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Change Agent: Leading the Way

Third-year M.F.A. artist teams up with professor for ‘Affective Resistance’ exhibition By Greg Hardesty Alberto “Berto” Lule stripped down to his boxer shorts and lay on his back on a sheet of clear plexiglass. He slowly moved into different positions in which he’d been arrested or detained by...

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Creative Wayfinding

Roadmaps in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts guide students to artistic success By Christine Byrd When emerging artists come to the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, they encounter more than an art school. Students find themselves at a top-10 public research university nestled in Orange...

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UCI Faculty and Alum Receive California Arts Council (CAC) Artist Fellowships

Arts Orange County (ArtsOC) recently announced the California Arts Council (CAC) grants which awarded $840,000 in Individual Artist Fellowships to 58 talented artists in Southern California. These distinguished grants are designed to recognize, uplift and honor California artists practicing diverse...

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CTSA Launches Retail!

In honor of our August Alumni Appreciation Month, UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts is introducing our new e-shop! Step into a world of artistic expression and style with our carefully curated collection of apparel and branded items. Embrace your passion for the arts and proudly showcase your...

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August is CTSA Alumni Appreciation Month

August is Alumni Appreciation Month at the UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Join us as we honor and express gratitude for our talented alumni. Throughout August, we will spotlight the remarkable achievements of our former students on our social media channels. Each week will be dedicated to a...

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Artful Horizons

CTSA students are passionate about giving back and fostering artistic endeavors By Greg Hardesty | UCI Magazine, Spring 2023 What does it mean to be part of a community? For Claire Trevor School of the Arts students, it often means focusing on the underrepresented, social justice, and...

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Community Canvas

Forming connections is critical to school’s mission of forging arts students’ pathways to UCI and beyond By Greg Hardesty | UCI Magazine, Spring 2023 The four out-of-state guests sat in a classroom at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, their eyes fixed on a large monitor. The senior high...

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Review: Mackenzie Place by Jesse Colin Jackson, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto

A review of Jesse Colin Jackson’s solo exhibition By Marcin Kedzior | Jul 10, 2023 | Canadian Architect Jesse Colin Jackson’s exhibition at Toronto’s Pari Nadimi Gallery, Mackenzie Place (open through July 22, 2023), is a rich and inventive study of ‘The Highrise’ in Hay River (Xátł’odehchee),...

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UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Names Twelve New Medici Circle Scholars

UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) is pleased to announce the 2023 Medici Circle Scholars. Twelve 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 the community...

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Emeritus News: Take the Drama Away

Ulysses Jenkins’ “Sobriety” videotape 5.45′ to become “master of the world and of himself” by Rosanna Albertini | June 29, 2023 The griot* is back. And his stories take off from the planet of facts fused into news and sculpted by useless words chasing a truth which is refused —by those who first...

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Tania Katan to Give the UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Commencement Address

Trailblazing storyteller and champion of creativity to inspire the Class of 2023 Tania Katan, a powerful storyteller, bestselling author, and co-creator of the globally viral social impact campaign #ItWasNeverADress, has been chosen as the 2023 commencement speaker for the joint ceremony for UC...

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Getty Foundation awards exhibition grant to UC Irvine’s Beall Center for Art + Technology

Funding will support its involvement in third regional Pacific Standard Time collaboration Irvine, Calif., May 9, 2023 — The Beall Center for Art + Technology at the University of California, Irvine has received a $200,000 exhibition grant from the Getty Foundation to present “Future Tense: Art,...

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Art + Technology = Innovation

Alum Garnet Hertz’s new book chronicles 100 years of innovative DIY technology practices By Greg Hardesty As a child and teenager, Garnet Hertz lived in two worlds. He grew up in Saskatoon, a city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. In Saskatoon, snow is on the ground a third of the year...

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Unleashing Artists’ Creativity

By Christine Byrd Matt Bailey, MBA ’12, remembers how hard it was to be an artist on a student budget. He constantly needed film, photo paper, canvas and paints – and all of that was expensive, especially on top of tuition and living costs. Sometimes he just couldn’t afford the supplies. “It was...

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Three Faculty Join UCI Faculty Academy for Teaching Excellence

Three esteemed faculty members from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts have joined the inaugural class of UCI Faculty Academy for Teaching Excellence (FATE) fellows. They are Dr. Kelli Sharp from the Department of Dance, David Trend from the Department of Art, and Joel Veenstra from the...

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The Pursuit of Artistic Inquiry

Research and innovation are at the core of the mission at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts by Greg Hardesty | UCI Magazine, Winter 2023 | March 1, 2023 Annie Loui, professor of acting in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, remembers being recruited to UCI from her cozy, full-time faculty...

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Kevin Appel Presents an Exhibition of New Paintings in New York

The Miles McEnery Gallery in New York City will present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Kevin Appel, professor of art and chair in the Department of Art at the UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated digital catalogue featuring text by Molly...

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CTSA Faculty Named as Newkirk Fellows for 2022-2023

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) has announced that two Claire Trevor School of the Arts faculty members have been selected as Newkirk Fellows for the 2022-2023 academic year. Jesse Colin Jackson, Associate Dean, Research and Innovation and Associate Professor in the Department of Art,...