[seven-degrees] has joined forces with neighboring University of California Irvine, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, in producing a forum where art students gain essential professional work experience. [seven-degrees] and UC Irvine's studio art Professor Ulysses Jenkins have facilitated an artist in residence program that renders actual university credits for a student multimedia art group of five gentlemen, Andrew Johnson, Eric Tsai, H Shahani, Jonathon Howell, and Long Duong, who call themselves, The 3rd Space. This project is built upon a fervent foundation of knowledge, acquired through university experiences and will bridge the gap between student and professional life. The program demonstrates how skills learned from student leadership positions; organizing, managing, and coalition building, can be translated into implementing conceptual art ideas. The students of, The 3rd Space, are currently living and working out of two of the four artist work/live studios provided by [seven-degrees].

The project, Legacy, is an installation that will integrate current technologies (sculpture, interactive video projections, and non-interactive video) in such a way that mirrors the factory model for production. The concepts brought about by "Legacy" complement the contemporary uses of existing technologies. The group was required to submit a proposal for this installation and take part in a number of interviews that incorporated an art curator from the Laguna Beach Art Museum. The intent was to give these students an idea of what to expect upon entering into the professional art world. The design of "Legacy" takes full advantage of the digital facilities provided by [seven-degrees] and will be installed in the main event space opening October 20th, 2001 and remaining through October 28th, 2001. "Legacy" will also be exhibited at the UC Irvine campus in June 2001.

[seven-degrees] is proud to be facilitating the specialized art/work experience that will be gained by these five university students. Growing, creating, and expanding artistic minds; this is the essence of the [seven-degrees] vision.