Happy Holidays from CalArts
CalArts’ 24700 blog will hit the pause button for the holiday break. We’ll be back on campus on Jan. 4, 2016, to continue to bring you the news and happenings from around…
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Archive for December 2015
Edgar Arceneaux Wins Malcolm McLaren Award for Until, Until, Until…
Performa, the visual art performance biennial, recently presented CalArts alumnus Edgar Arceneaux (Art MFA 01) with the Malcolm McLaren Award for his play Until, Until, Until…, co-written with artist and filmmaker…
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Mad Men Creator Matthew Weiner Visits CalArts
On Dec. 10, Matthew Weiner, writer, director and creator of the critically acclaimed TV show Mad Men, was a guest artist of the School of Film/Video. He provided words of advice…
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CalArts Continues Its Divestment From Fossil Fuels
For the past few years, CalArts President Steven D. Lavine and Chief Financial Officer Don Matthewson have engaged in discussions with the Investment Sub-Committee of CalArts’ Board of Trustees, the Student Union on behalf…
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EventJanuary 21 - 31, 2016
CalArtians in 2016 Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals
Last week, the Sundance and Slamdance festivals announced the films that will be screened at the two festivals in Park City, Utah, in January. Thirteen CalArts filmmakers are included in the…
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EventDecember 18, 2015
A115FILMCLUB Holds Final Screening on Friday
After a nearly three-year run, CalArts’ A115FILMCLUB has its final screening on Friday (Dec. 18) in Room A115, at the back of the experimental animation studio. The weekly, late-night screenings have been a…
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CalArts Student Anaeis Ohanian Teleports Us Into a Dystopic Future
By Molly Surazhsky Anaeis Ohanian’s (Art BFA 16) solo exhibit 6007, which was on view in D301 Gallery from Nov. 30-Dec. 12, imagined a museum exhibit organized by the government…
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Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur Among Golden Globe Nominees
Above: A clip from ‘Inside Out.’ This past Thursday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the nominees for the 2016 Golden Globe Awards. Among the many actors, films and TV…
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EventDecember 17, 2015
CalArts Holds First Symposium on Gender Bias in Animation
On Thursday (Dec. 17), CalArts’ Experimental Animation Program’s The Animated Woman class, led by faculty Erica Larsen-Dockray (Film/Video BFA 09, MFA 12), holds a symposium on gender bias in animation, a first…
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EventDecember 18 - 19, 2015
Winter Dance Concert at REDCAT
Above: ‘37.2 degrees,’ an abstract dance piece by Yuanyuan Wang, performed by the Beijing Dance Theatre. Beijing-based dance artist and CalArts alumna Yuanyuan Wang (Dance MFA 03) spent two weeks…
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