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The well-known museum educator, scholar, and collaborative arts producer Kim Kanatani has been named as the first museum director of the UCI Institute and Museum for California Art (IMCA). The UCI IMCA was established through foundational gifts of art made in 2016 and 2017. Prior to this, Kanatani has served as deputy director and the Gail Engelberg Director of Education at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Collaborative program development with artists is at the core of her professional practice. Most recently, Kanatani led the Guggenheim Social Practice. It is an initiative that commissions artists to develop new forms of public engagement to address important social values. The inaugural projects featured work by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Lenka Clayton and Jon Rubin, and Shaun Leonardo. Prior to joining the Guggenheim Museum in 2001, Kanatani was the director of education at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. She will join the University of California, Irvine, in August 2019.

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Art & Education: Kim Kanatani Named Director of the UCI Institute and Museum of California Art

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Kim Kanatani has been appointed the inaugural director of the UCI Institute and Museum for California Art (UCI IMCA) at the University of California, Irvine. Kanatani comes to the UCI IMCA from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, where she has served as deputy director and director of education. The university only established the museum—which serves as the home of collector Gerald Buck’s holdings of more than 3,200 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper—in 2017.

“UCI has been a leader in the arts since the day our students and faculty first walked onto campus, and with the establishment of UCI IMCA we are positioned for an extraordinary new level of achievement,” said chancellor Howard Gillman. “Our goal is to make the arts an essential element of being at UCI. We welcome Kim Kanatani with enthusiasm and look forward to great things to come.”

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Daily Pilot: Around Town

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Nationally known museum educator and scholar Kim Kanatani will join UC Irvine in August as the first director of the UCI Institute and Museum for California Art.

The center will focus on the study, research and exhibition of the work of California artists from the early 19th century to the present.

“UCI has been a leader in the arts since the day our students and faculty first walked onto campus and, with the establishment of UCI IMCA, we are positioned for an extraordinary new level of achievement,” Chancellor Howard Gillman said in a press release. “Our goal is to make the arts an essential element of being at UCI. We welcome Kim Kanatani with enthusiasm and look forward to great things to come.”

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Plein Air Painting Donated to Irvine Museum Collection – IMC

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Plein Air Painting Donated to Irvine Museum Collection

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Jeff Sewell, an award-winning contemporary plein air painter, recently donated one of his pieces to the Irvine Museum Collection at the University of California, Irvine. The painting, Catalina Twilight, is 48” by 72” and features a majestic view of the sunset over Santa Catalina Island as seen from Crystal Cove near Laguna Beach. The painting was recently displayed at the Dusk till Dawn exhibition.

The Irvine Museum Collection boasts one of the most extensive collections of California contemporary plein air paintings. Catalina Twilight takes its place among the definitive works by such art luminaries as Jesse Powell, John Cosby, Jim McVicker, Bryan Mark Taylor, Gregory Hull, Rick Delanty, and Dennis Doheny.

Sewell is a signature member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA) and serves as its Director of Education and Mentorship. Through a partnership with the Irvine Museum Collection, he has helped launch the Plain Air Project, a program designed to inspire excitement for the visual arts. So far, more than 700 local students have participated.

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Jeff Sewell donated Catalina Twilight (background) to the Irvine Museum Collection. From left to right: Russell Penman, James Irvine Swinden, Jeff Sewell, and Jean Stern.

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Plein Air Painting Donated to Irvine Museum Collection

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Plein Air Painting Donated to Irvine Museum Collection

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Jeff Sewell, an award-winning contemporary plein air painter, recently donated one of his pieces to the Irvine Museum Collection at the University of California, Irvine. The painting, Catalina Twilight, is 48” by 72” and features a majestic view of the sunset over Santa Catalina Island as seen from Crystal Cove near Laguna Beach. The painting was recently displayed at the Dusk till Dawn exhibition.

The Irvine Museum Collection boasts one of the most extensive collections of California contemporary plein air paintings. Catalina Twilight takes its place among the definitive works by such art luminaries as Jesse Powell, John Cosby, Jim McVicker, Bryan Mark Taylor, Gregory Hull, Rick Delanty, and Dennis Doheny.

Sewell is a signature member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA) and serves as its Director of Education and Mentorship. Through a partnership with the Irvine Museum Collection, he has helped launch the Plain Air Project, a program designed to inspire excitement for the visual arts. So far, more than 700 local students have participated.

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Jeff Sewell donated Catalina Twilight (background) to the Irvine Museum Collection. From left to right: Russell Penman, James Irvine Swinden, Jeff Sewell, and Jean Stern.

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