EventFebruary 17 - 25, 2017
CalArts’ School of Theater is in the midst of a new production helmed by guest artist and former CalArts faculty Roger Guenveur Smith with design by BFA students. The Hendrix Project…
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Kirsten Lepore (Film/Video MFA 12) co-directed an animated video with actress Lena Dunham for Planned Parenthood’s centennial. The short educational video, which has tallied more than 3 million views on…
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EventJanuary 28 - April 16, 2017
New work by James Welling (Art BFA 72, MFA 74) is on display at S.M.A.K., the Museum of Contemporary Art, in Ghent, Belgium from Jan. 28 through April 16. The…
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EventFebruary 17, 2017
Above: Book trailer for ‘Buck Studies,’ Douglas Kearney’s latest book of poetry. Tonight (Feb. 17), poet, librettist and CalArts faculty and alumnus Douglas Kearney (Critical Studies MFA 04) presents a…
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EventFebruary 16 - March 5, 2017
Tonight (Feb. 16), Weingart Gallery at Occidental College hosts an opening reception for Waabanishimo: Miigaadan (She Dances Till Daylight: Fight It), the first solo Los Angeles show by visual artist and…
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EventFebruary 16 - 17, 2017
Above: Junot Díaz talks about writing. Multi-awarded fiction writer Junot Díaz is this year’s Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence in the School of Critical Studies. This week, he works with students in…
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Choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones spent last week (Feb. 6-10) lecturing and leading improvisation workshops for students in CalArts’ School of Dance. In his lectures, he talked about how dance curation differs…
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Several alumni from CalArts’ Program in Film and Video showcased recent work at the annual International Film Festival Rotterdam, held in the Netherlands from Jan. 25-Feb. 5. The prestigious ten-day…
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EventFebruary 11, 2017
Tomorrow (Feb. 11), writer, actor, comedian and CalArts alumna Atsuko Okatsuka (MFA Film/Video-Critical Studies 15) performs a one-hour stand-up comedy routine at the Japanese-American National Museum (JANM) in Downtown Los…
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Above: John Warren’s ‘Phantom Engineer.’ Over the last few months, several CalArtians from the Schools of Film/Video and Theater have earned various awards, fellowships and grants. Following is a roundup…
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