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November 30, 2018
Arts
UCI Libraries to host talk, reception launching fall exhibit on dancer Donald McKayle
EVENT: The UCI Libraries will kick off its fall exhibit, “Donald McKayle: Dancing for All Time,” with an opening night presentation and reception. The exhibit highlights the life and legacy of the late Donald McKayle, named by the Library of Congress and the Dance Heritage Coalition as “one of America’s irreplaceable dance treasures.” The performer, […]
November 01, 2018
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to fund yearlong series exploring human suffering
The newly formed UCI Center for Medical Humanities – a formal partnership among the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, the School of Humanities and the School of Medicine – has received a $225,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create a yearlong series called “Suffer Well” that will offer lectures, symposia and […]
October 19, 2018
UCI to host celebration of new Center for Medical Humanities - with a Halloween twist
EVENT: UCI will mark the launch of the newly formed Center for Medical Humanities, a formal partnership among the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, the School of Humanities and the School of Medicine to fortify a model of healthcare organized around the individual, reflective of cultural identities and responsive to the needs of the community. […]
October 16, 2018
Much-anticipated museum begins previews of long-hidden paintings, sculptures
UCI unveils exhibits, events to introduce California art showcase
September 27, 2018
UCI arts dean, special guests unveil long-hidden works from highly anticipated museum
EVENT: UCI hosts the premiere public exhibit of 50 long-hidden paintings and sculptures from the campus’s forthcoming Institute and Museum for California Art. UCI IMCA will ultimately house two extraordinary gifts, The Buck Collection and The Irvine Museum Collection, totaling more than 4,400 works by major California artists spanning every period from impressionism to now. WHEN/WHERE: 1-5 […]
September 26, 2018
A California Art Apostle
Running an art museum was not something James Irvine Swinden ever imagined. When his mother, Joan Irvine Smith, began feverishly collecting California impressionist artwork in the early 1990s, Swinden was happily operating a 12-acre botanical garden on the island of Kauai. So when she asked him to help set up a museum to showcase the […]
June 04, 2018
Artistic Exposure
Students learn to better see themselves and the world around
them through the lens of popular arts and culture initiative
June 04, 2018
In Perfect Harmony
By adopting Santa Ana High School, the UCI Symphony Orchestra has composed an outreach program that is ‘bigger than music’
June 04, 2018