arts

UCI’s inaugural Summer Academy in the Arts draws budding thespians, digital videographers.

Recent M.F.A. grad works to integrate disabled and nondisabled performers.

Summer’s here, and the reading’s easy. So stash the dry textbooks, research tomes and heavier literary works that pile up on the nightstand during the academic year. The latest by David Sedaris? Got it right here with the sunscreen. No. 17 in Janet Evanovich’s epic Stephanie Plum series? It’s in the beach bag. (Hey, don’t […]

Scenic design grad student Sheryl Liu brings operas, plays and musicals to life.

Visits engender friendship between UCI arts students and their Ghanaian counterparts.

His name is pronounced “Googy,” and in his native African tongue, it means “work.” It’s fitting, because prolific author Ngugi wa Thiong’o has worked hard his entire life, turning out books, plays and newspaper columns that have made his unusual name known the world over. Now in his 70s, Ngugi could be forgiven for slowing down the […]

New arts dean hopes to raise school’s profile by ‘bringing different kinds of people together.’

The ancient Greeks knew the battlefield could leave emotional scars, and they had a distinctive way of dealing with it: They put on a play. Dramas about Achilles and Ajax showed these mythological war heroes suffering from the “divine madness” caused by combat — known today as post-traumatic stress disorder. “Scholars say Greek theater helped […]

For a decade, UC Irvine’s innovative Beall Center has been showcasing technology-based work and challenging perceptions.

Art is often described as “cutting-edge.” But UC Irvine’s Beall Center for Art + Technology is beyond that. It’s on the “bleeding edge,” according to Antoinette LaFarge, associate dean for graduate affairs at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts and associate professor of digital media. She should know. She’s been with the center from the beginning. This fall […]