The final Structuring Strategies screening of the year, held tonight (Dec. 11) in CalArts’ Bijou Theater, presents films by CalArts faculty member Maureen Selwood, whose works include hand-drawn animation, live…
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Cecily Strong Joins SNL Cast
Acting Program alum Cecily Strong (Theater BFA 06) made her debut in September on NBC’s Saturday Night Live comedy program, now in its 38th season. She has made an immediate…
Continue reading »Theater Alumnus Featured in New ABC Family Musical
The Mistle-tones, ABC Family’s first original musical, premieres on Sunday (Dec. 9) with Tori Spelling and Tia Mowry. But keep an eye out for another one of the featured performers…
Continue reading »CalArtian Events This Weekend: From Exploring Galaxies to Bludgeoning Corpses
A preview of the video art and music from the ‘Dream of a Fixed Escape’ performance on Saturday CalArts performers and artists are involved in quite a few happenings around…
Continue reading »CalArtians Ravi Coltrane, LAPQ Among Grammy Nominees
Video of LAPQ: Repousse, Volume (Mvt. 1) by Joseph Pereira The Grammy nominations were announced last night (Dec. 5) in Nashville, Tenn., and receiving nods with the the pop-centric sounds…
Continue reading »CalArts Alumni, Faculty Nominated for 40th Annual Annie Awards
The 40th Annual Annie Awards, which honor the highest achievements in the animation industry, recently announced this year’s nominees—with more than a dozen CalArtians on the short list. Two animators, Tahnee…
Continue reading »Winter Dance Concert Features Work by World-Renowned Choreographer Twyla Tharp
The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts closes out each fall semester with five performances of the annual Winter Dance Concert—presented this week (Dec. 6-8) at the Walt…
Continue reading »New York Film Critics Honor ‘Frankenweenie’
The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) jump-started the annual awards season yesterday by announcing their choices for film achievement. CalArts alumnus Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie was honored for Best Animated…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Alumni Among Film Independent Spirit Award Nominees
Five CalArtian filmmakers recently earned nominations for the 2013 Spirit Awards, which will be announced in Santa Monica on Feb. 23. Presented by Film Independent, a nonprofit arts organization that…
Continue reading »The Great ‘Gatz’ at REDCAT
Elevator Repair Service (ERS) opened Gatz—its nearly eight-hour staging of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterwork The Great Gatsby—at REDCAT last week, bringing to an expectant Los Angeles the production that New York…
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