Exhibits

Fall 2018 Exhibit | Donald McKayle: Dancing for All Time

Dancing for All Time Donald McKayle: Dancing for all Time shines light on the life of Distinguished Professor Donald McKayle; capturing his life as a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and activist. Seminal pieces like Rainbow Round My Shoulder, They Called Her Moses, and District Storyville may be featured, alongside more contemporary and lesser known works like Uprooted and Crossing the Rubicon. Additional themes in the exhibit may include McKayle’s connection to UCI, African Americans in dance, and exploration of how McKayle’s works reflect the civil protest and societal unrest of then and now.

The opening event, held on November 7, 2018, featured an exclusive conversation between Dennis Nahat, THE DONALD McKAYLE LEGACY, Producing Manager and Theatre Ventures International, Founder/President, and Debbie Blunden-Diggs, Artistic Director, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. The talk was moderated by Jennifer Fisher, Associate Professor of Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, and in consultation with Lea Vivante McKayle, Artistic Director/Executor, THE DONALD McKAYLE LEGACY.

 

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To see video from the event, please go here.

 

Donald McKayle: Dancing for All Time is on display in the Langson Library Muriel Ansley Reynolds Gallery during regular library hours. For more information on the exhibit please contact partners@uci.edu.

Exhibit Curators: Scott Stone, Research Librarian for Performing Arts and Derek Quezada, Outreach and Public Services Librarian, Special Collections & Archives
Exhibit Designers: Jennifer Betonio, Allan Helmick, and Sylvia Irving

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The UCI Libraries Exhibits Program promotes the diverse holdings and scholarly and cultural value of the Libraries’ collections to the campus and community.
•    To support the Libraries' Collection Enhancement Fund, please go to: http://www.uadv.uci.edu/CollectionEnhancementFund.

Winter 2018 Exhibit | Water in California: Issues, Impacts & Innovation

Water in California showcases the intersections of water as a commodity and natural resource, through examples of research and scholarship at UCI; and includes art from Lakeside Middle School students.

The opening event, held on February 21, 2018, featured Professor David Feldman, School of Social Ecology and Director of the Water UCI Center and Professor Stanley Grant, Samueli School of Engineering. Dance students from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts also performed original pieces inspired by water, under the direction of Lisa Naugle, Professor and Department Chair of Dance.

 

To view photos from the event, please go here.

To see video from the event, please go here.

 

Water in California: Issues, Impacts & Innovation is on display in the Science Library, Second Floor during regular library hours. For more information on the exhibit please contact partners@uci.edu.

Exhibit Curators: Julia Gelfand, Applied Sciences & Engineering Librarian and Shannon Roback, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Water UCI Center. 
Exhibit Designers: Jennifer Betonio, Allan Helmick, and Sylvia Irving

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The UCI Libraries Exhibits Program promotes the diverse holdings and scholarly and cultural value of the Libraries’ collections to the campus and community.
•    To support the Libraries' Collection Enhancement Fund, please go to: http://www.uadv.uci.edu/CollectionEnhancementFund.