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Creative Visions in Studio Art Photography

t’s all about vision in the Claire from the traditional to the more cutting- Museum, among others. A recent project, Trevor School of the Arts’ pho- edge, with a commitment to aesthetics. Vast Active Living Intelligence System: Itography program, where Studio “A visible indication of the strength Photographing the South Pole, took her Art students learn how to creatively of this area can be seen in the many to Antarctica where she photographed capture the world around them. student exhibitions held in the Uni- the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station versity Art Gallery,” she notes. “The and the harsh surrounding environment. photo-based works are not only “The new curriculum Miles and I have plentiful but often steal the show.” developed emphasizes the learning of Professors Connie Samaras and technical information combined with Miles Coolidge are responsible for much developing critical thinking, situating the of the photography instruction. Both practice of photography socially, cultur- are accomplished artists who have ally and historically, and familiarizing exhibited their own work for years students with contemporary art photog- at various museums and galleries. raphy and criticism,” Samaras explains. Coolidge’s artwork includes the “We have an initial two-stage photographic series Garage Pictures, foundations course. By third quarter Elevator Pictures, Safetyville, Central students are learning to develop their Valley, Moundbuilders, Golf Course, Mat- own ideas,” she continues. “After that tawa, and the photographic installation is a series of different studio classes Observatory Circle. His work has been which range from portfolio development exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in to working in-depth on various critical , among other institutions. strategies and approaches one can Samaras has exhibited and lectured take to working with photographs, from Tom Feucht-Havier’s mixed- Studio Art Chair Yong Soon Min on her work extensively at numerous documentary to constructed images, media photo installation was a highlight of a recent characterizes photography as “one of institutions nationally and internation- from public art to traditional art venues.” student show at the the strongest and most popular areas” in ally, including the Banff Centre for the Samaras adds that the photo University Art Gallery Photo: RJ Ward the department, which she attributes Arts in Alberta, Canada, the School labs and other facilities are to first-rate facilities and a faculty that of the Arts Institute of , the regularly updated to give students gracefully integrates practical techniques, Detroit Institute of Art, and the Berkeley continued on page 5

Artful Devices: Electronic Music at UCI

rofessor Christopher Dobrian sits computers, digital synthesizers and composing for these instruments and The annual Gassmann in the Gassmann Electronic Music samplers, digital audio processors and trying to incorporate real world sounds Electronic Music Series Studio, UCI’s state-of-the-art lab music software. The facility is used for – all the sounds you could record into is a labor-of-love for P Professor Christopher for digital recording and MIDI composi- production and pedagogy of electronic, the vocabulary of musical sound. Dobrian and UCI’s tion. The room is crammed with equip- electroacoustic and computer music. “In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, electronic music studio ment for audio mixing, digital recording, “I think most people are unaware that there started to be an integration of there is a large subculture of musicians computers into that world of electronic composing, writing new software and music. Not only could computers be finding new ways of processing sounds used to send voltages to electronic and performing with computers,” muses instruments and cause them to make Dobrian, director of the Gassmann certain sounds, but the computer itself studio and the School’s electronic and could be programmed to make sounds. computer music programs. “To them, this “What the computer provides is a realm feels esoteric and alienating.” way to record sound and turn it into a Dobrian wants to dispel some of the string of numbers,” Dobrian explains. mystery behind this innovative music. “It’s just a bunch of numbers that the “Electronic music has been around computer can understand, process since the beginning of the 20th cen- through mathematical operations tury. People were beginning to design and then turn these numbers back electronic instruments, and, after into electricity and power speak- the second World War, they started continued on page 5

INSIDE University of , Irvine Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage Dean’s Message ...... Page 2 Claire Trevor School of the Arts PAID In the Spotlight ...... Page 2 Santa Ana, CA 300 Arts Permit No. 1106 Development Directions ...... Page 4 Irvine, CA 92697-2775 Alum Kitty Felde ...... Page 4 Medici Scholarships ...... Page 4 18 Coming up ACEs ...... Page 5 Enjoy! (Spring Calendar) ...... Page 6

UCIArts Quarterly, Spring 2006 From the Dean’s Desk

Dear friends, But we live in very exciting times and creativity is not At one time or another, all of us who have chosen a life in just the province of professional artists. Urban theorist the arts have been asked the “why” question – as in “Why Richard has noted that, in the same way that the on earth are you going for a career that is so unpredictable?” presence and availability of coal drove the industrial revolu- Sometimes the “why” turns into the “are you sure” tion, nowadays the presence and availability of creative question – as in “Are you sure you don’t want to just people is driving modern business and the development of do that for fun and, instead, get a real job?” Most of successful urban clusters. Instead of allowing the organiza- the time, of course, those are well-meaning ques- tions that we work for to define us, we now define our own tions, but they also suggest that someone has missed identities along the varied dimensions of our creativity. signs of the joy and passion at the heart of creativity. These are exciting times indeed. Our mission is both Walk around our School during the week and the training of professional arts practitioners and, just you will feel the contagious enthusiasm of students as importantly, the training of a creative workforce that making music, practicing their lines, trying a new will provide a significant spark to many modern enter- dance move, or lost in the physicality of making prises. We are fortunate to live in this creative age. art. Such passion is fulfilling, energizing, self-gen- erating. No wonder many of us feel, in retrospect, that we All the best, “had to” go professionally into the arts, that we could not conceive of doing otherwise. Artists of all sorts know this – it is this singular focus that drives their determination to make Nohema Fernández a living in what others fear is an unpredictable profession.

In the Spotlight

Joseph Huszti, professor of music and director of choral Faculty activities, traveled to , England (March 23-31) with 33 Kevin Appel, associate professor of studio members of the UCI Chamber Singers who performed in the art, is a featured artist in California Modern, 2005 Madrigal Dinner. The choir presented a series of concerts an exhibit at the Orange County Museum and visited historic sites. A highlight of the tour was a Dome of Art in Newport Beach, CA (Feb. 4-Sept. Dias concert performed at St. Paul’s Cathedral. 30). In December 2005, Annie Loui, associate professor of drama, [ Juli Carson, assistant professor of was invited to participate on a public panel on U.S. Theatre studio art and director of the University Invisible at the Théâtre des Deux Rives in Rouen, France. Art Gallery, curated two exhibitions in UCI’s Room Gallery: watercolorist Sam Simon Penny, co-director of the Arts Computation Engineer- Watters’ Greenhouse (Oct. 27-Nov. 23, ing (ACE) program, exhibited Petit Mal, his autonomous robotic 2005), which is part of the gallery’s artwork, at Transmediale (International Media Art Festival) in emerging artist series, and Chop Berlin, (February-March). Shop, a site-specific installation of Bill Rauch, Claire Trevor Professor of Drama, directed the sculpture, photography and song by world premiere of Tony Award-winning Jeff Whitty’s The Stephanie Taylor (Jan. 19-Feb. 10). Sam Watters’ Greenhouse Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler at South Coast Repertory Photo: RJ Ward Chop Shop travels to Galerie Nagel Theatre, Costa Mesa, CA (Jan. 8-29). in Berlin, Germany this year. continued on page 3

Beall Center Exhibit Wins International Award

p_era: Sonic Dimensions, which had its U.S. premiere last year at the Beall Center for Art and Technology, recently won first prize at Transitio_mX, Mexico’s first video and Oelectronics arts festival sponsored by the country’s National Culture and Arts Council. The installation, created by Brazilian artists Daniela Kutschat and Rejane Cantoni, con- sisted of a darkened black box where visitors interacted with three walls of “digital sound Creators Rejane strings.” Discovery News described Op_era this way: “Customized computer software collects Cantoni (left) and Daniela Kutschat the whispers, giggles and footfalls of the visitors as well as their activity and converts this attend opening into a visual response from the strings. The effect is like walking into a virtual music box.” night Photo: Jacqueline Sisemore Op_era: Sonic Dimensions, at the Beall Center April 26-June 11 in 2005, won various awards in Brazil before coming to UCI. Voices – Arts Patrons Speak Out “Arts were a way to enrich my experience in early “The arts are the great creations of human retirement and to indulge myself in my hobbies civilization. Empires and economies come and such as dance photography. As I became involved go, but the cave paintings of Lescaux, the music in the Dance Department, I found more ways of Louis Armstrong and the plays of Shake- to become involved in the School, some less speare will live—and speak to us—forever.” passive ways than sitting in the audience.” ~Robert Cohen, Drama Department Chair ~Frank Peters, Dean’s Leadership Council

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Photo: Jacqueline Sisemore p3 DEVELOPMENT DIRECTIONS The Arts Plaza – Make it Yours

y now you have certainly heard about the new Arts Plaza, with the theme of art and function, the donor wall is designed by famed artist Maya Lin. You may not have being designed to enhance the plaza’s artistic feel. Bheard that the project was made possible by the gener- Donors contributing at least $10,000 will be listed on the ous support of many individuals and companies. The Arts Plaza permanent display. Additionally, donors at higher levels have was only undertaken after a groundswell of financial support an opportunity to have individual components of the plaza from the community, specifically the UCI Foundation trustees. named after them or an honored person. This is a unique According to Dean Nohema Fernández, “The Arts Plaza opportunity to be a part of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts’ is not only a gateway to the School, but is itself an outdoor history, as well as create a permanent legacy of your support. performance space that will make art available to everyone visiting our School.” Performances are being planned in the If you are interested in learning how you or a family member outdoor amphitheater, as well as other sites within the plaza. can have a permanent naming opportunity in the plaza, please In the next few months, you’ll see a new addition call Executive Director of Development Michael Losquadro Michael Losquadro, to the Arts Plaza–a donor wall of honor that recog- at (949) 824-9828. Losquadro works closely with the Claire Executive Director of Development nizes the benefactors who made it possible. Keeping Trevor School of the Arts and is an expert in planned gifts. Photo: Jacqueline Sisemore

ALUMNI PROFILE Kitty Felde – From UCI Drama to NPR

itty Felde, a 1976 drama graduate and host on National Winchell-Jerry Mahoney Show. Also Rachel Robinson, Public Radio, says her days at UCI learning the cre- Jackie Robinson’s widow. I’m a huge Dodger fan.” K ative paths of stagecraft helped prepare her for an Originally enrolling at UCI as a social ecology major, honored career on the airwaves. her time in the department lasted one week before “UCI allowed me to take goofy she transferred to drama. “I called my folks and told classes in all different areas, and them that I just couldn’t do this, stay in social ecol- that’s what you have to do when ogy, and they were completely supportive. They just you’re a reporter – know something told me to get my BA in what I really wanted to do.” about a lot of different things,’’ Looking back, she says it was an ideal fit. “The theater she points out. “It is similar to department had a fabulous reputation,” she says, “and because what I did in theater, the only there wasn’t a lot of Hollywood pressure, where there might thing missing is the costumes.” be at schools like UCLA, you could really learn your craft.” She also applauds her dra- Felde found herself matic studies for encouraging immediately cast in a versatility, which helped as Mainstage production, a her radio career began to take large feat for a first-year shape. Felde got her profes- drama major. Today, the sional start reporting the scores drama bug runs deep in of baseball games, eventually Felde’s core, as evident Kitty Felde and former President Jimmy Carter moving to hard news, and finally her own NPR show. by her original play, A share a moment during Felde’s Talk of the City covers political and cultural issues Patch of Earth, which Kitty Felde on the air with NPR Talk of the City and a broad spectrum of guests. She says that shifting gears has been staged in from former President Billy Carter to pop writer Nick Hornby to several theaters, from South Africa to Southern California. boisterous chef Bobby Flay requires skill and resourcefulness. Felde says that there are many keys to her success. One When asked about memorable guests, Felde of the most important is flexibility at all times. “It’s hard doesn’t hesitate: “Actor Colin Firth–I could hardly to make college kids understand that when one door is talk–and [ventriloquist] Paul Winchell, since I was able slammed in your face, there’s another open one right behind to be part of a generation that grew up with the Paul you,” she points out. “You just have to turn around.”

Medici Scholarships Open Doors for Students

ooking for a way to have a powerful impact on a student’s strength of the proposed project and the student’s academic academic and creative career? Consider joining UCI’s and artistic qualifications. Faculty mentors supervise each LMedici Scholars program, through which you can trans- project to ensure the highest quality, and Medici patrons form a student’s life for as little as a $1,500 contribution. closely follow the progress of their sponsored student. Named after the famous arts patrons who established The Medici program had several successes in Florence as Europe’s cultural center during the Renaissance, recent years, including a student who spent a summer members of the Medici Circle provide support for students with a renowned community-based theater company engaging in professional-level learning opportunities dur- and another who choreographed an original work in ing the summer, enriching their formal education at UCI. Canada inspired by her uncle’s fight with cancer. Medici Scholars are selected competitively from a pool of For information on the Medici Scholars program, call applicants in dance, drama, music or studio art—based on the (949) 824-8792.

Medici Scholar Marc Macaranas (right) performs in Dance Visions 2005 You Can Make A Difference Photo: Paul Kennedy ! Demonstrate your commitment to the arts by making a gift Any amount, big or small, will enrich the experiences of today. Here are a few ideas: students through special opportunities like master classes and ■ $1,500 names a student a Medici Scholar for one summer, performing opportunities. allowing him or her to complete a professional project. ■ $25,000 creates a fund that pays out about $1,125 per year Contacts: to allow a student to flourish in his or her artistic training. Nohema Fernández, Dean, at (949) 824-8792 ■ $150,000 - $450,000 endows a scholarship in your name or Ariel Korn, Assistant Director of Development, the name of a loved one in perpetuity. at (949) 824-0085

UCIArts Quarterly, Spring 2006 p4 A Vigorous Look at ACE’s Accomplishments

he Arts Computation Engineering (ACE) program, Students who have now nearing the end of its third year, will show- graduated from ACE fur- T case its students in the Hybrid Vigor! exhibition at ther illustrate its success. the Beall Center for Art and Technology May 18-27. Nideffer says several are The installations will underscore the progress this inno- thriving, both profession- vative graduate program has made in connecting the arts ally and academically. Of to the wired world of computing and engineering. Professor those from the first year, Simon Penny, ACE’s co-director, refers to the evolving field three—Garnett Hertz, So as “a profoundly new techno-social phenomenon” where Yamaoka and Eric Conrad— “digital cultures” become ever more important in our lives. are now pursuing doctorates Participating in the Beall Center’s Hybrid Vigor! in related fields. Adrian are Delvin Charles Hanson, Cina Hazegh, Eric Herbez has gone on to teach Kabisch, Kevin Ponto, Greg Elliott, Pearl Ho, Shan at the Art Institute of San Jiang, Frank Tsonis and Angela Willcocks. The Francisco and Sky Frostenson show is curated and organized by the students and is working for Linden Labs, a represents their work while studying in ACE. cutting-edge game develop- Penny, co-director Robert Nideffer, and the rest ment company in the Bay of ACE’s faculty are excited by the opportunities Area. Ryan Schoelerman and Hybrid Vigor! offers and how it demonstrates what Margaret Watson are “pursuing the program has accomplished the past three years. independent artist practice.” “ACE has proven itself to be innovative, An artists’ reception for dynamic, intellectually adventurous, academi- Hybrid Vigor! is May 18, 6-9 pm. cally rigorous, and administratively viable,” says The Beall Center is open Tue. and Penny. “It has attracted the attention of academ- Wed., 12-5 pm and Thur. through ics, administrators and prospective students Sat., 12-8 pm. Admission is free. internationally, and is serving as a model for new programs in prestigious and respected Visitors manipulated a institutions in the U.S. and internationally.” frog via the internet in this student installation from the fi rst Hybrid Vigor! show in 2004

Creative Visions in Studio Art Photography continued from page 1

the access to new technologies, including those in digital photography. ies, says she considers photographic works, whether as stand-alone images or “The curriculum and facilities,” explains Min, “ensure that students gain a stronger part of an installation, just as important as other media like painting or sculpture. competitive edge when vying for positions in graduate school or in the professional arena.” “Photography is integral to most projects” at the galleries, Carson remarks. She points out that the photography area includes darkrooms for black and “It all adds up to a rich experience for students and faculty alike,” says white, color and mural-sized print processing. There is also a printing room for digital Min, who adds that the studio art program will continue to explore the ways media, a classroom designed to view and critique photographs, a finishing room for photography enhances creative expression in the classroom and beyond. lamination and other presentation processes, and an equipment checkout room. “The photo darkrooms were designed and built in the early ‘90s and are consid- ered to be some of the best among Southern California art programs,” says Min. Once students have created their photos, the University Art Gallery and Room Gallery provide good showcases. Photography is a fixture in most of the undergradu- ate and graduate exhibitions featured at the UAG and Room throughout the year. Juli Carson, an assistant professor of studio art and director of both galler- Unnatural Nature series by student Cheryl Mayhew Photos: Mike Asuncion

Artful Devices: Electronic Music at UCI continued from page 1

ers. The computer has become basically a recording and playback device. experimental, new and unique to them,” says Dobrian. “We do teach the ‘basics’ “Recording studios might still have tape machines, but more commonly they are of digital audio, MIDI and the theory of computer music, but students are quickly recording directly into digital form,” he describes. “This is what the Gassmann urged to go beyond what is offered to them by commercial software, to develop studio is doing. The music is immediately converted into numbers and stored in the and realize their own ideas of what computers can do for them and their music, and computer, and there is all matter of things that you can do with these numbers.” to do something extraordinary. What’s the point of doing something ordinary?” What interests Dobrian is using the computer to explore the compositional For more information, visit http://music.arts.uci.edu/dobrian.php facets of sound by trying to teach the computer quasi-musical behaviors like composing and improvising. Now that computers are so fast, they can be playing on stage along with the performers and improvising as they go. “Actually, it’s too anthropomorphic to say that the computer is listening,” explains Dobrian, “but, in fact, you can write software that takes in the sound, and the com- puter can make some sort of cognitive decision about what’s going on in the music.” Dobrian’s exploration is supported by the Realtime Experimental Audio Laboratory (REALab), which is used for research and creative work in the use of computers in live musical performance, including realtime audio processing, sound spatialization, networked performance, interactivity and alternative computer-mediated instruments. The facility also supports computer music composition and research by students and faculty, and beta-testing of music software by academic and commercial developers. Christopher Dobrian relaxes in the cutting-edge Gassmann Electronic Music Studio “I encourage my students to use the computer to explore musical ideas that are Photos: Jacqueline Sisemore

UCIArts Quarterly UCIArts Marketing Marketing: Wendy Day-Brown, Jacquie Sisemore Masthead Photographer: Paul Kennedy April 2006, No. 17 Claire Trevor School of the Arts Editor: Mark Chalon Smith Design: Rob Sexton S Dean: Nohema Fernández Writers: Mark Chalon Smith, Scottie Hinkey, Catlin Moore

www.arts.uci.edu p5 Spring 2006 Calendar

Dance Escape UCI Jazz Orchestra April New works by UCI graduate choreographers Charles Owens, conductor Gassmann Electronic Music Series Thur-Sat, April 27-29, 8 pm Fri, May 19, 8 pm Traditional Instruments Meet Matinee: Sat, April 29, 2 pm Claire Trevor Theatre, $12/10/8 New Technology: Music for Claire Trevor Theatre, $11/10/9 Piano, Shofar and Electronics UCI Chamber Series Music of Epic Proportions Robert J. Gluck, piano and electronic shofar May Wed, April 5, 8 pm André Gribou & Alan Terricciano, pianos UCI Symphony Orchestra Winifred Smith Hall, free Sat, May 20, 8 pm Robert Gluck performs new music for com- Gods and Demons Winifred Smith Hall, $12/10/8 puter-mediated piano and electronic sho- Stephen Tucker, conductor far, including compositions by Christopher Fri-Sat, May 5-6, 8 pm Town and Gown Music Section presents Dobrian, Tzvi Avni, Robert Gluck and others. Pre-concert conversation: Fri, May 5, 7 pm Honors Concert Irvine Barclay Theatre, $12/10/8 Sun, May 21, 2 pm [Art Song and Artistry Series Weber: Overture to Der Freischutz Winfred Smith Hall, $12/10/8 Master Class with Mozart: Piano Concerto in A Major, Performed by UCI music scholarship winners K. 488, Nina Scolnik, soloist Proceeds support UCI music scholarships Soprano Angela Brown Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica Mon, April 10, 1 pm Art Song and Artistry Series Winifred Smith Hall, free A Tribute to Bernard Gilmore Brown has been hailed as the brightest new star Barber and Copland Wed, May 10, 8 pm in the operatic world. She is scheduled in April to Wed, May 24, 8 pm Winifred Smith Hall, free perform in Verdi’s Aida at Opera Pacific and will Winifred Smith Hall, free work with UCI student performers on issues of UCI Vocal Arts students will perform technique, stage deportment and interpretation. Samuel Barber’s Hermit Songs and Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs Drama Stage 2 Our Town }University Art Gallery and Room* by Thornton Wilder MFA 3 Thesis, Part II Brian Sivesind, director May 25-June 2 Thur-Sat, April 13-15, 8 pm Matinee: Sat, April 15, 2 pm Little Theatre, $10/9/8 Grover’s Corners and its everyday folk come alive in Thornton Wilder’s beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning play. With the omnipresent Stage Manager as guide, you’ll be introduced to the Gibbs and Webb families as they make their way through a touchingly human world marked by romance, happiness and loss.

Photo: Paul Kennedy UCI Wind Ensemble University Art Gallery and Room* {Dance Second Annual Guest Juried Victor Aguilar, conductor Physical Graffiti Wed, May 31, 8 pm Undergraduate Exhibition (UAG) Original works by UCI undergraduate choreographers Winifred Smith Hall, free Student Honors Project (R) Thur-Sat, May 11-13, 8 pm April 13-21 Matinee: Sat, May 13, 2 pm Claire Trevor Theatre, $10/9/8 June Drama at UCI University Art Gallery and Room* All-Undergraduate Production MFA 3 Thesis, Part I Under Milk Wood May 4-12 by Dylan Thomas Don Hill, director UCI Choirs Fri-Sat, June 2-3, Thur-Sat, June 8-10, 8 pm Sat, May 13, 8pm Matinees: Sat, June 3 & 10, 2 pm Winifred Smith Hall, $5 all seats Claire Trevor Theatre, $12/10/8 Come spend time with No Good Boyo, Lily Smalls, Showcase Concert Polly Garter, Organ Morgan, Captain Cat and other Tue, May 16, noon inimitable characters in the world of Llareggub. Winifred Smith Hall, free Dylan Thomas’ “play for voices” describes a day in Features students from the Music Department the life of the inhabitants of a small Welsh seaside town, their dreams and habits, loves and regrets.

UCI Percussion Ensemble Theresa Dimond, conductor Mon, June 5, 8 pm Winifred Smith Hall, free

University Art Gallery and Room* Senior Exhibition June 8-17

Enjoy! ]UCI Symphony Orchestra {Drama Mainstage Masterpiece The Cripple of Inishmaan Theatre

Tickets & by Martin McDonagh Photo: Jacqueline Sisemore Stephen Tucker, Information Keith Fowler, director A student installation from Hybrid Vigor! 2004 conductor Fri-Sat, April 21-22, Thur-Sat, 27-29, 8 pm Fri-Sat, June Visit {Beall Center for Art and Technology† Matinees: Sat, April 22 & 29, 2 pm 9-10, 8 pm www.arts.uci.edu Photo: Paul Kennedy Winifred Smith Hall Hybrid Vigor! Pre-concert for... Fri & Sat eve: $17/15/9 Arts Computation conversation: Fri, June 9, 7 pm Events Calendar Thur & matinee: $15/14/9 Engineering Group Show Irvine Barclay Theatre, $12/10/8 Ticket Information Martin McDonagh takes us to a remote Irish isle May 18-27 UCI Symphony and UCI Opera present a concert Campus Maps where little happens to break the daily routine. Artists’ Reception: May 18, 6-9 pm staging of Act III of Puccini’s unforgettable La That is, until a Hollywood director begins filming Graduate students in this pioneering interdisciplinary Bohême. The program also features the premiere Call UCIArts on a nearby island, exciting everybody, especially program will curate and organize an “open lab” exhibi- of Bernard Gilmore’s Breed Street and a perfor- Box Office “Cripple Billy.” The young man’s odyssey of adventure tion showcasing their own work and experimentation. mance by UCI’s Concerto Competition winner. (949)824-2787 and awareness resonates in this dark comedy. (see page 5)

†Beall Center for Art and Technology *University Art Gallery (UAG), bldg 712, and Room (R), bldg 727, rm 1200 Admission is free. Information: (949) 824-4339 or http://beallcenter.uci.edu Admission is free. Information: (949) 824-9854 Gallery hours: Tue-Wed, noon-5 pm; Thur-Sat, noon-8 pm Gallery hours: Tue-Sat, noon-5 pm

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