University of California, Irvine. Dept. of Studio Art.

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The Department of Studio Art at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is one of the four departments in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts. It became a department in the School of Fine Arts in 1988. Prior to that, studio art was an area of concentration within the School of Fine Arts. T he School of Fine Arts has been renamed twice and is currently called the Claire Trevor School of the Arts. The Department of Studio Art takes a wide-ranging view of contemporary art practices. Its graduate program offers a rigorous, interdisciplinary environment for professional training in the visual arts with emphases available in Feminist Studies and in Asian American Studies. The facilities of Department of Studio Art include the Beall Center for Art and Technology and the University Art Gallery (formerly known as the Fine Arts Gallery and the UCI Art Gallery, respectively).

From the description of University of California, Irvine, Department of Studio Art publications, 1968 - 1975. (University of California, Irvine). WorldCat record id: 648824101

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The Department of Studio Art at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is one of the four departments in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts. It became a department in the School of Fine Arts in 1988. Prior to that, studio art was an area of concentration within the School of Fine Arts. The School of Fine Arts has been renamed twice and is currently called the Claire Trevor School of the Arts.

The Department of Studio Art takes a wide-ranging view of contemporary art practices. Its graduate program offers a rigorous, interdisciplinary environment for professional training in the visual arts with emphases available in Feminist Studies and in Asian American Studies. The facilities of Department of Studio Art include the Beall Center for Art and Technology and the University Art Gallery (formerly known as the Fine Arts Gallery and the UCI Art Gallery, respectively).

  • 1965: Division of Fine Arts and its subunit the Department of Art are established with the founding of UCI.
  • 1968: Division of Fine Arts becomes School of Fine Arts.
  • circa 1968: Fine Arts Gallery is established.
  • 1969: The Department of Art offers graduate courses leading to a Master of Fine Arts with a specialization in Art.
  • 1970: Studio Art major is first offered at UCI.
  • 1975: BA in Studio Art is first offered at UCI.
  • 1988: Department of Studio Art is formally created.
  • 1995: School of Fine Arts becomes School of the Arts. Fine Arts Gallery is renamed the UCI Art Gallery.
  • 1999 July: The UCI Art Gallery is renamed the University Art Gallery.
  • 2001: The School of the Arts is renamed Claire Trevor School of the Arts.

From the guide to the Department of Studio Art publications, University of California, Irvine, 1968-1975, (University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.)

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creatorOf University of California, Irvine. Dept. of Studio Art. University of California, Irvine, Department of Studio Art publications, 1968 - 1975. University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
creatorOf Department of Studio Art publications, University of California, Irvine, 1968-1975 University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
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Art, Modern
Art, Southeast Asian
College art museums
Feminism and art
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Active 1968

Active 1975

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