In August, the Princess Grace Foundation (USA) announced its 2011 grant and scholarship recipients for the areas of theater, dance and film. Among the six filmmakers selected, two are from…
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Week One of NOW Fest: Marissa Chibas, Lucky Dragons and a House of String
REDCAT’s New Original Works (NOW) Festival begins its three-week run this week (Sept. 8-24) with eight new works by LA-based dance, theater, music and multimedia performance artists. NOW Festival Week…
Continue reading »Closing Reception for Fortress of Solitude in LA this Weekend
Avenue 50 Studio, a nonprofit art gallery in LA’s Highland Park neighborhood, is holding a closing reception for its August exhibitions, which include artist and CalArts’ alumnus Ismael de Anda…
Continue reading »Just ‘Do It’: CalArts’ Center for New Performance Awarded MetLife/TCG A-ha! Grant
Last week, the Theatre Communications Group (TCG)—the national organization for nonprofit American theater—announced the latest round of funding for the MetLife/TCG A-ha! Program—with CalArts’ Center for New Performance (CNP) named…
Continue reading »Newsweek/Daily Beast Ranks CalArts as Nation’s Most ‘Artistic’ College
The latest edition of Newsweek/The Daily Beast puts a spin on traditional college lists—breaking down the best schools in the country—for 25 different “types” of students. While future politicos and…
Continue reading »Oniomania Group Show at Martha Otero Gallery
[nggallery id=195] Oniomania is an “uncontrollable desire to buy things.” It’s also the name of a group exhibition now showing at Martha Otero Gallery in Los Angeles through Sept. 3….
Continue reading »Fringe Festival 2011: Student Works Impressive in Edinburgh
[nggallery id=193] In our last Fringe 2011 installment, we noted that faculty member Marissa Chibas’ one-woman show Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary was earning rave reviews at the Edinburgh Festival…
Continue reading »Writing Alumna Danielle Adair: One of 30 Under 30
An excerpt from Danielle Adair’s (Critical Studies MFA 07) work, Selma, has been selected for this year’s 30 Under 30: An Anthology of Innovative Fiction by Younger Authors from Starcherone Press….
Continue reading »CalArtians Participate in Bicipandilla-Related Events at the Armory Center
On Thursday, Pasadena’s Armory Center for the Arts, opens the exhibition Bike It: Portraits of my Bicipandilla by Kelly Marie Martin. Curated by CalArts’ alumna and Director of Gallery Programs…
Continue reading »Earthfire/CalArts Residency Produces Works of Artivism
[nggallery id=191] The CalArts contingent who attended The Michelle Lund CalArts/Earthfire Residency near Tetonia, Idaho, returned to California last week with a renewed appreciation for wildlife and a commitment to…
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