As the Getty Foundation’s citywide Pacific Standard Time initiative continues to celebrate the history of contemporary art in Los Angeles, tonight (Feb. 8th) CalArts President Steven D. Lavine presents a…
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Alumnus Minkyu Lee Wins Annie Award for Best Animated Short
The International Animated Film Society’s 39th Annual Annie Awards—the highest awards ceremony in the animation industry—was held last Saturday (Feb. 4) at Royce Hall at UCLA in Los Angeles. Animator and CalArts alumnus…
Continue reading »National Film Board of Canada Animation Studio Presents Shorts at CalArts
Tonight at 7 pm, Canada’s National Film Board (NFB) Animation Studio brings several short films to CalArts’ Bijou Theater for this week’s Structuring Strategies class and film series. The NFB…
Continue reading »Sundance Diary Part 2: Filmmaker Andrew Ahn Shares His Festival Experience
by Andrew Ahn (Film/Video MFA 11) / Special to 24700 After a hectic first few days at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, my schedule loosened up a bit, and I finally got a…
Continue reading »‘Super Book Sunday’ Features John Cage Performances around CalArts
With the Super Bowl dominating this weekend’s activities for many, a group of musicians—current students, alumni and faculty—from The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts are having their own…
Continue reading »Alumnus Lars Jan’s Abacus at REDCAT this Week
[nggallery id=”230″] It’s a busy time for award-winning director and media artist Lars Jan (Theater MFA 08) and his theater company Early Morning Opera. After presenting A Suicide Bombing by Invitation Only, a…
Continue reading »2012 CalArts T-Shirt Show on Thursday
[nggallery id=”232″] Thursday nights are always action-packed at CalArts with live music and gallery openings, but tonight (Feb. 2), graphic designers are adding to the frenzy with the 2012 CalArts…
Continue reading »CalArts Mourns the Loss of Legendary Artist Mike Kelley
[nggallery id=233] Today (Feb. 1), the CalArts community was saddened to learn of the sudden passing of legendary post-Conceptual artist Mike Kelley, a CalArts alumnus (Art MFA 78) and former faculty…
Continue reading »Suzanne Lacy’s Work Inspires Forum on Global Violence Against Women
In 1977, artist Suzanne Lacy created the multidimensional work, Three Weeks in May, which included performances, installations and other organized events that called attention to the frequency of assaults against…
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