Earlier this month, artists from the Jakarta Institute of the Arts (IKJ) in Indonesia came to CalArts for a week-long, intensive residency program. Once at the Institute, the guests collaborated…
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CalArtian Musicians to Make the Santa Monica Pier Carousel Glow
This year’s Glow festival, an all-night cultural experience and festival, is set to kick-off this Saturday from 7 pm-3 am in Santa Monica, where the beach, pier and Palisades Park…
Continue reading »Bloomberg’s 9/11 Speech Quotes Poem by CalArts Faculty Matthew Shenoda
Saturday marked the ninth anniversary of the September 11th attacks on America, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg concluded his address at Ground Zero with two lines of poetry: Ingenuity…
Continue reading »Orkestar MÉZÉ Playing ‘Peasant Funk’ this Weekend
Milen Kirov, a DMA performer/composer candidate at The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, is teaching jazz and musicianship classes during the fall semester. But the Bulgarian-born musician can…
Continue reading »Alumnus Jeremy Hight Joins MIT Press
We heard that alumnus Jeremy Hight (Critical Studies MFA 98) was recently named New Media Curator of MIT Press’s Leonardo Online. He’ll be providing content for their new iPad application…
Continue reading »CalArts Animation Screened at Hiroshima Animation Festival
The Hiroshima International Animation Festival, one of the most respected international animation festivals (along with Annecy, Ottawa and Zagreb festivals), took place earlier this month from Aug. 7-11. The festival…
Continue reading »REDCAT Announces Fall 2010 Season
Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) will be kicking off its eighth season on Sept. 16 with projects in both the theater and gallery. International artists of diverse backgrounds and…
Continue reading »CalArts Art Faculty Member Karen Atkinson to Speak at Local TEDx
Over the last several years, the TED Conference has garnered a reputation for being a new ideas powerhouse. The conference, with its slogan “Ideas Worth Spreading,” features guest speakers from…
Continue reading »NOW Festival 2010: A Photo Essay
The seventh annual New Original Works Festival recently took over the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) in downtown Los Angeles from July 22 through Aug. 7. The festival, which…
Continue reading »Get Out of the Car: A New Film by CalArts Faculty Thom Andersen
Program in Film & Video faculty and former program director Thom Andersen was in Switzerland last week, premiering his new film, Get Out of the Car (2010, 34 min., 16mm)…
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