In tomorrow evening’s (Nov. 3) CalArts’ Aesthetics & Politics Lecture Series talk at REDCAT, University of Chicago art historian and faculty member Darby English discusses Emmett Till in the Present Tense….
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Silicon Valley Visionary Jaron Lanier at CalArts
Computer scientist, composer and artist Jaron Lanier spent a day at CalArts last month discussing the “information economy” with the Institute’s Board of Trustees and holding a performance/workshop for the…
Continue reading »CalArtian Films at AFI Fest in Los Angeles
AFI Fest, the American Film Institute’s international film festival, begins Thursday in Los Angeles with the works of several CalArtians included in the Shorts Programs. Natasha Subramaniam (Film/Video MFA 08)…
Continue reading »CalArtian Animator’s Gig Posters Featured In New Anthology
[nggallery id=”208″] For the past six years, animator and filmmaker Gina Kelly (Film/Video BFA 12) has crafted “gig” posters (posters designed to promote and publicize concerts), taking on renown indie…
Continue reading »Sound Sculptor Trimpin Discusses Life and Work at CalArts Lecture
The Music Technology program in The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts’ welcomes sound sculptor, inventor and composer Trimpin to its Visiting Artist Guest Lecture Series tonight from 6:30-8…
Continue reading »Heavenly Directives Explores Earthly and Psychic Frontiers
A number of CalArts alumni screen works this Sunday (Oct. 23) as part of the Heavenly Directives film and video program at Concord, the newly launched performing and visual arts…
Continue reading »U.S. Premiere of Wang Yuanyuan’s Haze This Week
Choreographer and CalArts alumna Wang Yuanyuan (Dance MFA 03), takes the East Coast by storm this week as she and the Beijing Dance Theater (BDT) present the U.S. premiere of…
Continue reading »Video: John Baldessari on CalArts’ Impact on the Early LA Art Scene
On Oct. 4, the Hammer Museum in Westwood welcomed LA-based artist and former CalArts faculty member John Baldessari in conversation with Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight. At one…
Continue reading »Amy Tofte Defends Her M*ther F*cking Arts (MFA) Degree
In the midst of one of the worst recessions in generations, some are questioning the merits of higher education—especially higher education in the arts—in light of skyrocketing tuition costs and…
Continue reading »Views from the Avant-Garde: 10 CalArtians in 2011 New York Film Festival
The 49th New York Film Festival (NYFF) opened last Friday (Sept. 30) with an unprecedented 13 films and installations by CalArts School of Film/Video students, alumni and faculty on the…
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