The CalArts Film Directing program’s lecture series recently hosted guest artist Benjamin Millepied, probably best known to American audiences for his choreography on the 2010 Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan….
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CalArts Authors at West Hollywood Book Fair this Weekend
Even though it’s Carmaggedon weekend in Los Angeles, a number of CalArts authors are braving the 405-less city to participate in the West Hollywood Book Fair this Sunday. Among the…
Continue reading »CalArts Alum Genndy Tartakovsky Helms Animated ‘Hotel Transylvania’
The animated film Hotel Translyvania—from Sony Pictures Animation—opens nationwide today (Sept. 28). Featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg and Selena Gomez, the film focuses on the escapades of…
Continue reading »Caine’s Arcade 2: The Global Cardboard Challenge and Imagination Foundation
Caine’s Arcade—the little film about a boy’s cardboard arcade built in the back of his father’s used auto parts store in East LA—became an Internet and then an international sensation….
Continue reading »Seen and Heard at CalArts: The Asphalt Orchestra
On Wednesday afternoon, the raucous street band, the Asphalt Orchestra, stopped by CalArts’ campus for an impromptu performance/visiting artist workshop just outside of the Institute’s main entrance. The New York…
Continue reading »Cook-on: Artists Jen Smith and David Thorne Open Paul Brach Lecture Series
Artists Jen Smith and David Thorne will be cooking in the CalArts kitchen on Thursday—literally. The School of Art’s annual Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series opens with a “cook-on”…
Continue reading »CalArtian Works Screened at Telluride Film Festival
Organizers of the Telluride Film Festival (known in the festival circuit as “The Show”) keep the programming lineup close to the vest—so close, in fact, that the roster of films…
Continue reading »Remembering Architect John Kelsey, 1925-2012
CalArts mourns the loss of artist and architect John Kelsey, who, with his partner Thornton Ladd, left an indelible mark on the Southern California cityscape. The Pasadena-based Ladd & Kelsey…
Continue reading »‘Elephant Room’ Conjures Comedy, Magic and Theater
Reviewers of the Elephant Room, which had its West Coast premiere earlier this month at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, are going to great lengths to not reveal…
Continue reading »Artists Bring Exquisite Corpse Animation to Life
The short animated film Quick and Dirty (posted above) is an exquisite corpse project created by 23 animators, one compositor and six sound designers/composers, most of whom are CalArts students,…
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