Update 4/9/12: Photos from McNally Jackson reading here: [nggallery id=246] Black Clock #15 deconstructs the typical “movie issue” by having writers test flights of fancy, offering readers nearly two dozen…
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CalArtians at the 2012 Whitney Biennial: Mike Kelley, Thom Andersen, Richard Hawkins and Laida Lertxundi
[nggallery id=”241″] Works by four CalArtians are featured in the 2012 Whitney Biennial, which opened earlier this month in New York. The Biennial gauges the current state of contemporary art…
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies Series Presents Experimental Indian Films
[nggallery id=242] There’s more to Indian film than Bollywood offerings, and Tuesday (March 20) filmmaker and curator Shai Heredia brings a slate of varied, experimental short films from India to…
Continue reading »Microtonal Music Fest Features Work by Wolfgang von Schweinitz
MicroFest—celebration of nonstandard tuning and the sonic beauty that falls “between the keys”—holds its next installation in Pasadena on Saturday (March 17) featuring the work of composer and CalArts faculty…
Continue reading »Alumna Robin Myrick’s Photography Featured in Dallas Galleries
[nggallery id=”240″] This month, the photography of CalArts MFA Writing Program graduate Robin Myrick (Critical Studies MFA 08) has been featured in two group shows at the Steve Paul Gallery…
Continue reading »CalArtian Theater Students Stage The Portrait of a Lady
This month, CalArts School of Theater students adapt the Henry James novel, The Portrait of a Lady, for the stage. Labeled “a journey piece,” the production mounts Thursday-Saturday (March 15-17)…
Continue reading »Edgar Arceneaux and Douglas Kearney Discuss Politics in Art and Poetry at ALOUD Series
With a tumultuous U.S. presidential election season and political protests around the world making headlines daily, poet-performer and CalArts faculty member Douglas Kearney joins alumnus and artist-activist Edgar Arceneaux (Art MFA…
Continue reading »Photo Gallery: Ming Wong: Making Chinatown in The Gallery at REDCAT
[nggallery id=”239″] Multimedia artist Ming Wong recently opened his first Los Angeles solo exhibition, Making Chinatown, in the Gallery at REDCAT. The Berlin-based artist’s series of videos and scenic backdrops…
Continue reading »Alumnus Kyle Balda’s Co-directed Film The Lorax Opens Strong
CalArts alumni have dominated the box office news lately, including director Brad Bird’s (Film/Video BFA 76) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, which has earned more than $679 million worldwide since its…
Continue reading »WHAP! Lecture Series: Etienne Balibar Tackles Politics and Religion
In polite conversation, there are two topics that are usually taboo: politics and religion. On Friday (March 9) in West Hollywood, the WHAP! Lecture Series brings both subjects to the…
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