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The Beall Center to present works by computational art pioneer Vera Molnár: Variations The Beall Center to present works by computational art pioneer Vera Molnár: Variations
DOWNLOAD THE PRESS KIT The exhibition will include over 80 works by Molnár, the largest one person show of her work in the United States. Irvine, Calif., March 14, 2022 — The Beall Center for Art + Technology is honored to be the first gallery in the United States to present Variations, a...
Steven Lam (Art M.F.A. '04) Named New School of Art Dean at CalArtsSteven Lam (Art M.F.A. '04) Named New School of Art Dean at CalArts
An experienced curator with a strong track record of higher education leadership, Steven Lam will join CalArts as its next dean of the School of Art. He’ll hold the Jill and Peter Kraus Distinguished Chair in Art, and is scheduled to begin July 15, 2022.
Ulysses Jenkins, a Daring Video Artist, Expanded Ideas of Blackness Ulysses Jenkins, a Daring Video Artist, Expanded Ideas of Blackness
Excerpt from Hyperallergic online. Feature by Allison Conner LOS ANGELES — “You’re just a mass of images you’ve gotten to know / From years and years of TV shows / The hurting thing, the hidden pain / Was written and bitten into your veins,” chants artist Ulysses Jenkins in his 1978 video...
Arts Advocates: Mary Watson-BruceArts Advocates: Mary Watson-Bruce
OPERA AFICIONADO Q&A with Mary Watson-Bruce Mary Watson-Bruce, Ph.D. social sciences ’82, has an extensive history with UCI. She served as the associate director of geriatric medicine at UCI for ten years, and her late husband, Dickson Bruce, was a professor of history for over four...
Video Artist and Professor Ulysses Jenkins Finally Gets His MomentVideo Artist and Professor Ulysses Jenkins Finally Gets His Moment
By Richard Chang There are some talented people who create thought-provoking works all their lives, flying just below the radar and occasionally popping up for a moment in the spotlight. Ulysses Jenkins is one of those people. Jenkins is a professor of art, focusing on video, digital and...
Daphne Lei Appointed Director of UCI Illuminations, the Arts and Culture InitiativeDaphne Lei Appointed Director of UCI Illuminations, the Arts and Culture Initiative
Professor of Drama Daphne Lei has been appointed Director of UCI Illuminations, the Arts and Culture Initiative, effective Feb. 1, 2022. Provost Hal Stern made the announcement on behalf of Chancellor Howard Gillman on Jan. 28, 2022. Lei has served as interim director since Jan. 1, 2022. Lei has...
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Christopher Adriance Named Vice President of Marketing for the Irvine Barclay TheatreChristopher Adriance Named Vice President of Marketing for the Irvine Barclay Theatre
Christopher Adriance (B.Mu. ’11) recently joined the Irvine Barclay Theatre as the Vice President of Marketing, overseeing the organization’s strategic marketing, branding and communications. Adriance joins the Barclay after eight years with the Pacific Symphony. During his time at the...
Curtains UpCurtains Up
UCI alumni and faculty help reopen live theater on Broadway and national tours By Christine Byrd One of Kaden Kearney’s, M.F.A. ’19, last performances before the pandemic was at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Now, Kearney is taking curtain calls at the Kennedy Center and the Ahmanson...
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Learning the StepsLearning the Steps
Young alumni are prepared to thrive in their professional dance careers By Christine Byrd Lauren Gresens’ final performance as a student was a solo in North Star, a piece by acclaimed modern dance choreographer and UCI professor Lar Lubovitch. When she graduated a few months later, in June...
12 Must-See U.S. Art Museum Shows in 202212 Must-See U.S. Art Museum Shows in 2022
Excerpt from Artnet News, January 13, 2022: 12 Must-See U.S. Art Museum Shows in 2022, From Philip Guston’s Scandal-Stalked Survey to Faith Ringgold’s Big New York Moment Plus, a full-scale Cézanne survey for a new generation, and Ulysses Jenkins gets the retrospective treatment in L.A....
Ian Ingram’s Robot Menagerie Inhabits the Beall CenterIan Ingram’s Robot Menagerie Inhabits the Beall Center
The Beall Center’s Ian Ingram exhibition explores what the eponymous artist refers to as “animal morphology, robotic avatars, interspecies communication and technology in natural environments.” The 21 pieces in the exhibition involve 14 robots...
TOP TEN: Sky Hopinka’s highlights of 2021 TOP TEN: Sky Hopinka’s highlights of 2021
#10 ULYSSES JENKINS (ICA PHILADELPHIA; CURATED BY MEG ONLI AND ERIN CHRISTOVALE) The work of Ulysses Jenkins was a revelation. Across the videos and performances featured in this career retrospective—among them Two-Zone Transfer, 1979, and Inconsequential Doggerel, 1981—one found a...
The UAG hosts the American premiere of Yael Bartana’s "Malka Germania"The UAG hosts the American premiere of Yael Bartana’s "Malka Germania"
DOWNLOAD THE PRESS KIT *This article was updated on Jan. 4, 2022 to reflect the new opening date of Jan. 29, and on Jan. 27 to add the new closing date of April 8, 2022. IRVINE, Calif. – The University of California, Irvine’s University Art Galleries (UAG) is pleased to host the American...
Conflict Into Poetry, Disorientation Into Art: Revolution Everywhere and The Messiah Triangle at UCI">
Conflict Into Poetry, Disorientation Into Art: Revolution Everywhere and The Messiah Triangle at UCI
Liz Goldner reviews the two current University Art Gallery shows, "Revolution Everywhere" and "The Messiah Triangle" expressing how they delve into the disorientation, sense of impending doom and ultimately hope in the Middle East and beyond.
New Book on Clara Schumann Published for the Cambridge University Press Composer Studies SeriesNew Book on Clara Schumann Published for the Cambridge University Press Composer Studies Series
The Department of Music is pleased to announce the publication of Clara Schumann Studies edited by Dr. Joe Davies and featuring a chapter by Professor Nicole Grimes. The volume is dedicated to the late Nancy B. Reich as a tribute to her pioneering scholarship on Clara Schumann. Since the 1980s,...
Bringing to Life Madame Modjeska’s Fairytale Bringing to Life Madame Modjeska’s Fairytale
By Mia Hammett Living, breathing on-screen animation. A kaleidoscopic patchwork of actors awhirl. Engaging sonic and visual experimentalism. This is Madame Modjeska’s Fairytale, the latest film production from Annie Loui, Claire Trevor School of the Arts professor of acting and...
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