Anyone who has spent time on the CalArts campus will be familiar with a particular work table. Often seen in use with David Rowland’s ubiquitous 40/4 stacking chair, its form…
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Tournées Festival of French Films Begins at CalArts with Philippe Garrel Feature
The Film Today class and screening series inaugurates The Tournées Festival at CalArts today, beginning with a showing of Philippe Garrel’s 2008 feature La Frontière de l’aube (Frontier of Dawn)….
Continue reading »Kevin Lyons Show at colette boutique in Paris through Feb. 26
[nggallery id=143] Kevin Lyons, noted artist, designer, teacher and typographer (and CalArts alumnus), opened a solo show at the influential retail and design space colette in Paris last month. Included…
Continue reading »CalArts Filmmaker Wins Prestigious Tiger Award in Rotterdam
Natasha Mendonca (Film/Video MFA 10) has collected one of the three Tiger Awards for Short Films given out at the International Film Festival Rotterdam—one of the “big five” European film…
Continue reading »How to Train Your Dragon, Day and Night Among Annie Award Winners
The Annie Awards—the highest honor given for excellence in animation—were handed out in a ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday evening (Feb. 5). The award’s 38th edition featured a…
Continue reading »Nina Menkes’s Dissolution Screens at Structuring Strategies Tonight, Boston Premiere on Feb. 26
Filmmaker and School of Film/Video faculty member Nina Menkes’s latest feature film and first Hebrew language film, Dissolution (Hitparkut, 88 minutes/B&W/HD) screens as part of the Structuring Strategies class and…
Continue reading »CalArts and Chung-Ang University Present an Electrifying ‘Lear/Layer’
[nggallery id=142] The two-week Lear/Layer collaborative project between CalArts and Cal-Ang University (Seoul, South Korea) culminated in a single, electrifying performance on Jan. 28. The experimental production incorporated animation, live…
Continue reading »Mellified Men Quartet Performs Week-long Stockhausen Composition
At Calarts, Interim is a two-week period in January set aside for students to explore specific topics in greater depth than a semester’s workload typically allows. This past Interim presented…
Continue reading »Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real on Tap for CalArts-Boston Court Co-Production
*** Just added: read reviews of Camino Real (pdf) The Theatre @ Boston Court and CalArts’ School of Theater are banding together for their first co-production: Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real….
Continue reading »Photo Gallery: 2011 Character Animation Show at CalArts
[nggallery id=141] Last week, CalArts’ Character Animation students took over the Main Gallery for their 2011 Gallery Show. Their works are better seen than described, so Institute photographer Scott Groller…
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