Faculty and Student Events

Faculty:

 2025-2026

  • Gastronomy: Culinary Art through Science, Ty Christoff-Tempesta
  • Lecture /Reading by Andrew Lam of his new book, Georges Van Den Abbeele
  • Race, Transnationalism, and Jewishness in Visual Art, Abigail Lapin Dardashti
  • "Blood Sugar, CA:1903: a play by Javier Luis Hurtado, Queer Latinx theater workshop and lecture with Javier Hurtado PhD, MFA," Christofer Rodelo
  • Conversations with Benjamin Benne,Juliette Carrillo
  • The Role of the Arts in Medicine: Probing the Landscape Beneath the Skin, Jesse Colin Jackson
  • Memoir as Memory, Returning to History, Long Bui
  • Oceanic Impressions: Cyanotypes of Cyanobacteria, Nicole Avalon
  • CinEcon: Beyond the Smoke Screen, Sofia Franco
  • Centennial:  Miles Davis and John Coltrane 1926-2026, Mark Fisher
  • Art and Wellness as Political Resistance, Pamela Nwakanma
  • Mesoamerican Food, Mexican Cuisine, and Health, Christopher Lowman
  • Humanities Core Arts Competition, Exhibition, and Comunity Arts Engagement, Larisa Castillo
  • French-North African "Arabian fuzz" group Al-Qassar, Mark LeVine
  • From Island to Island: A Screening and Symposium on Japan’s Southern Expansion, Christopher Fan
  • Reporting on China: Tales from the Field, Jeffrey Wasserstrom
  • Environmental Injustice and Cultural Heritage: Community Voices, Kim Fortun
  • Black, Japanese, and Latin American at Once: A Conversation with Brazilian Rapper Yannick Hara, Eraldo Souza dos Santos
  • Latin American Film Festival, Jacobo Sefami
  • Screening, Talkback, Graduate and Undergraduate Class Visit with Haitian Director, Felix Jean-Louis
  • Echoes of Black France: A Transatlantic Conversation, Christophe Litwin
  • Unnamable Aftermaths: Asian American art as theory for democracy, Simon Leung
  • Harambee: Orality in Motion, Ama Wray
  • Nuclear Aftermath: Screening and Talk on I’m So Sorry (2021), Jon L. Pitt
  • Green Knight Performance. Simon Armitrage Talks, Annie Loui

2024-2025 

  • "Brazilian Architecture, Race, and Jewishness at Midcentury,” Abigail Lapin Dardashti
  • The Black Pacific in the Americas, Alex Borucki
  • "40 Years On: Unpacking Dominant Narratives Surrounding India’s 1984 Anti-Sikh Violence," Anneeth Kaur Hundle
  • Finding Balance in the Force, Brandy Gatlin-Nash
  • "American: An Odyssey to 1947: Visit of Filmmaker Danny Wu," Catherine L. Benamou
  • Mathematics and Black Dance -- Dancer Annie Wang, Charlotte Griffin
  • "UCI Forum for Facilitating Authentic Academic-Community Collaboration & Engagement," Dawn Bounds
  • Comunidad y Música, Genesis Lara
  • "Electric Silk Road with BeiRu: Presentation and Performance," Houri Berberian
  • The Babadook: Gendered Work in Contemporary Horror, James M. Robertson
  • Climate Change and Fictions of Hope and Despair, Jeffrey Wasserstrom
  • Arts at Burns Pinion Winter 2025 Exhibition, Jesse Jackson
  • "Mathematics and Black Dance – Choreographer Reggie Wilson," Jesse Wolfson
  • "Futuristic Harmony: Evolving Improvisation and Humanity with Emergent Technology," Joel Veenstra
  • "Voices of Diversity: Reading and Conversation with Rabih Alameddine," Jonathan Alexander
  • Johnny Gandelsman Concerts/Masterclass, Kojiro Umezaki
  • "Healing through Art and Memory: The 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam-American War," Long Bui
  • "From Script to Screen: Pathways into the Media Industries," Lucas Hildebrand
  • The Black Pacific in the Americas, Mahtab Jafari
  • Geoff Dyer: Homework, Mark Fisher
  • "Composing While Black: A Concert by the International Contemporary Ensemble," Michael Dessen
  • White Privilege (from last year), Vinni Olivieri
  • "Theater of Community: Confronting Bias/Bigotry, Promoting Free Speech/Solidarity," Zachary Price

2023-2024 

  • Eco-Arts: Explorations in Observational Thinking and Art-Making,  Carrie Noland and Lisa Naugle
  • El Cine Yost and the Power of Place for Mexican Migrants in Orange County -- A Lecture by Dr. David-James Gonzales, Arcelia Gutiérrez, Kevan Antonio Aguilar
  • "Changing the Subject: Lynn Nottage's By the Way, Meet Vera Stark and the Making of Black" - Dr Samantha N. Sheppard, Cornell Univeristy, Victoria Johnson 
  • Going Varsity in Mariachi: Reclaiming Culture & Amplifying Language through Music, Elizabeth Peña& Dr. Julio Torres 
  • Galton Trio: Kinesis, Christopher Dobrian & John Crawford
  •  Lenore Anderson and In Their Names: The Untold Story of Victim's Rights, Mass Incarceration and the Future of Public Safety, Naomie Sugie 
  • Art History Undergraduate Association At UCI Art Exhibition 2023-24, Bridget Cooks 
  • Going Back to Compton: A Native Son Searches for Racial Equality, Ana E. Rosas 
  • University Art Gallery (UAG) Exhibition - Think if it As Money; Adriá Julia, Juli Carson
  • "Exploring Diversity in Video Games", Bo Ruberg & Aaron Trammell 
  • Brown Bag Theatree, Lonnie Alcaraz 
  • The Intersecting Spheres of Mathematics, Art, and Spirituality: Explorations in Islamic Geometry, Shayan Doroudi 
  • Black Africanist Culture, Knowledge, Traditions, and Arts, Jesse Wolfson & Reggie Wilson 
  • Annual Humanties Core Competition & Exhibition - Worldbuilding Theme, Larisa Castillo 
  • Spectacular Technologies Popularizing Science Through Theatrical Display ft. Dr. Aileen Robinson, Tara Rodman & Daniel Whiteson 
  • Finding a Voice, Nicole Grimes 
  • Zulal: Wishing Well (A Performace, All-Female A Cappella Trio), Professor Houri Berberian 
  • Women on The One - Traulblazers of Funk & Afrofuturism, Michael Dessen 
  • DJ Rekha, Workshop Discussion, and Q&A, Rajna Swaminathan 
  • Parallel Practices: Litia Perta and Milka Djordjevich, Simon Leung
  • The Art of Performance ft. Asher Hartman, Deborah Oliver
  • Laser Talks Beall Center for Art + Technology, Jesse Jackson
  • Affective Resistance, Exhibit (Poetic Justice Initiative), Liz Glynn 
  • Queer Latinx Performance and Art Series, Christofer Rodelo 

2022-2023

  • The Ministry of the Future Performance
  • Annie Louie, Professor, Drama, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Feminista Frequencies: Community Building Through Radio in the Yakima Valley (A Lecture by Dr. Monica De La Torrez)
  • Arcelia Gutierrez, Assistant Professor, Film and Media Studies, School of Humanities
  • Other Ways to Play, Allen Terricciano, Professor, Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Modernity, The Ruin and History's Return, University Art Gallery Speaker Series, Jane and Louise Wilson Survey Juli Carson, Professor, Art, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Worldmaking through Dance: Gerald Casel, Charlotte Griffin, Assistant Professor, Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Zotfest 2022-2023, Desha Rae Dauchan, Associate Professor of Teaching, Film & Media Studies, School of Humanities
  • Artist and Illustrator Anthony Francisco, Dorothy Fujita-Rony, Professor, Asian American Studies, School of Humanities
  • Brick Theatre - Oct: New Play Festival; Jan: Switched Cabaret;  Feb: Shakesqueer;  March: Homocoming; April: Spring Production; May: Senior Showcase, Donald Hill, Professor & Chair, Drama, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • POSITIVE EXPOSURE: Change How You See – See How You Change, Elizabeth Pena, Professor, Education, School of Education
  • 6th Annual Symposium on Poetry of Healing and Hope, Frank Meyskens, Emeritus Professor Medicine, School of Medicine
  • Visiting Filmmaker Series 22-23
  • DigiFilm Festival '23, James Jackson, Lecturer, Art, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Bruce Yonemoto, Professor, Art, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Arts at Burns Pinion, Beall LASER Talks; Jesse Jackson, Associate Professor, Art, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Film Screening:  The Feminist On Cell Block Y. Keramet Reiter, Professor, Criminology, Law and Society, School of Social Ecology
  • Joel Ramos & Hector Cervantes, Underground Scholars Program 
  • Leave a Trace (2023), John Crawford, Professor, Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Queer and Trans Refugee Performance, Healing, and Transnational Storytelling, Jeanne Scheper, Professor and Chair, Gender & Sexual Studies, School of Humanities
  • The Art Club Collective, Joseph Lewis, Professor, Art, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Duniya Dance and Drum Company, Judy Wu, Professor, Asian American Studies, School of Humanities
  • The Evolution of Improvisation Conference, Joel Veenstra, Assoc. Professor, Drama, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Covering China and Global Crises, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Professor, History, School of Humanities
  • Dancing Through Bias and Promoting Inclusion, Kelli Sharp, Assistant Professor, Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Matthew Schumaker/Eric Huebner Concert and Workshop, Hong Kong Open, a project with artist Tiffany Sia, Simon Leung, Professor, Art, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Pointercounts. A French-Belgian Trio for a World Tour of Classical, Jazz, and Electroacoustic Collaborative Music! Lorna Griffitt Bedelian, Professor, Music, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Unidad: Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos (GLLU) documentary screening and panel discussion, Lucas Hilderbrand, Professor, Film and Media Studies, School of Humanities
  • Mexican/Chicanx Indigeneity & The Art of Healing, Long Bui, Assoc Prof, Global and International Studies, School of Social Sciences
  • Worldbuilding Arts Competition, Larisa T. Castillo, Associate Professor of Teaching, School of Humanities
  • Voices of Family Medicine: Photo Narrative Exhibit, Juliet M. McMullin, Professor, Family Medicine, School of Medicine
  • Concert and talks by composer Angélica Negrón, Concert and pre-concert talk by Yvette Jackson, Michael Dessen, Professor, Music, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • UCI PrisonPandemic in the Community, Keramet Reiter, Professor, Criminology, Law & Society, School of Social Ecology
  • Rafiq Bhatia Residency, acclaimed experimental guitarist, composer, and producer, Rajna Swaminathan, Assistant Professor, Music, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Cultural Resonance in Contemporary Bodies: Worldmaking Through Dance Reggie Wilson / Fist & Heel Performance Group,Tara Rodman, Assistant Professor, Drama, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • F-R-E-E-S-T-Y-L-E Forming Regenerative Energy Empowerment Skills & Techniques to Yield Lifelong Experimental Creativity, Ama Wray, Professor, Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference, Darryl Taylor, Professor, Music, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  • Transmedia Transgender Storytelling as Radical Action: A Conversation Between Catherine Blackard and   Theresa Jean Tanenbaum, Tess Tanenbaum, Professor, Informatics, Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Science

 

Student:

2023-24

HumCore Arts Competition 

Real Women Have Curves

AHUA Annual Art Exhibition: Belonging