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UCI's Creative Engine

January 17

Through art, dance, music and drama, UCI artists push boundaries and fuel innovation
Professor David Trend seeks to cultivate DEI and accessibility in teaching and learning

January 13

Trend will lead the newly established "Inclusive Course Design Institute (ICDI)" project, a faculty-led professional development program to help cultivate diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in teaching and learning.
Living the Dream

January 17

M.F.A. student Blake Elliott returns to UCI after following career aspirations in New York City
Dreamtime™: Jane and Louise Wilson

February 6
Contemporary Arts Center

Curated by Juli Carson
2022-23 Faculty Artist Series: Lorna Griffitt, piano

February 18
Winifred Smith Hall

Lorna Griffitt will perform a piano recital featuring the fantastical Gaspard de la Nuit (Treasurer of the Night) by Maurice Ravel. Based on the poetry by Aloysius Bertrand, this dark, mysterious, terrifying and devilishly difficult work is one of the ...
Yvette Janine Jackson | Radio Opera Workshop

March 11
Winifred Smith Hall

Radio Opera Workshop is a scalable intermedia chamber ensemble established to perform the radio operas of Yvette Janine Jackson. The 60-minute concert features the U.S. premiere of Left Behind, part of a series of radio operas themed around the ...
2022-23 Faculty Artist Series: Kei Akagi and Friends

April 14 - April 15
Winifred Smith Hall

Internationally renowned pianist and composer Kei Akagi takes the stage for his annual concert for an evening of modern jazz. He will be joined by fellow UCI faculty members Darek Oles and Jason Harnell. This trio has been together for over 30 years.

UCI's Creative Engine

Through art, dance, music and drama, UCI artists push boundaries and fuel innovation

By Christine Byrd

This winter, the Claire Trevor School of the Arts will treat audiences to riveting performances and thought-provoking exhibitions, all of which are the result of a thriving creative engine that... (more)

Press Room

The Beall Center for Art + Technology presents Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art

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Difference Machines addresses the complex relationship between the technologies we use and the identities we inhabit

The Beall Center for Art + Technology is pleased to announce Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art, opening January 28 through... (more)

Student |Connect

Living the Dream

M.F.A. student Blake Elliott returns to UCI after following career aspirations in New York City

By Christine Byrd

For students dreaming of a career in theater, nothing beats working on a New York City stage. Just ask second-year M.F.A. student Blake Elliott, who returns to UCI this winter after a... (more)

Spotlights

The Claire Trevor School of the Arts' Office of Research and Innovation seeks to highlight faculty and graduate students' ongoing creative research activities at UC Irvine.