The New York Film Festival (NYFF) today launches the 14th edition of Views from the Avant-Garde, the festival’s experimental showcase, which this year includes work by four CalArts faculty members,…
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CalArtians at the Angel City Jazz Festival this Weekend in Los Angeles
The Angel City Jazz Festival—which kicks off on Saturday for a week-long run—is a non-commercial jazz and new music festival featuring the music of both established and emerging jazz artists….
Continue reading »Q&A with Lars Jan of Early Morning Opera: At Filament Festival this Weekend
Early Morning Opera: Abacus from EMPAC @ Rensselaer on Vimeo. The Filament festival is a showcase of new work in performance, visual arts, sound and media held at EMPAC—The Curtis…
Continue reading »Feminist Art Pioneer and CalArts Faculty Nancy Buchanan at Structuring Strategies
The Structuring Strategies screening series welcomes artist and CalArts faculty member Nancy Buchanan tonight at the Bijou Theater. For more than two decades, Buchanan has taught in the School of…
Continue reading »Writing the Future at MOCA on Oct. 2
In the past few years Christine Wertheim, chair of the MFA Writing Program in the School of Critical Studies, has organized four one or two-day conferences or symposia on a…
Continue reading »Meditations: Eva Hesse at Highways Performance Space this Weekend
The new play Meditations: Eva Hesse, written by Marcie Begleiter and directed by David Watkins, provides a glimpse into the German-born artist’s last days as she struggles to complete one…
Continue reading »Animation from CalArts’ Graphic Design and Animation Grads at Frame by Frame Showcase on Saturday
[nggallery id=94] Storytelling through animation is the focus of the upcoming Frame by Frame showcase in Los Angeles on Saturday. Seven short films from CalArts’ 2010 class of experimental animators,…
Continue reading »CalArtian Musicians to Make the Santa Monica Pier Carousel Glow
[nggallery id=92] 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…
Continue reading »Radosław Rychcik/Stefan Zeromski Theater Rock REDCAT this Week
[nggallery id=93] Polish cult rock band Natural Born Chillers and the Polish theater company Stefan Zeromski Theatre storm the REDCAT stage tomorrow through Sunday for In the Solitude of Cotton…
Continue reading »Scenes and Sounds from Hourglass at the Lund
– by Stephanie Smith (Music MFA 11) Hourglass, a live music and dance “community event,” came to CalArts last Thursday night (Sept. 16), and featured the music of the Robin…
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