Alison Brie Imitates Popular Internet Memes
CalArts School of Theater alumna Alison Brie (Theater BFA 05), who can be seen on the NBC comedy Community and the AMC drama Mad Men, gets meta in a recently…
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Posts By: Christine N. Ziemba
Posters for Ed Fella’s Last Lecture
Artist, graphic designer and longtime CalArts faculty member Ed Fella retires from full-time teaching this year. (He says he’ll become an “exit-level” teacher.) In honor of his last official lecture—held…
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CalArts Faculty, Alumni Among 2013 Guggenheim Fellows
Last Thursday (April 11), the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the recipients of the 2013 Guggenheim Fellowships. Among the 175 scholars, artists and scientists selected were three CalArtians: School…
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James Mangold: On Communication Rules, Storytelling and Biopics
Writer, director and producer James Mangold, a CalArts alum, has been an occasional guest lecturer in the Film Directing Program this semester. He last came to campus on March 21…
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Cecily Strong: From the CalArts School of Theater to Saturday Night Live
On March 15, Saturday Night Live’s Cecily Strong returned to CalArts to talk to School of Theater students about the career path that led her from Valencia to the hallowed…
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CalArtian Filmmakers among Award Recipients at Ann Arbor Film Festival
The 51st Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival jurors—filmmakers Kevin Jerome Everson, Marcin Gizycki and Laida Lertxundi (Film/Video MFA 07)—announced the festival’s award recipients on Sunday evening. Seven CalArtians were recognized for…
Continue reading »Ann Arbor Film Fest: 22 CalArts Filmmakers, Including Suzan Pitt Retrospective
The 51st annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, which runs March 19-24 in Michigan, features more than 200 films, videos and performances from artists from all over the world. As the…
Continue reading »Shanghai Calling’s Eliza Coupe on Learning Mandarin, Comedy and Life after CalArts
Along with fellow CalArts’ School of Theater alumnae Alison Brie (Community) and Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live) Eliza Coupe is making a splash in the world of comedy. She stars…
Continue reading »Video: Dance Artist-Choreographer Nora Chipaumire at CalArts
Last month, the renowned New York-based dancer and choreographer Nora Chipaumire visited The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts as a guest artist. The 2012 Alpert Award recipient…
Continue reading »Poetry Event Remembers Victims of 2007 Baghdad Bombing
The New Roads School in Santa Monica hosts a poetry reading tomorrow night (March 5) to remember the victims of the 2007 Al-Mutanabbi Street Bombing in Baghdad. On March 5…
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