Friday The LA-based experimental classical/ contemporary group wild Up recently began a residency at Hammer Museum, with its members occasionally hosting smaller-scale concerts. Tonight (Oct. 19), the group presents a free concert of Bach Cello…
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MFA Mid-Residency Art Exhibition: This Is All We Have in Common
This week (Oct. 15-20), second-year MFA students from the CalArts School of Art present the exhibition, This Is All We Have in Common, which features work by artists from the Art,…
Continue reading »Photo Gallery: Silhouettes Return to CalArts Corridors
[nggallery id=”283″] Last week, students in Leo Hobaica Jr.’s Color and Design I class adorned CalArts’ hallways with a fresh batch of silhouette art. A description for the first-year Character Animation class,…
Continue reading »From Rubbish to Riches: CalArtian Animator Featured on NBC’s Today
Lyndon Barrois (Film/Video MFA 95), who has worked on more than 20 films including the Matrix Trilogy, I, Robot and The Tree of Life, got his start making art out…
Continue reading »In Our Sights Interactive ‘Documentary’ Performance at Machine Project
Tonight (Oct. 5), the Echo Park-based arts organization Machine Project hosts a performance/conversation In Our Sights, an experiment in “pushing the documentary form into a more personal and intimate space.” The…
Continue reading »Alumna Curates With a Name Like Yours… Exhibit at UC Irvine
[nggallery id=”278″] On Thursday (Oct. 4) curator Claudia Slanar (Critical Studies MA 10, MFA 11) presents a new exhibition, With a Name Like Yours, You Might Be Any Shape, at the Contemporary…
Continue reading »WHAP! Screening: U.S. Premiere of Simondon of the Desert
On Tuesday (Oct. 2), the WHAP! Lecture Series presents the U.S. premiere of director François Lagarde’s film, Simondon of the Desert—a documentary celebrating the work of French philosopher of technology, Gilbert Simondon (1924–1989)….
Continue reading »CalArtians Nominated for Ovation and NAACP Theatre Awards
Update 1: Actor Jacqueline Wright (Theater BFA 91) was also nominated for an Ovation Award for “Lead Actress In A Play” for her role as Jon Benét in ‘House of Gold.’ Update…
Continue reading »WHAP! Lecture Series Returns: Electoral Politics and the Fight for Equality
WHAP!—the MA Aesthetics and Politics program’s year-long series of lectures and events in West Hollywood is back. The series opens tonight (Sept. 21) with author, historian, civic leader and political commentator Nancy…
Continue reading »‘Voices and Echoes’ Open 2012-13 Wild Beast Concert Series
The Wild Beast, which was recently named one of “the most beautiful outdoor theaters in the world” by Flavorpill, opens its amphitheater door for the 3rd Annual Wild Beast Concert Series with two outdoor…
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