Big City Forum and the Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 present an evening of readings from several of Los Angeles’ up-and-coming writers: Harold Abramowitz, Grace Krilanovich, Margaret Wappler and Lauren…
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Composer Thomas Newman Breaks Down the Business of Film Scoring
Barry Schrader’s special spring semester class at CalArts, The Art of Film Composing, featured a series of presentations by professional film composers on their work and on the business of…
Continue reading »Living Legend: Composer Sofia Gubaidulina at CalArts, REDCAT and the LA Phil
The Russian-born Sofia Gubaidulina is considered one of the great living contemporary classical composers. Her music is often marked by unusual instrumental combinations as well as the infusion of the…
Continue reading »Two by Tuan: New Works by Playwright to be Read at Los Angeles Theater Center
Two new plays by Alice Tuan, the head of the Writing for Performance program, will be read at Los Angeles Theatre Center this week, featuring CalArts talent. A staged reading…
Continue reading »CalArts Anurans to perform ‘Concerto for Active Frogs’
On Saturday (May 14) the CalArts Anurans ensemble will perform Anne LeBaron’s Concerto for Active Frogs at the first Hear Now Festival in Venice, Calif. The piece was first performed…
Continue reading »School of Theater’s 2011 Design and Production Portfolio Review
[nggallery id=166] Graduating and continuing students from the CalArts School of Theater’s programs in Design and Production will present their portfolios to visitors and industry recruiters alike on Monday (May…
Continue reading »CalArtian Graphic Designers Reconsider the Alphabet at Pasadena Museum of California Art
[nggallery id=164] Twenty-six California graphic designers have been tapped to reinvent the alphabet for the Pasadena Museum of California Art’s (PCMA) latest exhibition, Getting Upper: Graphic Designers and Artists Reconsider…
Continue reading »Butoh Master Oguri and Mbira Improvise in CalArts’ Colloquium
On April 26, The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts welcomed master butoh dancer, Oguri, in a performance with Wadada Leo Smith and his creative orchestra Mbira as part…
Continue reading »Mason Richards’ The Seawall Showing in Cannes
The 64th edition of the Festival de Cannes opened yesterday, and included in the prestigious festival’s short film selection is The Seawall, written and directed by Mason Richards (Film/Video MFA…
Continue reading »Bache to the Future: Longtime CalArts Faculty John Bache Retires
After nearly four decades at CalArts, John Bache, artist, photographer and School of Art faculty member, has retired. Since joining the Institute in 1972, Bache has served in a number…
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