20 for 20 is a master class series that commemorates the 20th anniversary of CalArts’ Community Arts Partnership (CAP) program. Artist ambassadors, from all disciplines, are leading 20 classes and…
Continue reading »24700 Interview: CalArts Faculty Morgan Kelly on How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon is the latest animated feature from DreamWorks Animation, which opened on Friday to great reviews. Directed by CalArts grad Chris Sanders (Film/Video BFA 84) and…
Continue reading »Circle X Theater Company’s Lascivious Something Opens in LA this Weekend
Two CalArts School of Theater graduates Olivia Henry (Theater BFA 08) and Alina Phelan (Theater BFA 95) star in the Circle X Theatre Co.’s production of Lascivious Something, written by…
Continue reading »Ann Arbor Film Fest Screens Works from Several CalArts Alumnae
The 48th Ann Arbor (Mich.) Film Festival began on Tuesday and runs through this weekend (March 28), featuring works from CalArts filmmakers in several categories, including music video, animation, short…
Continue reading »Fire at the End of the Rainbow: A Collection of Short Stories by CalArts Grad Shawn Vandor
Last month, the David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles held a book launch and reading for the 2010 releases for Sand Paper Press, which includes Fire at the End of…
Continue reading »Millie Wilson, Bari Ziperstein Open Solo Exhibits at Las Cienegas Projects This Week
Las Cienegas Projects, an artist-run curatorial project and gallery space in Los Angeles, opens three solo exhibits by artists Millie Wilson, a CalArts faculty member, Bari Ziperstein (Art MFA 04) …
Continue reading »Actor Ewan MacGregor Discusses Career and Craft with CalArts Students
Actor Ewan McGregor doesn’t play a certain “type” in his roles. In the 1996 film Trainspotting, McGregor portrayed a hard-to-forget heroin addict. Three years later, he took on the iconic…
Continue reading »Scuba Music at the CalArts Pool by Ulrich Kreiger and Clay Chaplin
Last Friday Ulrich Kreiger and Clay Chaplin, both faculty members of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, took over the CalArts’ pool for a performance of Krieger’s sound…
Continue reading »Highlights from the Spring 2010 Student Choice Concert
Last month, The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts held its Spring Student Choice Concert featuring 11 dance pieces choreographed by CalArts’ BFA students. Here are two clips…
Continue reading »World Premiere of John King’s Dice Thrown Opera to Bow at CalArts in April
Composer and CalArts alumnus John King (Music BFA 76) returned to campus last week to help prepare for the World Premiere of his contemporary opera Dice Thrown, scheduled for April…
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