The West Hollywood Aesthetics & Politics (WHAP!) series, co-presented by the city of West Hollywood and CalArts’ School of Critical Studies’ Aesthetics and Politics Program, continues its Spring 2013 season tonight…
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CalArts Alums Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman Earn Oscars for ‘Brave’
The 85th Annual Academy Awards were handed out in Hollywood last night, with CalArts alumni Mark Andrews (Film/Video BFA 93) and Brenda Chapman (Film/Video BFA 87) sharing the honors for co-directing…
Continue reading »Solo Exhibitions for Artists and Alums Meg Cranston, Allison Schulnik
The work of two CalArts alumni will be featured in one-person exhibitions in Southern California this week. Allison Schulnik’s (Film/Video BFA 00) ex•pose is on view at Laguna Art Museum now through April 28…
Continue reading »Actor and Advocate Geena Davis Talks Gender Equality in Media at CalArts
Women are still so woefully underrepresented in films and television shows that—at the current rate—it would take nearly 700 years(!) to achieve parity. That was just one of the jaw-dropping…
Continue reading »Taking A Stand: Faculty Nina Menkes V-Day Film Supports End to Violence Against Women
STRIKE AND RISE/Video for V-Day, by Nina Menkes from Nina Menkes on Vimeo. On Feb. 18, CalArts School of Film/Video faculty member Nina Menkes‘ short film, Strike and Rise, will…
Continue reading »FoCA Salon Welcomes Directors Mark Andrews and Brad Bird
Directors and CalArts alumni Brad Bird (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) and Mark Andrews (Brave) were the featured speakers at the most recent FoCA (Friends of CalArts) salon, held on Jan….
Continue reading »Alexander Mackendrick: Remembering a Pioneering Director and Founding Dean of CalArts School of Film/Video
- by Michael Rogers/Special to 24700 CalArts alumni, faculty, current students and film history buffs filled the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) on the evening of Feb. 6 for…
Continue reading »Single Wing Turquoise Bird Liquid Light Show Installation Opens in Oregon
Opening today (Feb. 8) through April 28, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Eugene, Ore., presents, Invisible Writing, a 47-minute installation drawn from improvised live visual performances by the pioneering…
Continue reading »2013 Annie Awards: CalArts Alumni Earn Honors in Animation
On Feb. 2, CalArts’ alumnus Rich Moore won top honors at the 40th Annual Annie Awards for Directing an Animated Feature Production for Wreck-It Ralph. The film, from Walt Disney…
Continue reading »Dance on Camera Fest Screens CalArtian Multimedia Work Tonight at Lincoln Center
The Next Step Is (Trailer) from Victoria Sendra on Vimeo. Tonight (Feb. 5) at 5:30 pm, The Next Step Is—a new collaborative piece by several CalArts alumni—screens at the Dance On…
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