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Daniel Joseph Martinez Receives Cisneros Fontanals Achievement Award

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Conflict Into Poetry, Disorientation Into Art: Revolution Everywhere and The Messiah Triangle at UCI

Liz Goldner reviews the two current University Art Gallery shows, "Revolution Everywhere" and "The Messiah Triangle" expressing how they delve into the disorientation, sense of impending doom and ultimately hope in the Middle East and beyond.
 
A broad canvas for friendship

UCI Art alumna Nancy Buchanan and Barbara T. Smith reflect on camaraderie, show with a late colleague at the Armory for the Los Angeles Times.
 
Steven Lam (Art M.F.A. '04) Named New School of Art Dean at CalArts

An experienced curator with a strong track record of higher education leadership, Steven Lam will join CalArts as its next dean of the School of Art. He’ll hold the Jill and Peter Kraus Distinguished Chair in Art, and is scheduled to begin July 15, 2022.
 
A Haunting Film at UC Irvine is Not for the Faint of Heart

The immersive film Malka Germania (“Queen Germania” in Hebrew) references our personal and collective trauma about war and subjugation and artfully turns that trauma into manna. The 40-minute three-channel video is created by Israeli native Yael Bartana.
 
The art of inquiry

While much of the attention on research at UCI is directed at the sciences, the Claire Trevor School of the Arts has also generated research, although to much less notice. Jesse Colin Jackson is on a mission to change that.
 
Uncovering Hidden Spaces at UCI’s Open Studios

Seeing the works by the University of California, Irvine’s MFA students, many of which use leftover material site-specific to the campus, lead me to wonder if they also constitute a kind of leftover material of time.

 
Alexis Smith and how she ‘represents the power and potential of self-realization inherent in the American way’

Art critic, Liz Goldner, reviews Department of Art alumna's latest show, “Alexis Smith: The American Way,” at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) in La Jolla.

 
Historic Laguna Beach Building That Was Once a Millionaire’s Private Art Museum Has Transformed Into a Public Arts Center

Tony DeLap: A founding faculty member at UC Irvine and its esteemed art department, DeLap’s work resides in the permanent collections of museums such as the Tate Modern in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Guggenheim Museum...
 
National Choreographers Initiative Prepares Four New Works for Annual Showcase

Headquartered at the University of California, Irvine, the NCI is an annual three-week intensive program founded in 2004 by award-winning choreographer Molly Lynch.
 
UC Irvine alumnus Tuan Andrew Nguyen named 2025 MacArthur Fellow

UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts alum and multi-disciplinary artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow. Nguyen, 49, is one of six artists and 22 total recipients this year to win the prestigious award.
 
UCI Students showcase art in fall 2025 ‘Tenth Thursday’ exhibition

The Claire Trevor School of the Arts held its quarterly undergraduate student exhibition on Dec. 4, showcasing a wide range of creativity and projects that students have been working on throughout the quarter.

 
Now on Hammer Channel! Watch the Made in L.A. 2025 Artist Profile on Amanda Ross-Ho

"Time is both the subject and the material that I work with." Made in L.A. 2025 artist Amanda Ross Ho takes us inside a new installation of four monumental doors, modeled after the doors in her father's and aunt's nursing facility.
 
Bruce Yonemoto Named CSUN’s Orndorff Artist-in-Residence

Bruce Yonemoto has spent a lifetime exploring experimental cinema and video art and has developed a body of work that positions itself within the overlapping intersections of art and commerce.