Above is Slumgum’s ‘Silver Cornet News’ from ‘The Sky His Own.’ Last week, Altadena-based jazz quartet, Slumgum, received a Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming. Comprised of CalArts alumni—bassist David…
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2013 Sundance and Slamdance Festivals to Screen 16 CalArtian Films
Above is the trailer for Kate Marks’ (Film/Video MFA 12) short, ‘Pearl was Here,’ which screens at Slamdance next month. Update 12/19: Since our original post, we learned that Song E….
Continue reading »CalArts’ Alum Combines ‘Glitch’ Imagery and Textiles
[nggallery id=310] In recent years, “glitch art”—art created through digital or analog mistakes—has become a more growing aesthetic. Artists corrupt digital code or physically manipulate electronic devices (called “circuit bending”) to…
Continue reading »Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards to Charlie Haden, Ravi Shankar
On Wed (Dec. 12), the Recording Academy announced its Lifetime Achievement Award recipients for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. Among the honorees this year is faculty member and jazz bass master Charlie Haden and former faculty,…
Continue reading »CalArts Mourns Sitar Legend, Former Faculty Ravi Shankar
Above, Ravi Shankar performs on ‘The Dick Cavett Show.’ Yesterday, (Dec. 11), world-renowned sitar legend and composer Ravi Shankar passed away at the age of 92. A Grammy and Academy…
Continue reading »Filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu Featured in Brooklyn Retrospective
A trailer for Akosua Adoma Owusu’s 2009 short, ‘Me Broni Ba (My White Baby).’ This Sunday (Dec. 16) at 7:30 pm, Union Docs in Brooklyn, New York, presents a retrospective of short films…
Continue reading »Cecily Strong Joins SNL Cast
Acting Program alum Cecily Strong (Theater BFA 06) made her debut in September on NBC’s Saturday Night Live comedy program, now in its 38th season. She has made an immediate…
Continue reading »CalArtian Events This Weekend: From Exploring Galaxies to Bludgeoning Corpses
A preview of the video art and music from the ‘Dream of a Fixed Escape’ performance on Saturday CalArts performers and artists are involved in quite a few happenings around…
Continue reading »CalArts Alumni, Faculty Nominated for 40th Annual Annie Awards
The 40th Annual Annie Awards, which honor the highest achievements in the animation industry, recently announced this year’s nominees—with more than a dozen CalArtians on the short list. Two animators, Tahnee…
Continue reading »Winter Dance Concert Features Work by World-Renowned Choreographer Twyla Tharp
The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts closes out each fall semester with five performances of the annual Winter Dance Concert—presented this week (Dec. 6-8) at the Walt…
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