Department of Art | Claire Trevor School of the Arts

VISITING ARTIST LECTURE SERIES: YVONNE RAINER

Visiting Artist Lecture SeriesA Lecture by Yvonne RainerTuesday, February 26, 2013 | noon - 1:30PMContemporary Arts Center Colloquium Room (3201) (Building 721 on campus map)Yvonne Rainer, born in 1934, was a dancer/choreographer (1960-75), then a filmmaker (seven features from 1972 to 1996), then...

GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM SERIES: VANESSA PLACE

Graduate Colloquium SeriesA Lecture by Vanessa PlaceThursday, February 28, 2013 | 6:30 PMContemporary Arts Center Colloquium Room (CAC 3201)Of Vanessa Place and Robert Fitterman’s Notes on Conceptualisms, Mary Kelly said, “I learned more about the impact of conceptualism on artists and writers than...

SECOND YEAR MFA EXHIBITION, SOFT OPENING AND OPENING RECEPTION

Second Year MFA ExhibitionSoft Opening: Thursday, February 21, 2013 | 6 - 9 PMOpening Reception: Saturday, February 23, 2013 | 1 - 5 PMExhibition Dates: February 21 - March 8, 2013Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday |12 - 6 PMUniversity Art Gallery and The Room GalleryClaire Trevor School of the...

GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM SERIES: GEORGE BAKER

Graduate Colloquium SeriesThe Black MirrorA Lecture by George BakerThursday, February 21, 2013 | 3:15 PMContemporary Arts Center Colloquium Room (CAC 3201)George Baker teaches modern and contemporary art history and the history of photography at UCLA. A New York and Paris-based critic for Artforum...

GRADUATE ALUMNUS RHEIM ALKADHI IN GROUP EXHIBITION AT APEXART

Open SesameOrganized by Ola El-KhalidiExhibition Dates: January 17, 2013 - March 2, 2013ApexartFeaturing works by:GanzeerJeanno GaussiRheim Alkadhi (MFA 1999)Makan Collective (Diala Khasawnih and Samah Hijawi)Image: courtesy of Rheim Alkadhi. Approximate view of a moment within an expulsion (from...

FALLEN FRUIT, ENDLESS ORCHARD PROJECT RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS CREATIVE CAPITAL GRANT

Fallen Fruit, a collaboration of David Burns (MFA 2005), Matias Viegener, and Austin Young, receives the prestigious Creative Capital grant in the Emerging Field category for its project Endless Orchard.David Burns was interviewed by Larry Mantle on KPCC's Airtalk, segment title Los Angeles gets ...

SIMON LEUNG IN GROUP EXHIBITON AT THE SYLVIA WALD AND PO KIM ART GALLERY

War is for the LivingCurated by Chuong-Dai Vo and Midori YamamuraThe Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art GalleryOpening Reception: Thursday, February 14, 2013 | 6 - 9 PMExhibition Dates: February 12 - March 23, 2013War is for the Living brings together a distinguished group of emerging and established...

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNUS JAMES LUNA PERFORMS AT THE ORANGE COUNTY GREAT PARK

James Luna (BA 1977)Native Stories: Life from the Colonia to the RezFebruary 16, 2013 | 7:30 PM Palm Court Arts ComplexArtists StudiosThe Orange County Great Parkwww.ocgp.org

JULIA SCHER

A lecture by Julia ScherTuesday, May 21, 2013 | 12- 1:30 PMContemporary Arts Center Colloquium Room (CAC 3201) In the last 20 years, Julia Scher’s research has explored social control dynamics in the public sphere. The art projects have taken the form of interactive installations, reformulated...

SERGIO MUÑOZ SARMIENTO

Working, Drawings, and Other Visible Things Not Necessarily Meant To Be Viewed as ArtA talk by Sergio Muñoz SarmientoMonday, May 13, 2013 | 12- 1:30 PMContemporary Arts Center Colloquium Room (CAC 3201) Sarmiento will speak about his art work which led to his entering Cornell Law School as an art...

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNUS EDWARD PATRICK ALVA, ASSISTANT EDITOR TO OSCAR NOMINATED FILM "THE INVISIBLE WAR"

The Department of Art congratulates undergraduate alumnus Edward Patrick Alva (BA 2010) on his work as Assistant Editor for the documentary The Invisible War. Directed by Kirby Dick, The Invisible War is nominated for Best Feature Documentary for the 2013 Academy Awards. In a recent interview with...

Stephanie Taylor

Graduate Colloquium SeriesStay funny, sailor!A Lecture by Stephanie TaylorThursday, January 17, 2013 | 6:30 PMContemporary Arts Center Colloquium Room (CAC 3201)Stephanie Taylor is a Los Angeles-based artist who has presented solo exhibitions at Gallerie Christian Nagel (Berlin, Köln, and Antwerp...

MING WONG

Graduate Colloquium SeriesA Lecture by Ming WongThursday, February 7, 2013 | 6:30 PMContemporary Arts Center Colloquium Room (CAC 3201)Ming Wong is an artist based in Berlin. He represented Singapore in the 53rd Venice Biennale 2009 with his solo presentation ‘Life of Imitation,’ which was awarded...

GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM SERIES: MING WONG

ANNA SEW HOY, TO JOIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ART AS VISITING PROFESSOR IN SPRING 2013

The Department of Art welcomes Anna Sew Hoy as Visiting Professor in Spring 2013. She will teach two classes: Art 100 Issues in Sculpture, and Art 230 Graduate Critique.Anna Sew Hoy's work has been included in museum exhibitions such as a solo exhibition “Nothing All Day,” at the San Jose Museum...

IN MEMORIAM: BEATRIZ NORONHA DA COSTA, 1974-2012

We have lost an inspiring colleague, a tireless collaborator, a committed teacher, an excellent artist and a good friend. In December 2012, Beatriz da Costa died in New York from the complications of brain cancer, surrounded by family, friends, her partner Robert Nideffer, and her beloved dog,...

Nicolau Vergueiro

Visiting Artist Lecture Serieswith Nicolau VergueiroTuesday, January 29, 2013 | noon - 1:30PMContemporary Arts Center Colloquium Room (3201) (Building 721 on campus map)Born in New York and raised in Brazil, Nicolau Vergueiro received his MFA in 2002 from CalArts and his BA from UCLA in 2000....