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UC Irvine Faculty Jennifer Bornstein and Liz Glynn Awarded 2025–26 Rome Prize in Visual Arts

Fellowships provide immersive interdisciplinary experience at the American Academy in Rome The American Academy in Rome has announced the winners of the 2025–26 Rome Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious fellowship programs supporting innovative artists and scholars in the arts, humanities...
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UC Irvine’s Catherine Lord Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Renowned artist, scholar, and curator honored for her contributions to feminist and queer art history Catherine Lord, professor emerita of art and women’s studies at the University of California, Irvine, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts...
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Amanda Ross-Ho Named 2025 Marciano Art Foundation Artadia Awardee

Department of Art professor recognized for contributions to contemporary art UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts Professor Amanda Ross-Ho has been named the 2025 Marciano Art Foundation Artadia Awardee, one of only three Artadia Awardees in Los Angeles, and the sole recipient of the...
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Three Artists from Claire Trevor School of the Arts join the Guggenheim Foundation’s 100th Class of Fellows

Department of Art Assistant Professor Coleman Collins and alumni among recipients of prestigious fellowship in the arts Three of UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) community members have been awarded 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships, one of the nation’s highest honors for scholarly and...
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Engaging the Margins: Art, Ecology and Sustainability

Beall Center for Art + Technology's exhibition reframes art, ecology and sustainability By Christine Byrd Wildfires, rising sea levels, nuclear waste. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the scale of problems humans have created that we cannot solve alone. However, art invites another perspective....
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Arts and Environmental Activism

Professor Juli Carson awarded $120,000 to the UC multi-campus climate action initiative Juli Carson, professor of art and director of the University Art Galleries (UAG) at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts, has received a $120,000 University of California Office of the President (UCOP)...
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CTSA Research & Innovation and Theater of Community Faculty and Graduate Student 2024-25 Research & Innovation Grants

Creative Research in the Arts Now in its fourth year, the UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) Department of Research and Innovation continues to prioritize projects that feature cutting-edge research and interdisciplinary collaborations with potential for external recognition and...
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Forward Looking

Department of Art Welcomes Three New Faculty By Christine Byrd The Claire Trevor School of the Arts recently welcomed three new faculty to the Department of Art. Na Mira, Coleman Collins and Jibade-Khalil Huffman are forward-looking artists and educators who bring distinctive worldviews — adding...
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UC Irvine’s Artists Featured in Hammer Museum’s Made in L.A. 2025 Biennial

Four Department of Art faculty and alumni featured Hammer Museum has announced 27 artists selected for the 2025 Made in L.A., the highly anticipated biennial showcasing contemporary artists working in the greater Los Angeles area. Among them are four artists from UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School...
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UC Irvine Newkirk Faculty Fellowship Symposium Features Three CTSA Professors

The event will showcase the creative activities of Newkirk Faculty Fellows that build on the center's mission for Science...
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In Memory of Lorraine O’Grady

Lorraine O’Grady (1934–2024) Lorraine O’Grady, pioneering conceptual artist, writer, critic and former UC Irvine faculty member, passed away on December 13 at 90. O’Grady’s transformative career spanned decades and mediums, exploring the intersections of race, gender and identity. Working across...
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Professor of Art Simon Leung Selected for “Artforum's” Best of 2024: Critics' Favorite Critics

Leung’s recognition highlights his continuing impact on contemporary Asian American art UC Irvine Professor of Art Simon Leung has been recognized in Artforum’s Best of 2024: Critics’ Favorite Critics section, a new feature spotlighting the year’s most compelling contributions to criticism. Art...
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UC Irvine faculty and Alumnus Awarded ARTnews 2024 Award for Best Thematic Museum Show

Scratching at the Moon exhibition is the first focused survey of Asian American artists in a major Los Angeles contemporary art museum The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) exhibition Scratching at the Moon has been awarded the ARTnews Award for Best Thematic Museum Show of 2024...
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Drama Costume Designers join the Art + Nature initiative at the Laguna Art Museum

Professor Holly Poe Durbin, fellow faculty, staff and students present a sustainable fashion show in collaboration with the Laguna Art Museum By Haily Lewis-Eastman On November 2, 2024, in collaboration with the Laguna Arts Museum’s (LAM) Art + Nature initiative, Holly Poe Durbin, head of the...
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Art as Lover

Professor of Art Monica Majoli presents two exhibits around intimacy and the aids crisis in Düsseldorf  Monica Majoli, painting professor in the Department of Art at UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts, presents two new exhibitions in Düsseldorf: Distant Lover (2009–2024) and With: Tony...
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Welcoming New Faculty at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts

Three new UC Irvine faculty members join the Departments of Art, Drama and Dance The Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) welcomes three new faculty members this fall: Na Mira (Department of Art), Yee Eun Nam (Department of Drama) and E. Macias (Department of Dance). Each faculty member’s...
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A Celebration of Teaching

Deborah Oliver named one of the 2024 UC Irvine Dean's Honorees The UCI Celebration of Teaching honors faculty, instructors and teaching assistants who demonstrate excellence in undergraduate teaching at UC Irvine. Nominated by peers, students and staff, award recipients are recognized across six...
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Navigating Seaways

Simon Penny’s Orthogonal featured in Embodied Pacific exhibit at UC San Diego Simon Penny, professor of art at UC Irvine, will present his project Orthogonal in the Embodied Pacific exhibition from September 27 through December 6, 2024, at UC San Diego’s Visual Arts Gallery at Structural...