In keeping with the spirit of Chancellor Gillman’s Illuminations program, an enduring commitment to making “the arts a deeper and more pervasive part of the student experience,” the Crystal Cove Auditorium lobby has undergone a transformation into a gallery for traveling art exhibits.

Exhibit Your Art

Exhibitors interested in displaying artwork in the Viewpoint Gallery may fill out this form. Email the form to reserver@uci.edu or submit the printed form to the Student Center & Event Services administrative office during business hours.

Application

Email Amy Schulz for more information.

Past Exhibits
	Date	Exhibit
	January 29 – February 8, 2019	88 Cores Artist: Peggy Weil The 88 Cores exhibit features images from a four-and-a-half hour descent, two miles deep through the Greenland Ice Sheet. The ice sheet dates back more than 110,000 years and was drilled between 1989 and 1993 as part of the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 sponsored by The National Science Foundation. The fourth in a series of underground landscapes by Weil, 88 Cores is a photographic narrative of climate history and the gravity of climate change. About the Exhibit
	November 28 – December 10, 2018	Art, Science and the Space Between Artist: James Hubbell and Arnold Starr, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the UCI Department of Neurology The annual Arnold Starr Lecture was established in 2010 to honor the founding chair of the UCI Department of Neurology and the founder of the field of auditory neuropathy. This year’s theme “Art, Science and the Space Between” focuses on the exploration of and parallels between sculptural work and watercolor art. This weeklong art exhibition ended with a reception and lecture featuring both artists James Hubbell and Arnold Starr at the Crystal Cove Auditorium. About the Exhibit
	November 9 – November 16, 2018	Poverty Awareness Art Gallery Artists: David Freeman, Brian Peterson and Jamie Ludovise InSight Magazine, a student-run publication focusing on poverty and homelessness, curated a photo gallery exhibiting the faces of the people experiencing homelessness and hunger. Promoting the nationwide initiative for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in collaboration with multiple student groups and community organizations, the photo gallery challenged the public’s perception of a “day in the life” of a homeless person. InSight Magazine
	October 16 – November 1, 2017	Neuralscapes Artist: Arnold Starr, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the UCI Department of Neurology I am a neurologist/neuroscientist (Professor of Neurology/Neurobiology at University of California Irvine) and an artist. I began painting while in medical school to help understand the structures being studied. As a neurologist I became especially interested in individuals with disordered sensation and cognition and their consequences for “perception”. The act of “seeing” requires complex interactions between sensory inputs and our expectations. I use watercolors favoring vivid hues to reflect scenes of nature, water, and nerve cells. I want the viewer to think while looking and the process of “seeing” may often be accompanied by an unconscious smile. About the Exhibit
	September 16 – October 13, 2017	Focus Iran 2 The second biennial juried exhibition of contemporary photography and video works relating to Iranian culture or heritage. The exhibition features an international selection of emerging and mid-career artists from around the world who offer diverse perspectives of contemporary Iranian life. The group exhibition features thirty-six photographs and eight video works. About the Exhibit Jordan Center for Persian Studies at UCI
	May 8 – 12, 2017	Through Refugee Eyes What are the underlying causes of the refugee crises? What are the challenges refugees face in camps, and what are their long-term aspirations? More importantly, what steps can we take in our local community to address these crises? Explore these questions and more as we seek to gain perspective and understanding “Through Refugee Eyes.” Hearts of Mercy at UCI
	April 11 – 14, 2017	Art History Undergraduate Association (AHUA) 5^th Annual Art Show Under the Scope The mission of the Art History Undergraduate Association is to encourage undergraduates to pursue shared interests and passions for art by connecting them to a network of faculty, alumni, and students. Art History Undergraduate Association
	January 12 – February 13, 2017	Plastic Ocean Art Exhibit The project is bringing awareness about the growing pandemic of marine plastics across the country by turning it into art and leaving it on display at public venues. Water UCI UCI Oceans Initiative
	November 9 – 29, 2016	War Diaries When the invasion began in 2003, Lt. Tim McLaughlin commanded a Marine Corps tank into Iraq. Writer Peter Maass and photographer Gary Knight drove rental cars. This project is the result of their paths crossing in the Iraqi desert-turned-warzone. Diaries and Memories of War in Iraq features McLaughlin’s remarkable war diaries along with photographs by Knight and texts by Maass. The exhibit also features a video installation using news footage from 2003 to enhance the atmosphere of the invasion era. Humanities Commons Documenting War UCI Illuminations
	October 12 – 20, 2016	Music in Motion A public art installation developed in collaboration with Pacific Symphony, and featuring contributions from faculty and students in the Dance, Music and Drama departments, Music in Motion is a live online “video booth” designed for community locations. UCI Illuminations
	May 11 – 28, 2016	Views of Crystal Cove Student photography exhibit of Crystal Cove State Park, which encompasses 3.2 miles of Pacific coastline, inland canyons and the Crystal Cove Historic District with its colony of beach houses and ties to the early days of the California film industry. Whether their recollections are of mountain biking on the park’s inland trails, scuba diving offshore, or a romantic stroll at sundown, the park has become a favorite retreat for many UCI students. UCI Illuminations
	May 2 – 5, 2016	Transcending Limitations Works by artists from the UCI community. By encouraging the expression of individual limitations through art, the Art History Undergraduate Association hopes to explore the way that students, faculty, and alumni choose to express, conceal, and identify aspects of limitations in their lives. UCI Illuminations AHUA
	April 18 – 25, 2016	California Modern, Irvine Style Examines the history of UCI’s master plan and the city of Irvine in relation to American modernism and higher education and early 1960s Utopianism. The aim is to define Pereira’s legacy and influence on contemporary developments in campus architecture and urbanism. Curated by Kevin Staniec, City of Irvine. UCI Illuminations
	April 1 – 14, 2016	Microscopy Photo Exhibit Biological research involves sophisticated microscopy of biological specimens. The resulting images are beautiful and often illuminating as they reveal the typically unseen structure of the natural world. Featured photographs of biological specimens captured by UCI undergraduate students. UCI Illuminations
	March 7 – 30, 2016	Vietnamese Focus: Generations of Stories Showcases the diversity of the Vietnamese community in Orange County, the largest outside of Vietnam. Includes interactive features, photographs, documents, artifacts, ephemera, artwork, and oral histories from private collections, the Vietnamese American Oral History Project, and the Orange County and Southeast Asian Archive Center (OC&SEAA) at the UCI Libraries. The showing is informed by a new book, Vietnamese in Orange County by Thuy Vo Dang, Linda Trinh Vo, and Tram Le. Featured in the exhibition are original artwork by Trinh Mai. UCI Illuminations Vietnamese American Oral History Project Orange County and Southeast Asian Archive Center Trinh Mai
	October 19 – November 6, 2015	Mission Viejo Bears About Town Commemorating the magnificent brown bears that once roamed the area, and the unique culture heritage of Mission Viejo. Designed to celebrate the bond between the original and various ethnic groups comprising our community, the nine-bear collection represents a family knitting together the unique and rich cultural heritage and legacy upon which the City of Mission Viejo was founded.
	September 18 – October 9, 2015	Blood in the Water: Remembering Katrina Exhibit of photographs taken shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi and Louisiana Gulf Coasts and the city of New Orleans. UCI Illuminations
Photo courtesy of the Pacific Symphony	May 11 – 14, 2015	Music in Motion Interactive dance project by UCI dance and media arts professor John Crawford. UCI Illuminations
	May 1 – 6, 2015	Light: Beyond the Bulb An open-source international exhibition program that showcases the incredible variety of light-based science being researched today across the electromagnetic spectrum, across scientific disciplines, and across technological platforms. UCI Illuminations Light: Beyond the Bulb Exhibit Photonics@UCI
	April 16 – 17, 2015	Altered Perceptions Art meets science in this 3^rd annual exhibit organized by UCI’s Art History Undergraduate Association. The diversity of academic interests across the UC Irvine campus and the synergy of art and science inspired this year’s theme. UCI Illuminations