CalArts students, staff and faculty and countless colleagues alike are mourning the loss of composer-performer Arthur (Art) Jarvinen, a longtime faculty member of The Herb Alpert School of Music at…
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‘Sustainable Design’ Discussion at the Pasadena Museum of California Art
[nggallery id=95] How do you make graphic design more sustainable? Green? Eco-friendly? Does “green” design mean using less paper? What exactly are sustainable design practices? These are questions that LA-based…
Continue reading »CalArtians at the Angel City Jazz Festival this Weekend in Los Angeles
The Angel City Jazz Festival—which kicks off on Saturday for a week-long run—is a non-commercial jazz and new music festival featuring the music of both established and emerging jazz artists….
Continue reading »Q&A with Lars Jan of Early Morning Opera: At Filament Festival this Weekend
Early Morning Opera: Abacus from EMPAC @ Rensselaer on Vimeo. The Filament festival is a showcase of new work in performance, visual arts, sound and media held at EMPAC—The Curtis…
Continue reading »Feminist Art Pioneer and CalArts Faculty Nancy Buchanan at Structuring Strategies
The Structuring Strategies screening series welcomes artist and CalArts faculty member Nancy Buchanan tonight at the Bijou Theater. For more than two decades, Buchanan has taught in the School of…
Continue reading »Meditations: Eva Hesse at Highways Performance Space this Weekend
The new play Meditations: Eva Hesse, written by Marcie Begleiter and directed by David Watkins, provides a glimpse into the German-born artist’s last days as she struggles to complete one…
Continue reading »Animation from CalArts’ Graphic Design and Animation Grads at Frame by Frame Showcase on Saturday
[nggallery id=94] Storytelling through animation is the focus of the upcoming Frame by Frame showcase in Los Angeles on Saturday. Seven short films from CalArts’ 2010 class of experimental animators,…
Continue reading »At the Bijou: Structuring Strategies with Paul Vester Tonight
Sunbeam by Paul Vester Tonight, the School of Film/Video’s Structuring Strategies class and screening series welcomes Paul Vester, CalArts’ co-director of Experimental Animation. Although Vester began teaching at CalArts in…
Continue reading »The Official Word on Disney/Pixar’s A113 Easter Egg
It’s been part of CalArts lore for a long time, and now Disney/Pixar’s “Chatter Phone” series officially reveals the meaning behind the A113 Easter Egg that appears in every Disney/Pixar…
Continue reading »Hourglass with the Robin Cox Ensemble, Stephanie Nugent at CalArts on Thursday
[nggallery id=89] Hourglass, a live music and dance improvisation “community event” comes to CalArts tomorrow night (Sept. 16), and features the music of the Robin Cox Ensemble as well as…
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