ANTEATER ANTICS

“Reading Los Angeles With Ed Ruscha” – A lecture by Cécile Whiting

ucisca — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:26:45 +0000

The UC Irvine Libraries Dept. of Special Collections and Archives invites you to a special lecture in support of our current exhibit, Sixteen Books by Ed Ruscha:

Professor Whiting will give a presentation on the early books of Los Angeles artist Ed Ruscha. Cécile Whiting (Ph.D. Art History, Stanford) has published and lectured extensively on art in Southern California in the post-war period. Her book Pop L.A.: Art and the City in the 1960s (U.C. Press, 2006) was awarded the 21st Eldredge Prize for outstanding scholarship in the field of American Art.

Following the lecture, Steve MacLeod, Public Services Librarian in Special Collections and Archives, will briefly show other examples from the Libraries’ Artists’ Books collection.

We encourage you to come early to explore the exhibit before the lecture, which is located just outside of Special Collections and Archives on the fifth floor of Langson. The lecture is open to all who are interested. The exhibit is open Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm through March 16.

For additional information contact: Steve MacLeod, smacleod@uci.edu, (949) 824-4967.

Willie Brown on campus in 1973

ucisca — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:55:45 +0000

Former Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown gave the Dr. Joseph L. White lecture on January 19, 2012. He spoke on “California and Our Nation” as part of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. The first time Willie Brown spoke on the UCI campus was probably in 1973 when he was the Assemblyman from San Francisco’s 18th District and Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. The poster publicizing his speech on November 28, 1973 is below, and the article about his talk from the New U. Always a powerful, dynamic and direct speaker, Willie Brown’s speeches at both events were very well received.

Poster Collection, University of California, Irvine (AS-050)

Holiday Party in 1964

ucisca — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:57:18 +0000

One of the first Holiday parties at UCI, from 1964, at the Interim Office Building, now part of UCI’s North Campus at the corner of Campus Drive and Jamboree Road. First Chancellor Daniel Aldrich and UCI’s first Vice Chancellor of Business and Finance L.E. Cox are among those pictured.

AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.

Christmas Choral Concert 1977

ucisca — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:37:09 +0000

Various photographs from the Christmas Choral Concert on campus in 1977.

Click to view slideshow.

AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.

The Early UCI Student Newspapers

ucisca — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:35:54 +0000

UCI’s student newspaper went through several changes before becoming The New University in September 1968. The first student paper was Spectrum, which lasted from October 20, 1965 to January 27, 1966. Without University support, students formed a non-profit corporation to publish the paper. Next was the rival publication, Tongue, which published five issues between February and May 1966 and used the motto “The Windy Satisfaction of the Tongue” – a quote from The Odyssey of Homer. In the second year of the University came a third student newspaper called Anthill, which lasted for 32 issues published between October 6, 1966 and May 31, 1968. The New University continues to this day, housed in the same offices where it started in September 1968.

Robert Cohen and “The Madwoman of Chaillot” on May 28, 1969

ucisca — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:41:15 +0000

The Robert Cohen Festival takes place the weekend of October 28-29 at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts to honor the Claire Trevor Professor of Drama Robert Cohen, celebrate his many contributions to the School, and dedicate a theatre named after him. Professor Cohen has had an amazing career here at UCI, with responsibility for numerous extraordinary productions. Among the most unusual was the May 28, 1969 production of “The Madwoman of Chaillot,” which took place during a period when all U.C. campuses, and campuses across the United States, were essentially closed down during massive campus strikes and protests against the Vietnam War. Professor Cohen, his cast and crew decided to continue the play, rather than cancel it in support of the strike. Robert Cohen read this moving message, justifying their decision, to the audience before each production. Thank you, Robert Cohen, congratulations on your many accomplishments and enjoy the upcoming weekend!

MS-P069. Robert Cohen Papers. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.

Welcome Week 1980

ucisca — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:49:04 +0000

Some photographs from the 1980 O Week (aka Welcome Week)!

AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.

Samoan canoe in Social Science Tower

ucisca — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:44:16 +0000

Have you ever wondered where the canoe in the Social Science Tower came from? It was actually made on the UCI campus in 1968 by an experienced Samoan boat-builder. The 36-year old man was from the village of Satalo on the island of Upolu, Western Samoa. His family had a long history of expertise in carpentry, and he was an experienced boat-builder and fisherman. Known as UliUli, he held the chiefly title Uliulileave, and he had spent his entire life on the island of Satalo before coming to UCI.

AS-061. University Communication Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.

John Van Hamersveld’s poster for “Faculty ’68″ exhibition at the UCI Art Gallery

ucisca — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:59:14 +0000

John Van Hamersveld is one of the best known and most prolific poster artists of the last 50 years. He did the design of the iconic poster for Bruce Brown’s film Endless Summer; album covers for the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour and the Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street; the official poster for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games; the poster for the reunion concert of Cream at Royal Albert Hall in 2005; and numerous other important posters. In 1968, he also did the poster for the Faculty ’68 exhibition in the UCI Art Gallery. The exhibition, featuring works of then UCI Studio Art faculty Vija Celmins, Tony DeLap, Robert Irwin, Craig Kaufman, and Richard Smith, ran from April 16- May 5, 1968.

AS-050. University of California, Irvine, Poster Collection. Special Collections and Archives, the U.C. Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.

Jerry McMillan’s design for the exhibition catalog for “Faculty ’68″

ucisca — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:55:45 +0000

Los Angeles artist Jerry McMillan designed the catalog for the “Faculty ’68″ exhibition at the UCI Art Gallery in the spring 1968. McMillan was a childhood friend of artist Ed Ruscha and musician and song writer Mason Williams, growing up in Oklahoma City. After high school, the three friends drove to Los Angeles, following the iconic route 66 west. McMillan and Ruscha were roomates in an apartment in Hollywood while they attended Chouinard Art Institute. McMillan worked in advertising design initially, then moved to photography and “photosculpture.” He was the first photographer to have a one-person exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum, in 1966. In 2004, he had solo exhibitions “Picturing Ed: Jerry McMillan’s photographs of Ed Ruscha, 1958-1972″ in Santa Monica and Cologne, Germany.

Faculty, ’68; [Exhibition] April 16 through May 5, 1968. http://antpac.lib.uci.edu/record=b1231651~S7