[nggallery id=”237″] Celebrated Mexico City director Martín Acosta presents the world premiere of playwright Alejandro Ricaño’s Timboctou on REDCAT’s stage this week (March 2-11). With highly visual multimedia elements, the wryly humorous play…
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Keep an Eye Out for New CalArts Student Newspaper
The CalArts Eye, a brand-new, student-run newspaper celebrates its first printed issue with a launch party tonight (Feb. 28) in Tatum Lounge from 7-11 pm. The new publication covers creative…
Continue reading »‘Los Angeles Plays Itself’ Screens at CalArts
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) is a nearly three-hour homage to the City of Angels, directed by CalArts faculty member Thom Andersen. The video essay has a rare screening tonight…
Continue reading »Christine Marie Presents Shadow Theater at TED 2012 Conference
Shadow artist and CalArts alumna Christine Marie (Theater/IM MFA 09), one of 25 selected TED2012 Fellows, speaks about her work at the TED2012: Full Spectrum conference in Long Beach today. Marie’s art…
Continue reading »Video: Lighting Design Students Produce “Rejected Commercials” For Contest
Update: On Friday, March 30, ETC announced the winners of its student-video challenge. CalArts’ students placed third, among more than 70 schools, winning the CalArts School of Theater’s Lighting Design…
Continue reading »MFA Writing Program Announces Thesis Readings
The School of Critical Studies’ MFA Writing Program Thesis Reading Series begins tonight (Feb. 23) at 7:30 pm in the Butler Building at CalArts, with readings from Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle…
Continue reading »College Art Association Conference in LA to Honor CalArts Faculty Member Allan Sekula
The College Art Association’s (CAA) 2012 annual conference—with more than 5,000 artists, art historians, students, educators, critics, curators, collectors, librarians, gallerists and other visual arts professionals expected in attendance—takes over…
Continue reading »‘For the Love of Mike’: 24 Hours of Mike Kelley Videos this Weekend
On Feb. 1, the world lost a great artist in Mike Kelley (Art MFA 78). This weekend, his family and friends invite us to celebrate “an extraordinary life” through a…
Continue reading »WHAP! Lecture Series Returns with Special Guest Nicholas Ridout
The first West Hollywood Aesthetics & Politics (WHAP!) lecture of 2012 hits the podium tonight (Feb. 22) at 7 pm at the new West Hollywood Library, City Council Chambers. The free…
Continue reading »Calartians Present at The Feminist Art Project’s Panel Discussions at MOCA
On Saturday, Feb. 25, The Feminist Art Project presents Shares & Stakeholders, a day of free panels hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), during a satellite…
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