Join a Club

UCI offers hundreds of student-run campus organizations both on- and off-campus. The clubs provide opportunities for students to pursue personal and professional goals through involvement. Join a student organization and find a community to grow your passions in art, dance, drama and music with our featured clubs. We have created a list of arts-oriented clubs below to start your journey at getting involved at UCI and CTSA.

Please note: Campus clubs highlighted below in the boxes are advised by faculty members in the arts and humanities. Consider the clubs listed below for the rich and diverse student experiences they also offer you at CTSA.

Campus clubs: View the UCI website here

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Bare Bones Dance Theater

Bare Bones Dance Theater is a non-profit student organization founded in 1987. The club produces dance concerts, workshops and outreach events for all majors.

Bare Bones Dance Theatre
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Brown Bag Theatre Company (BBTC)

Brown Bag Theater Company is an ensemble of artists & scholars who aim to produce equally engaging & captivating artistic work that reflects & empowers the Latinx communities. At BBTC, they believe that the discipline of theatre is a cultural force capable of transforming the community and they bolster this belief whilst celebrating the richness & pride of Latinx culture.

Brown Bag Theatre Company
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Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery

The Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery is a collective of art students that supports the creative, academic and social growth of fellow art students. Through remote learning, the gallery is developing an online publication to showcase student work and musings through mediums like painting, photography, video, drawing, sculpture, writing, digital art and filmed performance work.

Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery
Community Student Advising Committee (CSAC)
Community Student Advising Committee (CSAC)

Community Student Advising Committee (CSAC) is a collaborative committee of undergraduate Dance Majors who aim to serve as a liaison between undergraduate students and the Chair of the Dance Department. CSAC's mission is to improve the community experience by promoting open communication within the dance department.

Community Student Advising Committee (CSAC)
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Improv Revolution

Improv Revolution generates creativity, comedy, and community at and around UC Irvine. Through a positive approach to improvisation, they construct opportunities for as many people as possible to engage in the creative process and to participate in community.

Improv Revolution
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Movement Exchange

Movement Exchange unites dance and service through its network of university chapters, international dance exchanges, and year-round programs in underserved communities. They are a growing community of dance diplomats—movers and shakers, activists and global citizens, dreamers and achievers, teachers and learners, volunteers and friends.

Movement Exchange