Pickles for Nickels, a short film by experimental animator and recent CalArts grad Danielle Ash (Film/Video MFA 09), has been garnering national attention lately. Earlier this year it won the…
Continue reading »Silken Veils and Floozy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Ed. Note: Composer Ellen Reid (Music MFA 11) is at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this month with a contingent of CalArtians involved in various works at the festival. She’ll be…
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)…
Continue reading »Playwright Deborah Asiimwe wins BBC Competition for Will Smith Look-Alike
Last month, Ugandan playwright Deborah Asiimwe (Theater MFA 09) won the annual BBC World Service African Performance playwriting competition for her play Will Smith Look-Alike. The play, which was recorded…
Continue reading »CalArts Animator Wins Local Festival Awards
Recent Experimental Animation alumnus Beomsik Shimbe Shim (Film/Video MFA 09) and his film, The Wonder Hospital, have been racking up a slew of festival awards this summer. Among them, two…
Continue reading »Q and A with Choreographer and CalArts Faculty Member Colin Connor
Choreographer Colin Connor, a faculty member of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts, will be taking a leave of absence this fall to work on three commissions:…
Continue reading »Animation, Video Feeds and Live Performance Slated for Week Three of REDCAT’s NOW Festival
This weekend marks the final program of REDCAT’s NOW Festival, a three-weekend festival that celebrates artists who challenge the boundaries of their art forms. The current program features three experiments…
Continue reading »2010 Princess Grace Awards Honor CalArtians
Congratulations! The Princess Grace Foundation which recognizes the talents of artists in theater, dance and film, just announced its awards for 2010, and students Andrew Wojtal (Dance BFA 11) and…
Continue reading »Seen @ CalArts: Audio Destructinators’ Carchestra
Even though school is still out for the summer, current students have access to some of CalArts’ facilities–like the parking lot. On Monday, a band of mostly Calartian composers and…
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