Department Programs

The Department of Art offers degrees in Art, with minors in Digital Arts, and Digital Filmmaking. It also offers an Honors in Art program, which is designed to further develop students’ critical, analytical, and technical skills, and is suited to those pursuing graduate school and/or exhibition careers. Honor students will be given access to a studio space for the academic year.

Sep
27
The Inoperative Community: Exhibition X Practice, UC Irvine 1965-2025
September 27 - December 13
Contemporary Arts Center Gallery
An archival exhibition of the University Art Galleries (UAG) from 1965 to the present
Dec
04
Tenth Thursday Undergraduate Student Exhibition - fall 2025
December 4 - December 4
Arts Campus
Join us for Tenth Thursday, an evening celebrating the creativity of the Department of Art’s talented undergraduates through a vibrant showcase of exhibitions and projects. Explore a wide array of works – including painting...
Jan
24
Proceeding in Brokenness
January 24 - April 4
Contemporary Arts Center Gallery
In times of climate crisis, and while democracies are eroding and infrastructures and social webs are breaking apart, the idea of repair is tempting. Repair promises to make things whole again, even if they have never worked...
Feb
07
M.F.A. 2nd Year Exhibition - winter 2026
February 7 - February 28
Room Gallery
In times of climate crisis, and while democracies are eroding and infrastructures and social webs are breaking apart, the idea of repair is tempting. Repair promises to make things whole again, even if they have never worked...