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Arts Advocates: R. Michael Gros, M.F.A. ’81

September 30, 2025

LEGACY BUILDER

Q&A with R. Michael Gros

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UCI Arts Summer 2025 Faculty Highlights

September 30, 2025

A look at faculty news and creative activity from summer 2025

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Art That Moves L.A.

September 30, 2025

UC Irvine artists featured at the Hammer Biennial

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UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Art: A Culmination of Legacy & Resurgence

September 29, 2025

Drive past the carefully manicured lawns of Irvine, the most famously planned city in America, and the last

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OCDE and UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts Launch ‘Earn and Learn’ Apprenticeships

September 29, 2025

The collaboration creates stronger pathways connecting classrooms, communities and careers in the arts

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UC Irvine Department of Drama Recognized with URTA Excellence Award in Undergraduate Training

September 26, 2025

National award highlights UC Irvine’s excellence in design and technology training

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UC Irvine Music Professor Darryl Taylor Reflects on the Legacy of Composer Robert Owens

September 25, 2025

In celebration of the centennial of composer Robert Owens’s life, Department of Music Professor Darryl Taylor was featured in "The New York Times." “He was always this enigmatic figure because of his distance,” said Taylor, a collaborator of Owens.