EventOctober 19, 2016
Excitement has been brewing among film students and faculty for the arrival of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who is recognized in contemporary cinema for his originality and imagination. His seven feature films,…
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EventOctober 20 - 21, 2016
Classicist, poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson pays a visit to CalArts this week, with two reading and speaking engagements scheduled. On Thursday (Oct. 19), she is the featured guest in…
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The Fifth Sense, a collaborative project between the British art, fashion and culture magazine i-D and Chanel, is an online platform that celebrates female creativity. Last month, it featured the…
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EventOctober 6 - December 6, 2016
By Elizabeth Liang (Film/Video MFA 18) Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre is anticipating Walt Disney Animation Studios directors Ron Clements’ and CalArts alumnus John Musker’s (Film/Video 77) newest film Moana, with…
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EventOctober 15, 2016
On Saturday (Oct. 15), the Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts presents African Beats: From Ghana to L.A., a Tribute to Steven Lavine, the second installment of this year’s Wild…
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EventSeptember 3 - February 20, 2017
New works of art–65 pieces to be exact–by the prolific CalArts alumnus, Lari Pittman (Art BFA 74, MFA 76), are currently wowing visitors at the Scott Galleries in The Huntington Library…
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EventOctober 11, 2016
Filmmaker Natalie Metzger’s (Dance MFA 11) 57-minute documentary Special Blood screens in Los Angeles on Tuesday (Oct. 11). The film is an official selection of the Awareness Film Festival that runs through…
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EventOctober 6 - 16, 2016
Above: Trailer for ‘Strings Attached.’ This week, the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles presents the world premiere of Strings Attached, a multidisciplinary piece combining performance art, contemporary dance and puppetry…
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by Elizabeth Liang (Film/Video MFA 18) The Belgian experimental film festival, L’Age d’Or, which takes it name from a surreal film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, features eight films…
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EventOctober 7 - 9, 2016
Dancer Takao Kawaguchi discusses Kazuo Ohno and his work in the video above. Butoh—the Japanese theatrical dance that was born from the devastation of World War II—is largely attributed to the…
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