On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and addressed the tens of thousands of people gathered along the Washington Mall,…
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2012 CalArts T-Shirt Show on Thursday
[nggallery id=”232″] Thursday nights are always action-packed at CalArts with live music and gallery openings, but tonight (Feb. 2), graphic designers are adding to the frenzy with the 2012 CalArts…
Continue reading »CalArts Mourns the Loss of Legendary Artist Mike Kelley
[nggallery id=233] Today (Feb. 1), the CalArts community was saddened to learn of the sudden passing of legendary post-Conceptual artist Mike Kelley, a CalArts alumnus (Art MFA 78) and former faculty…
Continue reading »Suzanne Lacy’s Work Inspires Forum on Global Violence Against Women
In 1977, artist Suzanne Lacy created the multidimensional work, Three Weeks in May, which included performances, installations and other organized events that called attention to the frequency of assaults against…
Continue reading »CalArts Alum Chris Miller Nominated for Oscar for Puss in Boots
Early Tuesday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 84th Annual Academy Awards, and CalArts alumnus Chris Miller (Film/Video 90) earned an Oscar…
Continue reading »CalArts Performance Marathon at the Walt Disney Family Museum
Video: “Like Powder to the Light” by Steve Horowitz, from the Stations of the Breath CD. There’s a Musicircus coming to The Walt Disney Family Museum tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 28)—just without…
Continue reading »CalArts MFA Writers Program Welcomes Visiting Artist Gail Scott
CalArts MFA Writing Program hosts a number of renowned authors this semester for its Visiting Artist Series, beginning Thursday at 7:30 pm with Canadian writer Gail Scott in Butler Building…
Continue reading »TCG’s ‘I am Theater’ Video Project Features CalArts Theater Faculty Chi-wang Yang
Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national American theater organization that fosters communication among professional, community and university theaters, is in the midst of its 50th anniversary celebration. In July 2011,…
Continue reading »Guest Artist Rachel Rosenthal Presents My Brazil at CalArts
Video: A compilation of some of Rachel Rosenthal’s performances Legendary interdisciplinary artist and performer Rachel Rosenthal visits CalArts for a special performance of My Brazil tonight (Jan. 18) at 7…
Continue reading »The Experimental Impulse Closes at REDCAT
As Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945–1980, the Getty’s region-wide series of exhibitions, screenings, performances and other programs presented throughout greater Los Angeles over the past six months, winds…
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