Fresh off a plane from New York and her program last night at MoMA, filmmaker Amie Siegel screens and discusses her film essay DDR/DDR (2008, 135 mins.) tonight at CalArts’…
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Director Henry Selick at CalArts Last Week to Talk Animation
Writer-director-producer and CalArts alum Henry Selick (Film/Video MFA 77) returned to campus on Thursday morning for a visiting artist lecture before a crowd of rapt animation staff, faculty and students…
Continue reading »Actors Showcase: Highlighting Talent from CalArts’ School of Theater
On Monday (April 19), 31 graduating MFA and BFA students from CalArts’ School of Theater will hit the boards of the Falcon Theater in Burbank for the school’s annual Actors…
Continue reading »Emergence of a ‘2-Headed Beast’ at CalArts
While the Wild Beast–CalArts’ new music pavilion–doesn’t make its official public debut until next month’s dedication, 22 of the Institute’s graduate composers are warming up the venue with an ambitious…
Continue reading »Suzan-Lori Parks’ In the Blood at CalArts this Weekend
In the Blood, which first premiered in 1999, is playwright Suzan-Lori Parks’ first take on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. The play follows Hester, La Negrita, an illiterate mother of…
Continue reading »Filmmaker Cauleen Smith in Residence at CalArts this Week
Cauleen Smith is a San Diego-based filmmaker, screenwriter and video installation artist best known for her experimental works that examine themes of black female identity. She’s an artist-in-residence at CalArts…
Continue reading »Heard @ CalArts: Lunchtime with Ravel
One of last week’s noon concerts in the Institute’s Main Gallery featured vocalists from The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts. We caught a few songs from Maurice Ravel’s…
Continue reading »Spring Studio: New Works and Works-in-Progress Showcased at REDCAT
REDCAT’s Studio series provides audiences the opportunity to experience a mix of interdisciplinary work and offbeat performances by some of LA’s most adventurous artists. The Spring program, developed by guest…
Continue reading »Petits Mondes: A Dance Installation at CalArts
Petits Mondes, a dance installation piece performed at CalArts last week, was inspired by the works of visual artist Joseph Cornell (1903-72), best known for his boxes of found objects…
Continue reading »CalArts Open Studios
[nggallery id=47] Students from CalArts’ School of Art are hosting a pair of open studio events this weekend that showcase the works of both graduate and undergraduate artists from the…
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