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…
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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 »New Wadada Leo Smith Piece to Premiere Saturday
The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) is hosting a concert on Saturday (Aug. 28) in West Hollywood that features compositions by renowned jazz…
Continue reading »CalArts Animation Screened at Hiroshima Animation Festival
[nggallery id=85] 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….
Continue reading »The Bacchae and At Sundown at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
[nggallery id=84] 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….
Continue reading »CalArts: Then and Now
We found an old postcard of CalArts from the 1970s. Check out the cars parked along the driveway: Here’s a similar shot taken in 2008 (even before the construction of…
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 »Animator Danielle Ash’s Pickles for Nickels Featured on PBS and NPR Shows
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…
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