Hubbard Street, a Chicago-based contemporary dance company, is one of the only professional dance companies to perform year-round, continually touring nationwide and internationally. Now in its 34th year, the company is staging…
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Les Figues Press, ‘Slake’ Magazine Editors Lecture at CalArts Tonight
Tonight (Nov. 29) at 7:30 pm in Butler Building 4, the School of Critical Studies MFA Writing Program’s Visiting Writers Series welcomes Les Figues Press founding editor Teresa Carmody, Slake Magazine founding editors Joe Donnelly and…
Continue reading »Wreck-It Ralph Director Rich Moore on his Film Sensibility: ‘It’s a CalArts Thing’
On Nov. 2, Walt Disney Animation Studios released Wreck-It Ralph, a 3D animated feature telling the story of the titular arcade game villain who rebels and pursues his dreams of becoming a hero. Directed…
Continue reading »Artist, Faculty David P. Earle Presents Collaborative ‘Sculptures’ in New Book Release
[nggallery id=305] Earlier this month, artist and CalArts faculty member David P. Earle began a residency at Side Street Projects, an organization temporarily located in a vacant 25,000 square-foot lot in…
Continue reading »Alpert Award Winner Emily Jacir at CalArts
Artist Emily Jacir, a 2011 recipient of the Alpert Award in the Arts, visits CalArts this week for studio visits and as the guest speaker for tonight’s (Nov. 27) Paul…
Continue reading »‘Gumdrop’: A New Short Film by Alumni Kerry Conran and Stephen Lawes
Gumdrop is the latest short film by CalArts alumni Kerry Conran (Film/Video 88), the writer and director of the 2004 film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and Stephen Lawes…
Continue reading »Alumni-helmed Dawn of Midi Featured in ‘The New Yorker’
Dawn of Midi, a band formed by drummer Qasim Naqvi (Music MFA 08), bassist Aakaash Israni (Music MFA 08) and pianist Amino Belyamani (Music 08), is making waves in the New…
Continue reading »Braunschweig Students Present ‘Artist as Traveller’ at CalArts
[nggallery id=302] In July 2012, 13 CalArts School of Art students and faculty members Shirley Tse and Kaucyila Brooke presented the Artist as Traveller exhibition at the Braunschweig University of…
Continue reading »CalArts Alumni Win 2012 Ovation Awards
Honoring the best in LA’s theater community, the L.A. Stage Alliance’s 2012 Ovation Awards were presented at the Los Angeles Theater last Monday (Nov. 12). The winners were singled out…
Continue reading »Sheila de Bretteville Visits and Speaks at CalArts
Renowned graphic designer, artist and educator Sheila de Bretteville, who founded the first design program for women at CalArts in 1971, returns to the Institute tonight (Monday, Nov. 19) for…
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