidden stories to the stage By Christine Byrd When Juliette Carrillo's play Plumas Negras was performed in 2013 in the East Salinas, Calif., community where it was set, some audience members were brought to tears. Not only had Carrillo...
Zooming to UCIZooming to UCI
Artists from around the world paid virtual visits to UCI students, opening new windows of opportunity By Christine Byrd When music major Cassandra Leisher asked the New York Philharmonic’s Ryan Roberts, a classical French horn and oboe player, how he calms pre-audition nerves, she was...
A Natural ArtistA Natural Artist
By Christine Byrd Ivy Guild’s art studio evokes a dystopian greenhouse. Ribbon-like strips of redwood trees and a 9-foot-long aloe vera trunk hang from the walls, as fungi thrive on various other biological materials. Guild, who completes her M.F.A. in June 2021, envisions her thesis show in...
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...
Women in Global Music (WIGM): Network LaunchWomen in Global Music (WIGM): Network Launch
The Department of Music is pleased to support the online launch of the Women in Global Music (WIGM) Research and Industry Network, co-founded by Dr. Joe Davies, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow, and Dr. Yvonne Liao, from the Oxford Research Center in Humanities. The official launch events...
UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Coup de Comedy Festival Goes GlobalUCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Coup de Comedy Festival Goes Global
Comedy Festival and Global Improvisation Initiative Symposium “Transform” on June 3-6, 2021 IRVINE, Calif. (May 12, 2021) - The Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) at the University of California, Irvine, virtually hosts the 7th annual Coup de Comedy Festival returning after last...
Renaissance ManRenaissance Man
Graduate student Jesús López Vargas reflects a new generation behind the scenes in theatre By Christine Byrd Director, stage manager, producer, poet, photographer, videographer, designer, and an advocate for underrepresented voices: Jesús López Vargas wears many hats. As an M.F.A. candidate...
Rising Spirits for Latinx StudentsRising Spirits for Latinx Students
Creative Connections creates a platform for Santa Ana High School students to tell their stories By Jezebel Ramirez-Robles The collaborative project, “Rising Spirits: First Draft,” brings together UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Creative Connections program with student-run...
Daniel Joseph Martinez receives a 2021-22 Rome Prize in Visual ArtDaniel Joseph Martinez receives a 2021-22 Rome Prize in Visual Art
The American Academy in Rome (AAR) has announced the 2021–22 Rome Prize and Italian Fellowships winners. These highly competitive fellowships support advanced independent work and research in the arts and humanities. This year, Rome Prizes were awarded to thirty-five American and five Italian...
Choreographing the FutureChoreographing the Future
Dance department chair and UCI alumna Molly Lynch prepares students for long, diverse careers By Christine Byrd Molly Lynch wants UCI dance students to envision careers beyond professional dancer — from choreographer to artistic director, and nonprofit administrator to teacher. As...
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