Hubbard Street, a Chicago-based contemporary dance company, is one of the only professional dance companies to perform year-round, continually touring nationwide and internationally. Now in its 34th year, the company is staging…
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Les Figues Press, ‘Slake’ Magazine Editors Lecture at CalArts Tonight
Tonight (Nov. 29) at 7:30 pm in Butler Building 4, the School of Critical Studies MFA Writing Program’s Visiting Writers Series welcomes Les Figues Press founding editor Teresa Carmody, Slake Magazine founding editors Joe Donnelly and…
Continue reading »Wreck-It Ralph Director Rich Moore on his Film Sensibility: ‘It’s a CalArts Thing’
On Nov. 2, Walt Disney Animation Studios released Wreck-It Ralph, a 3D animated feature telling the story of the titular arcade game villain who rebels and pursues his dreams of becoming a hero. Directed…
Continue reading »Artist, Faculty David P. Earle Presents Collaborative ‘Sculptures’ in New Book Release
[nggallery id=305] Earlier this month, artist and CalArts faculty member David P. Earle began a residency at Side Street Projects, an organization temporarily located in a vacant 25,000 square-foot lot in…
Continue reading »Alumni-helmed Dawn of Midi Featured in ‘The New Yorker’
Dawn of Midi, a band formed by drummer Qasim Naqvi (Music MFA 08), bassist Aakaash Israni (Music MFA 08) and pianist Amino Belyamani (Music 08), is making waves in the New…
Continue reading »Photo Gallery: ‘Dodecahedron’ Exhibit Features Works of 12 Experimental Animators
[nggallery id=299] Earlier this month, CalArts School of Film/Video faculty member Maureen Selwood’s MFA-3 Experimental Animation thesis production class showcased excerpts of 12 artists’ work in an exhibition named Dodecahedron…
Continue reading »Paul Brach Lecture Series Welcomes Artists Pradeep Dalal and Joshua Lutz
Tonight (Nov. 15), the Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series welcomes two artists to campus: Pradeep Datal and Joshua Lutz. Both are photographers and educators based in NYC interested in issues…
Continue reading »Former Faculty John Bergamo Inducted into Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame
Video from a 2001 Hands On’Ensemble performance featuring Bergamo. Master percussionist and CalArts’ Percussion Program founder John Bergamo was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) Hall of Fame earlier…
Continue reading »CalArtians at the ‘Fore’ at Studio Museum in Harlem
[nggallery id=297] Opening Saturday (Nov. 11) and running through March 10, the Studio Museum in Harlem presents a new exhibition, Fore, featuring 29 emerging artists of African descent living and…
Continue reading »CalArts Faculty Barry Schrader Premieres Composition at Final SCREAM Festival
In 1986, composer and CalArts faculty member Barry Schrader founded the Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music (SCREAM), an annual music festival featuring works of that idiom. The festival’s final concert takes place…
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