The Structuring Strategies class and film series at CalArts welcomes New York-based experimental filmmaker Fred Worden to the Bijou Theater Tuesday night (Feb. 22). He’ll be screening and discussing several…
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From the Ruins: New Art Studio Construction Births Art Projects
[nggallery id=146] To address CalArts’ need for space, construction began last month on a new School of Art expansion project that will eventually accommodate 16 new art studios, a critique…
Continue reading »CalArts MFA Writing Program Hosts Pop Culture Writing Panel Discussion
Writing about pop culture isn’t always about keeping tabs on Charlie Sheen’s or Lindsay Lohan’s latest escapades through People magazine or TMZ.com. Tonight, the MFA Writing Program at CalArts hosts…
Continue reading »Contemporary Techniques Class at CalArts with Visiting Artist, Choreographer Vincent S.K. Mantsoe
South African-born choreographer Vincent S.K. Mantsoe came to CalArts last week in the midst of a five-night run of his latest work, San, at REDCAT to teach students of The…
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies Welcomes Experimental Filmmaker Martha Colburn
Martha Colburn is a New York-based filmmaker best known for her experimental animation that mixes pop culture and politics. She’s tonight’s guest artist for the Structuring Strategies class and lecture…
Continue reading »Tournées Festival of French Films Begins at CalArts with Philippe Garrel Feature
The Film Today class and screening series inaugurates The Tournées Festival at CalArts today, beginning with a showing of Philippe Garrel’s 2008 feature La Frontière de l’aube (Frontier of Dawn)….
Continue reading »Kevin Lyons Show at colette boutique in Paris through Feb. 26
[nggallery id=143] Kevin Lyons, noted artist, designer, teacher and typographer (and CalArts alumnus), opened a solo show at the influential retail and design space colette in Paris last month. Included…
Continue reading »How to Train Your Dragon, Day and Night Among Annie Award Winners
The Annie Awards—the highest honor given for excellence in animation—were handed out in a ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday evening (Feb. 5). The award’s 38th edition featured a…
Continue reading »Nina Menkes’s Dissolution Screens at Structuring Strategies Tonight, Boston Premiere on Feb. 26
Filmmaker and School of Film/Video faculty member Nina Menkes’s latest feature film and first Hebrew language film, Dissolution (Hitparkut, 88 minutes/B&W/HD) screens as part of the Structuring Strategies class and…
Continue reading »CalArts and Chung-Ang University Present an Electrifying ‘Lear/Layer’
[nggallery id=142] The two-week Lear/Layer collaborative project between CalArts and Cal-Ang University (Seoul, South Korea) culminated in a single, electrifying performance on Jan. 28. The experimental production incorporated animation, live…
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