CalArts Campus Scenes for Zoom Backgrounds
It’s been a little more than a month since the COVID-19 pandemic forced students, faculty and staff to leave CalArts and shelter at home. Many CalArtians have said how much…
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Posts By: Christine N. Ziemba
Listen to ExPop Quarantine Tunes from CalArts
Now that CalArts’ spring semester is underway, faculty and students are addressing the current COVID-19 quarantine era in creative ways, making art—as a salve for the soul or to help…
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Condola Rashad Releases ‘Blue’ and Gives Back to the Big Apple
The news coming out of New York lately has been bleak, as the state and the city, in particular, struggle with an overwhelming number of cases of COVID-19. But even…
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Character Animation Student’s Graphic Essay Published in The Washington Post
A little more than two weeks ago, CalArts suspended classes in an effort to protect the community through safe social distancing practices. It’s been a stressful and anxious time for…
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Never Rarely Sometimes Always Available on April 3
Writer-director Eliza Hittman’s (Film/Video MFA 10) third feature Never Rarely Sometimes Always, a poignant drama about two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania who seek help for an unintended pregnancy, is…
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EventMarch 6, 2020
Wajatta Headlines NHM’s First Friday Series March 6
The musical duo Wajatta—Reggie Watts and CalArts faculty John Tejada—headlines the First Fridays music and science series at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles tomorrow (March 6). They’re playing in support…
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EventMarch 4, 2020
CalArts Actors Showcase in New York on March 4
The School of Theater’s company of 42 graduating actors travels to the bright lights of New York City this week for the 2020 CalArts Actors Showcase. The New York edition…
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João Ribas Appointed New Executive Director of REDCAT and Vice President for Cultural Partnerships
This morning (Feb. 25, 2020), CalArts announced the appointment of João Ribas as the Steven D. Lavine Executive Director of REDCAT—CalArts’ downtown center for the performing and media arts—and Vice…
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CalArts Earns Top Producing Institution Designation from Fulbright Programs
On Monday (Feb. 10), the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced its list of higher education institutions that produced the highest numbers of Fulbright US…
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Hair Love Wins Oscar for Best Animated Short
Other winners included ‘Ford v Ferrari’ directed by James Mangold and Disney/Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 4.’
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