Elizabeth Watkins

Contemporary art tends to make headlines in one of two ways: either via "shock" art, or shockingly expensive art. "Shock" art was widely propagated...

THE CRITIC: "In The Manner of the Adverb" is part one of the MFA thesis show, and it showcases a partiality toward a clean, controlled aesthetic via drawings, paintings, film, photography and digital work. This spare visual sense is tempered with a conceptual intensity that informs the execution of each work, and fills the quiet space with potent references.

I wanted to love 'Be Kind, Rewind.' I adored Gondry's direction of Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in the desperate, beautiful 'Eternal Sunshine of...

'Number Two,' the current exhibition for the second-year MFA students, is peppered with a variety of media and referential vocabulary. Multiple formats of presentation...

As I watched my grandfather wither away from Alzheimer's over the last year of his life, and stories about victims of strokes and nerve...

While working as a waiter and training as a sushi chef to pay off student loans, fourth-year studio art major Albert Ok creates paintings...

LAW SCHOOL: Poor estimates leave future Dean of UC Irvine's law school fretting over funds.

TUITION: Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi calls for a tuition cap for UC and CSU students.

The Grand Text Auto show, currently at the Beall Center for Art and Technology, is a tactile experience running the gamut from freewheeling play...

TRANSPORTATION: Fall brings changes to UCI as a Newport shuttle route is added by ASUCI.