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…
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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…
Continue reading »CalArts Faculty Member Nina Menkes Featured in NYC and LA Film Retrospectives
Trailer for her recent feature Dissolution. ***March 1 update: Listen to Menkes discuss the Cinema as Sorcery retrospective and her work on KCRW’s The Treatment podcast. Anthology Film Archives in New…
Continue reading »French Films Featured at The Tournées Festival on Friday Afternoons at CalArts
The Film Today class and screening series welcomes The Tournées Festival back to CalArts this semester. Sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the festival brings contemporary French…
Continue reading »Photos from 2012 Character Animation Gallery Show at CalArts
[nggallery id=236] The annual student-curated, CalArts Character Animation winter show is currently on view in the Main Gallery. The images, characters, models and artwork—crafted by BFA students from the School…
Continue reading »John Cage’s 100th Birthday Celebration at REDCAT Feb. 15-16
[nggallery id=”234″] There’s been a number of performances of avant-garde pioneer John Cage’s music lately for a reason: 2012 marks the composer’s 100th birthday (Sept. 5, to be precise). As…
Continue reading »Steve Erickson Discusses These Dreams of You at the LA Central Library’s ALOUD Series
Earlier this month Europa Editions published Steve Erickson’s ninth novel, These Dreams of You, which takes readers on a journey across two continents, following the Nordhoc family as they search…
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