The Film Fridays segment appears every Friday and features films and videos from students, faculty and alumni of the six schools at CalArts. Today’s Film Fridays segment is a music…
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Into the Wild: The Michelle Lund CalArts/Earthfire Residency
[nggallery id=185] Earlier this week, four CalArtians made their way into the wilderness of Tetonia, Idaho (at the western slope of Grand Teton National Park) to begin a two-week residency…
Continue reading »From the Archives: CalArts’ 1969 Groundbreaking
[nggallery id=183] On Saturday, May 3, 1969, CalArts’ administration, Board of Trustees and special guests gathered at noon on a sprawling field in Valencia, Calif., for an event titled, The…
Continue reading »Maggie Nelson’s New Nonfiction Book Examines ‘The Art of Cruelty’
***Nov. 28 Update: The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning has been selected by The New York Times as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2011. Congratulations, Maggie! From photos…
Continue reading »24700 Interview: Don Hall, Co-director of Winnie the Pooh
[nggallery id=184] Disney’s animated Winnie the Pooh opened on Friday to great reviews, with nods to CalArts alums Steve Anderson (Film/Video 91) and Don Hall (Film/Video 95), who co-directed the…
Continue reading »24700 Interview: Steve Anderson, Co-director of Winnie the Pooh
An old friend comes back to movie theaters this weekend—and his name isn’t Harry. Disney’s Winnie the Pooh opens on Friday, flying a bit under the radar amid the publicity…
Continue reading »Works by CalArts’ Laura Heit and Susan Simpson at The Velaslavasay Panorama this Weekend
[nggallery id=182] This weekend The Velaslavasay Panorama and Automata Arts present the program Adrenalin, Eyesight and Uncertainty, featuring new works by CalArts faculty members Laura Heit, co-director of CalArts’ Experimental Animation…
Continue reading »Q&A with Film Composer and CalArts Alumna Nan Avant
Avant scored the short film: Three Actresses Walk into a Bathroom Nan Avant (Music BFA 80) is a Seattle-based film composer who recently received Gold Medals for Excellence in Music at…
Continue reading »‘Rideshare’: Experimental iPhone Feature to have West Coast Premiere
Rideshare is an experimental, full-length feature comedy about three strangers who answer a Craigslist ad and drive a car for its owner from LA to Washington, DC. Directed and co-produced…
Continue reading »Fallen Fruit Collective Featured on CBS News
Please click here if you cannot see the Fallen Fruit video. [nggallery id=181] Fallen Fruit, the LA-based activist art project co-founded by CalArts faculty Matias Viegener and David Burns (Art…
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