Maggie Nelson, head of the MFA Creative Writing Program at CalArts, is on this month’s cover of Publishers Weekly (PW). Her latest book, The Argonauts, made PW’s Best Books of…
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ArtChangeUS: Arts in a Changing America is a new, five-year initiative, based out of CalArts, which explores the demographic transformation of the United States, and its impact on arts and culture. Through…
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EventNovember 4, 2015
CalArts alumna Amy Tofte (Theater MFA 11) was recently named one of five winners of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 2015 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. Her…
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EventOctober 17 - November 14, 2015
Filmmaker, installation artist and CalArts’ faculty Maureen Selwood’s first solo artist exhibition, Sounding the Note of A, opens this weekend at Rosamund Felsen Gallery in Los Angeles. The show features…
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The noted singer-songwriter, composer and CalArts alumna Julia Shammas Holter (Music/IM MFA 09) returned to campus on Sept. 28 as a visiting lecturer in the VoiceArts Forum. Students packed The Wild Beast for the…
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Above: Quique Rivera’s ‘Así de grandes son las ideas.’ Artist and filmmaker Quique Rivera’s (Film/Video MFA 14) short film, “Así de grandes son las ideas,” was recently nominated for a Latin…
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EventOctober 7, 2015
Armen Avanessian, a noted Berlin-based writer and philosopher, serves as this year’s visiting faculty member for the Aesthetics & Politics (A&P) program at CalArts. Traditionally, A&P visiting faculty are scholars and/or artists…
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EventOctober 1 - 2, 2015
A teaser of ‘Recortes,’ which will be performed at CalArts Commuter Dance Festival. The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts presents its ninth annual Commuter Dance Festival on…
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Philanthropists and longtime art collectors Eli and Edythe Broad’s gift to Los Angeles—The Broad—opened last weekend with more than 250 contemporary master works on view in its inaugural exhibition. Several CalArtians,…
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After the conclusion of the two-part Emmys festivities (as the Creative Arts Emmys were held on Sept. 12 and the 67th Annual Emmy Awards were broadcast on Sunday night) several CalArtians walked…
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