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Arts Advocates: John ForsyteArts Advocates: John Forsyte
SYMPHONIC LEADER Q&A with John Forsyte John Forsyte is president and CEO of the Pacific Symphony. During his 27-year tenure, he has been a strong advocate for music education across Orange County, including at UC Irvine, where the Pacific Symphony’s Side-by-Side rehearsal series features...
Curating CommunityCurating Community
Michelle Maasz Brouwer ’14 connects audiences and artists as director of programming at Irvine Barclay Theatre By Diana Kalaji At Irvine Barclay Theatre (IBT), Michelle Maasz Brouwer curates experiences that bring together students, artists and audiences, strengthening the creative connection...
Anteaters in the Arts
The Next Stage
UCI Arts 2025 Year in ReviewUCI Arts 2025 Year in Review
Reflecting back on a year of exceptional milestones The past year marked a significant moment for the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, coinciding with UC Irvine’s 60th anniversary and the continued celebration of the 25th anniversary of the naming of the school. Together, these milestones...
World Stages
Making Space to Redefine Making Space to Redefine
Alison O’Daniel (M.F.A. ’10) is changing the game in art and film By Richard Chang Alison O’Daniel (M.F.A. art, 2010) has placed Deaf culture at the focal point in her art and film work, and that has positioned her at the forefront of an international cultural movement. The visual...
Arts Advocates: R. Michael Gros, M.F.A. ’81Arts Advocates: R. Michael Gros, M.F.A. ’81
LEGACY BUILDER Q&A with R. Michael Gros For over 40 years, R. Michael Gros, M.F.A. ’81 has been a director, producer, artistic director, educator and arts advocate. He is a professor emeritus of Santa Barbara City College and has served as co-artistic director of PlayFest Santa...
Art That Moves L.A.Art That Moves L.A.
UC Irvine artists featured at the Hammer Biennial By Christine Byrd When Made in L.A. 2025 opens at the Hammer Museum on Oct. 5, the highly anticipated biennial will not only offer insight into the City of Angels’ artistic impulses but also UC Irvine’s growing influence on the region’s art...
A Legacy Worth CelebratingA Legacy Worth Celebrating
Anniversaries of UC Irvine and the Claire Trevor School of the Arts offer a moment of reflection and possibility By Christine Byrd Every day, UC Irvine students and visitors walk by Claire Trevor’s Oscar and Emmy awards outside the theater named in her honor — golden reminders of that...
Answering the Call to Lead Answering the Call to Lead
Dante Puleio (M.F.A. ’17) reflects on his path from student to artistic director of the José Limón Dance Company By Diana Kalaji If dance showed Dante Puleio how to move, the José Limón technique taught him how to move through life. “When I discovered dance, I woke up,” said...
Design for the FutureDesign for the Future
UC Irvine scenic arts faculty revolutionize sustainability in theater By Christine Byrd Claire Trevor School of the Arts faculty Efren Delgadillo Jr. and Yee Eun Nam represent a new generation of scenic designers who bring novel approaches to sustainability — avoiding dumpsters full of...
Arts Advocates: Derek SaboriArts Advocates: Derek Sabori
SUSTAINABILITY STEWARD Q&A with Derek Sabori Derek Sabori, ’95, MBA ’02 is founder of The Underswell, where he is a podcaster and sustainability consultant. Before that, he was a senior director at a sustainability strategy and communications agency and vice president of global...
Engaging the Margins: Art, Ecology and SustainabilityEngaging the Margins: Art, Ecology and Sustainability
Beall Center for Art + Technology's exhibition reframes art, ecology and sustainability By Christine Byrd Wildfires, rising sea levels, nuclear waste. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the scale of problems humans have created that we cannot solve alone. However, art invites another...
Reclaiming Sound
Dancing for GenerationsDancing for Generations
Sakina Ibrahim’s (M.F.A. ’14) journey from dance scholar to advocate for sustainable change By Diana Kalaji A glance at Sakina Ibrahim’s resume reveals a few things: She is a scholar of dance, an NAACP Image Award-nominated author, and a nonprofit founder. Yet woven through it all is a quiet...
Arts Advocates: Steven LamArts Advocates: Steven Lam
LEGACY BUILDER Q&A with Stephen Lam Artist, curator and educational leader Steven Lam M.F.A. ’04, is the dean of the School of Art at the California Institute of the Arts, known as CalArts. A mentee and friend of late artist, activist and UC Irvine professor emerita Yong Soon Min, Lam...
Forward LookingForward Looking
Department of Art Welcomes Three New Faculty By Christine Byrd The Claire Trevor School of the Arts recently welcomed three new faculty to the Department of Art. Na Mira, Coleman Collins and Jibade-Khalil Huffman are forward-looking artists and educators who bring distinctive worldviews...
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