Academy Award-nominated actor Don Cheadle (Theater BFA 86) lent his voice to a conversation on the progress of race relations in America on Can You Hear Us Now?, a recent…
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Science fiction television channel SYFY has greenlit Psycho Psalms, a stop motion animation directed by David Braun (Film/Video BFA 13) and Nicholas D’Agostino (Film/Video MFA 17). Psycho Psalms is produced…
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On May 15, the nonprofit record label Touched Music released John Tejada Presents Future Stars, a compilation album created by CalArts students in John Tejada’s spring 2020 music class “Advanced…
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Artist, writer, educator and CalArts alum Audrey Chan (Art MFA 07) has been named the first-ever resident artist by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU SoCal). “Art…
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On Wednesday, May 27, Kirby Dick (Art BFA 76) and Amy Ziering’s investigative documentary On the Record becomes available to stream on HBO Max. Directed and produced by Dick and…
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On Friday, May 22, the Herb Alpert Foundation announced the recipients of the 2020 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA). Administered by CalArts since 1994, the awards recognize five…
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CalArts alum Erick Pepper Rivera (Music BFA 12) is a composer and cartoonist who released his debut graphic novel The Hat Boyz in 2019. The book follows Benny, a half-black,…
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EventMay 21 - June 25, 2020
Gallery nights. Mini-Fridays. Start of the weekend. No matter what you called Thursday nights at CalArts, you knew that each week, there’d be performances, openings, receptions, and surprises for all…
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The COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t put a damper on the joyousness of CalArts’ 2020 graduation, which was held for the first time ever as a virtual ceremony on Friday, May 15….
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EventMay 15, 2020
On Friday, May 15, at 6 pm PDT, CalArts is livestreaming its first-ever Virtual Graduation Ceremony! More than 400 graduates will celebrate the conclusion of their studies at CalArts and…
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