Since 2004, Fallen Fruit—a collaboration among CalArts Critical Studies faculty Matias Viegener, alumnus David Burns (Art BFA 93) and Austin Young—has focused on work that incorporates fruit, urban space and public…
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Mark Bradford, Benjamin Millepied Collaboration Debuts on MOCAtv
Earlier this semester, CalArts’ Film Directing Program hosted guest artist Benjamin Millepied, a director, dancer and choreographer best-known for his work on the Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan. During his…
Continue reading »Christine Wertheim’s Class Brings ‘Rubbish’ to the Main Gallery
On the afternoon of Dec. 6, visitors to CalArts were treated to an odd installation near the main entrance—garbage—strewn about by students in CalArts’ faculty member Christine Wertheim’s Critical Studies…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Alum Combines ‘Glitch’ Imagery and Textiles
In recent years, “glitch art”—art created through digital or analog mistakes—has become a more growing aesthetic. Artists corrupt digital code or physically manipulate electronic devices (called “circuit bending”) to create images,…
Continue reading »Filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu Featured in Brooklyn Retrospective
A trailer for Akosua Adoma Owusu’s 2009 short, ‘Me Broni Ba (My White Baby).’ This Sunday (Dec. 16) at 7:30 pm, Union Docs in Brooklyn, New York, presents a retrospective of short films…
Continue reading »CalArtian Events This Weekend: From Exploring Galaxies to Bludgeoning Corpses
A preview of the video art and music from the ‘Dream of a Fixed Escape’ performance on Saturday CalArts performers and artists are involved in quite a few happenings around…
Continue reading »Artist, Faculty David P. Earle Presents Collaborative ‘Sculptures’ in New Book Release
Earlier this month, artist and CalArts faculty member David P. Earle began a residency at Side Street Projects, an organization temporarily located in a vacant 25,000 square-foot lot in Pasadena. Funded…
Continue reading »Alpert Award Winner Emily Jacir at CalArts
Artist Emily Jacir, a 2011 recipient of the Alpert Award in the Arts, visits CalArts this week for studio visits and as the guest speaker for tonight’s (Nov. 27) Paul…
Continue reading »Braunschweig Students Present ‘Artist as Traveller’ at CalArts
In July 2012, 13 CalArts School of Art students and faculty members Shirley Tse and Kaucyila Brooke presented the Artist as Traveller exhibition at the Braunschweig University of Art (HBK)…
Continue reading »Sheila de Bretteville Visits and Speaks at CalArts
Renowned graphic designer, artist and educator Sheila de Bretteville, who founded the first design program for women at CalArts in 1971, returns to the Institute tonight (Monday, Nov. 19) for…
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