Last week, the Theatre Communications Group (TCG)—the national organization for nonprofit American theater—announced the latest round of funding for the MetLife/TCG A-ha! Program—with CalArts’ Center for New Performance (CNP) named…
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Newsweek/Daily Beast Ranks CalArts as Nation’s Most ‘Artistic’ College
The latest edition of Newsweek/The Daily Beast puts a spin on traditional college lists—breaking down the best schools in the country—for 25 different “types” of students. While future politicos and…
Continue reading »School of Theater Announces New Faculty Appointments
Earlier this month, Dean of CalArts’ School of Theater Travis Preston announced the 2011-12 school year’s new faculty members and appointments. Obie Award-winning lighting designer Anne Militello has been appointed…
Continue reading »Fringe Festival 2011: Leila Ghaznavi’s Broken Wing and Silken Veils
In our final Edinburgh Fringe 2011 installment, we feature two works by award-winning playwright Leila Ghaznavi (Theater MFA 10). After garnering a nomination for the prestigious Fringe First award at last…
Continue reading »Film Fridays: Hannah Ayoubi’s Vampire Gastelbrau
The Film Fridays segment appears every Friday and features films and videos from students, faculty and alumni of the six schools at CalArts. Today’s Film Fridays post features animator Hannah…
Continue reading »Celebrated Filmmaker Charles Burnett to Join CalArts Film/Video Faculty this Fall
Film director Charles Burnett, whose diverse filmmaking career has spanned more than 40 years, joins the faculty of the Film Directing Program at CalArts’ School of Film/Video for the 2011-12…
Continue reading »Oniomania Group Show at Martha Otero Gallery
[nggallery id=195] Oniomania is an “uncontrollable desire to buy things.” It’s also the name of a group exhibition now showing at Martha Otero Gallery in Los Angeles through Sept. 3….
Continue reading »‘Rebake’ Music via CalArtian’s New Social Remix Site
[nggallery id=194] Musician and web developer Adam Florin‘s (Music MFA 11) new site, Rebakery.com, is a social, creative site where online music geeks can remix each other’s work. Amateur and professional…
Continue reading »Fringe Festival 2011: Student Works Impressive in Edinburgh
[nggallery id=193] In our last Fringe 2011 installment, we noted that faculty member Marissa Chibas’ one-woman show Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary was earning rave reviews at the Edinburgh Festival…
Continue reading »Film Fridays: Liminal by Rachel Boyajian
The Film Fridays segment appears every Friday and features films and videos from students, faculty and alumni of the six schools at CalArts. Today’s Film Fridays video features three excerpts…
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