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Joseph Lewis III
Director and Dean – Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine
OC METRO's Hot 25 for 2011Published: November 01, 2011
Status: Married with two children, an adult daughter and a 7-year-old son who carries on the tradition: Joseph Lewis IV
Your indulgence: Sci Fi movies and anything involving political intrigue
Hot
Factor: Dean Lewis is at the helm of the new state-of-the-art Claire
Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine, an institution that is now a
major academic force in art technology.
It’s a big year for the
arts at UC Irvine. This fall it opened its new Contemporary Arts Center,
which Dean Joe Lewis believes will make it a major academic force in
art technology.
“We have the same kind of technology now
that was used in creating the movie ‘Avatar,’” Lewis says. “It’s been a
long time coming, but this is exciting for all of us.” The center
includes a 4,000-square-foot gallery and musical theater rehearsal
space.
Dean Lewis has only been at UCI for a year and a
half, but he has spent his life in the arts business. His grandfather
and father were entertainers.
Lewis had been dean of art
design at Cal State Northridge when he moved his family east to take
care of his ailing father. After his father passed on, Lewis had a
yearning to return to California when the UCI job opened up.
“It’s exciting to come to a school where there is so much support for the arts,” Lewis says.
But
there are also challenges. Lewis says he realized soon after arriving
that much of O.C. was unaware that UCI even had a thriving arts program.
“Much of what I have done has been to get out into the community, to
spread the word about what we’re doing,” he says.
Editor’s Note: To see who made our “Hot 25” lists in prior years, visit our Archives page.
And,
we’re now on the hunt for exceptional women who are impacting O.C. If
you know someone who deserves to be on our 20 Women to Watch list,
please let us know at our Nominate page.
OC METRO'S HOT 25 HONOREES FOR 2011
Steve McKee | George Kalogridis | J. Chris Walsh | Daisy Tran
Dr. Richard Afable | Oleema & Kalani Miller | John Krafcik
Sandy Segerstrom Daniels | Wayne Irving | Rachelle Cracchiolo
John Wayne Airport | Dr. Robert Bray | Chris Dingman | Ki Nam
Joseph Lewis III | Nancy Salzman | George Adams | Tilden Smith
Marc Masterson | Vahan Garboushian | Tim Vanderhook
Tricia Esser | Phillip Chang | Nancy Wilhelm | Brenda Shott
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Your indulgence: Sci Fi movies and anything involving political intrigue Hot Factor: Dean Lewis is at the helm of the new state-of-the-art Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine, an institution that is now a major academic force in art technology. It’s a big year for the arts at UC Irvine. This fall it opened its new Contemporary Arts Center, which Dean Joe Lewis believes will make it a major academic force in art technology. “We have the same kind of technology now that was used in creating the movie ‘Avatar,’” Lewis says. “It’s been a long time coming, but this is exciting for all of us.” The center includes a 4,000-square-foot gallery and musical theater rehearsal space. Dean Lewis has only been at UCI for a year and a half, but he has spent his life in the arts business. His grandfather and father were entertainers. Lewis had been dean of art design at Cal State Northridge when he moved his family east to take care of his ailing father. After his father passed on, Lewis had a yearning to return to California when the UCI job opened up. “It’s exciting to come to a school where there is so much support for the arts,” Lewis says. But there are also challenges. Lewis says he realized soon after arriving that much of O.C. was unaware that UCI even had a thriving arts program. “Much of what I have done has been to get out into the community, to spread the word about what we’re doing,” he says. Editor’s Note: To see who made our “Hot 25” lists in prior years, visit our Archives page. And, we’re now on the hunt for exceptional women who are impacting O.C. If you know someone who deserves to be on our 20 Women to Watch list, please let us know at our Nominate page. OC METRO'S HOT 25 HONOREES FOR 2011 Steve McKee | George Kalogridis | J. Chris Walsh | Daisy Tran Dr. Richard Afable | Oleema & Kalani Miller | John Krafcik Sandy Segerstrom Daniels | Wayne Irving | Rachelle Cracchiolo John Wayne Airport | Dr. Robert Bray | Chris Dingman | Ki Nam Joseph Lewis III | Nancy Salzman | George Adams | Tilden Smith Marc Masterson | Vahan Garboushian | Tim Vanderhook Tricia Esser | Phillip Chang | Nancy Wilhelm | Brenda Shott <<< BACK TO MAIN HOT 25 PAGE GO HERE TO READ THE CURRENT ISSUE OF OC METRO MAGAZINE ONLINE |
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