Today (Feb. 15) at 2 pm at CalArts, the Office of Global Initiatives and CultureHub present Hip-Hop Cyber Cypher, an online hip-hop collaboration between CalArts students and The Hip Hop…
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Taking A Stand: Faculty Nina Menkes V-Day Film Supports End to Violence Against Women
STRIKE AND RISE/Video for V-Day, by Nina Menkes from Nina Menkes on Vimeo. On Feb. 18, CalArts School of Film/Video faculty member Nina Menkes‘ short film, Strike and Rise, will…
Continue reading »FoCA Salon Welcomes Directors Mark Andrews and Brad Bird
[nggallery id=339] Directors and CalArts alumni Brad Bird (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) and Mark Andrews (Brave) were the featured speakers at the most recent FoCA (Friends of CalArts) salon, held…
Continue reading »Paul Brach Lecture Series: Artist Ming Wong To Speak at CalArts
CalArts School of Art recently announced the Spring 2013 lineup for the Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series. The school has already welcomed lectures by artists Andrea Fraser, Tone Olaf Neilsen…
Continue reading »Jazz Faculty Charlie Haden Accepts Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys
During this past weekend’s Grammy festivities, Charlie Haden—bassist and longtime faculty member of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts—was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by The Recording…
Continue reading »Alexander Mackendrick: Remembering a Pioneering Director and Founding Dean of CalArts School of Film/Video
[nggallery id=336] – by Michael Rogers/Special to 24700 CalArts alumni, faculty, current students and film history buffs filled the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) on the evening of Feb….
Continue reading »Single Wing Turquoise Bird Liquid Light Show Installation Opens in Oregon
Opening today (Feb. 8) through April 28, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Eugene, Ore., presents, Invisible Writing, a 47-minute installation drawn from improvised live visual performances by the pioneering…
Continue reading »Director Janie Geiser’s Production Clouded Sulphur Premieres in Chinatown
This Friday (Feb. 8) marks the premiere of School of Theater faculty Janie Geiser‘s production Clouded Sulphur (death is a knot undone) at Automata in Chinatown’s Arts District. An Obie-Award winning director and a…
Continue reading »2013 Annie Awards: CalArts Alumni Earn Honors in Animation
On Feb. 2, CalArts’ alumnus Rich Moore won top honors at the 40th Annual Annie Awards for Directing an Animated Feature Production for Wreck-It Ralph. The film, from Walt Disney…
Continue reading »CEAIT Festival Features Avant-Garde Electronic Musicmakers at REDCAT
On Thursday and Friday (Feb. 7-8) at 8:30 pm, the CEAIT (CalArts Center for Experiments in Art, Information and Technology) festival is back at REDCAT, featuring writer-musician Bonnie Jones on…
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