Writer and critic Ernest Hardy launches the Aesthetics & Politics Fall 2011 Lecture Series tonight in CalArts’ Langley Hall with his talk, “Post Post-Blackness/Queerness in the Visionary 90s.” The LA-based…
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Structuring Strategies Presents Video and Installation Artist Bjørn Melhus
German-Norwegian media artist Bjørn Melhus explores new interpretations of the film and television media in his work, redefining the relationship between media and consumers. He’ll discuss his career and art…
Continue reading »Pacific Standard Time: Jason Schwartzman and John Baldessari
Pacific Standard Time, an unprecedented, six-month exploration of the art of Los Angeles, officially launches this weekend (Oct. 1-2). An initiative of the Getty, the collaborative project brings together more…
Continue reading »CultureHub, CalArts Welcomes Director Joel Zwick
From Bosom Buddies Joel Zwick’s career as a film, theater and television director has spanned several decades. While he’s best recognized for directing My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the highest…
Continue reading »Altazor to be Performed in Mexico City on Friday
Jxel Rajchenberg, a second-year MFA performer-composer student at The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, has been commissioned by the Mexican National University’s radio station, Radio UNAM, to write…
Continue reading »Machine Projector at Machine Project
Kevin Blechdom’s multitrack a cappella of Whitney Houston’s 1987 hit, So Emotional. On Friday (Sept. 23), CalArtians perform at Machine Project in Los Angeles for an evening of audio/visual performances in…
Continue reading »MFA Writing Program Announces Fall 2011 Visiting Artists Series
Author and educator Brian Kiteley kicks off the 2011-12 MFA Writing Program’s Visiting Artists Series at CalArts with talks and lectures scheduled for today and tomorrow. Tonight in Butler Building…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Animation Programs Announce New Faculty Members
Copenhagen Cycles (2006) from Eric Dyer on Vimeo. Earlier this month, Dean of CalArts’ School of Film/Video Steve Anker announced new faculty members in the Experimental and Character animation programs…
Continue reading »Feature Film Frogtown Holds LA Premiere this Weekend
[nggallery id=198] Frogtown, the first feature film by writer/director and CalArts alumnus C. Andrew Hall (Film/Video MFA 10), is a love story set in the dark nooks and crannies of…
Continue reading »Designer Kim Dulaney: An ADC ‘Young Gun’
[nggallery id=197] Last week, CalArts alumna Kim Dulaney (Art BFA 05) was named an Art Directors Club (ADC) ‘Young Gun’—one of the most prestigious honors in the field of visual…
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