By Nicholas Katzban/Special to 24700 CalArts alum Brandon Stirling Baker (Theater BFA 10) has designed the lighting for New York City Ballet’s newest performance, Year of the Rabbit, a collaboration between…
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Online Archive Features 200 REDCAT Poster Designs
By Joseph Prichard/Special to 24700 Since its inception in 2005, nearly 200 posters have been designed and printed by CalArts graphic design students for the REDCAT poster series. The posters,…
Continue reading »From Internet Meme to Book: ’2500 Random Things About Me Too’
By Nicholas Katzban, Special to 24700 Matias Viegener’s new book is not a memoir, but something else entirely. 2500 Random Things About Me Too began with an invitation to the…
Continue reading »Thomas Lawson: In the Shadow of the Beast
By Nicholas Katzban/Special to 24700 Thomas Lawson, dean of the School of Art, is kicking off a new school year with In the Shadow of the Beast, an exhibition of…
Continue reading »‘Clam Bake’: Award-Winning Indie Filmmaker Creates Whimsical Animation App
By Nicholas Katzban/Special to 24700 Joanna Priestley, a Portland based animator, has brought her talent for eye-popping, two-dimensional wonder shows to a more interactive medium. Clam Bake is a new…
Continue reading »‘Micropangaea’ Features Music, Animation and Liner Notes for the Wired World
by Nicholas Katzban/Special to 24700 The press release for Micropangaea states boldly, “the lack of focus on album artwork with digital downloads… has taken some of the joy out of…
Continue reading »On the Fringe: CalArts Productions at Edinburgh Festival
GODS @ Edinburgh teaser from Alexis Macnab on Vimeo. by Nicholas Katzban / Special to 24700 The Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s history stretches back to 1947. For the past nine of…
Continue reading »Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Festival this Weekend
by Lindsey Lollie (Dance BFA 4) / Special to 24700 The Diavolo Dance Theater and Brockus Project Dance Company present the first Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Festival with public performances…
Continue reading »Alpert-Award Winner Jess Curtis Creates ‘Symmetry’ with CalArts Dance Students
by Lindsey Lollie (Dance BFA 4) / Special to 24700 Choreographer Jess Curtis, a recipient of a 2011 Alpert Award for his interdisciplinary dance work, recently visited CalArts to conduct a week-long residency…
Continue reading »Sundance Diary Part 2: Filmmaker Andrew Ahn Shares His Festival Experience
by Andrew Ahn (Film/Video MFA 11) / Special to 24700 After a hectic first few days at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, my schedule loosened up a bit, and I finally got a…
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