Two productions recently opened in Downtown Los Angeles that showcase the work of newly appointed CalArts Faculty member and actor Roger Guenveur Smith and alumna playwright Virginia Grise (Theater MFA…
Continue reading »Posts By: Melissanthi Saliba
Wild Beast Concert Series: Futurist Masterworks and a Food Truck Festival
The Wild Beast Concert Series continues on Saturday night (Oct. 22) at 7 pm with two avant-garde classics from the Roaring Twenties in the program, Four Pianos and a Wedding. The…
Continue reading »Filmmaker Charles Burnett Screens Nightjohn Tonight at CalArts
Tonight (Oct. 18) at 7 pm, filmmaker and CalArts faculty member Charles Burnett screens his 1996 film Nightjohn as the next installment of the Structuring Strategies film series and class…
Continue reading »Meet the CalArtians Behind Brainbow Design Studio and The Schwarzenegger Trilogy
[nggallery id=”205″] Jimmy Thompson (Film/Video BFA 04) and Harry McGowan (Art BFA 05) established the Brainbow design studio in downtown Los Angeles in 2008—as a “byproduct of the CalArts’ multidisciplinary…
Continue reading »Do We Surf The Wake?: Concord Space Takes Flight
Concord, a newly christened art space in the Cypress Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, holds an opening reception for its first show—Do We Surf The Wake?—tonight (Oct. 14) from 7-10…
Continue reading »Cultural Critics Delve Into ‘Ugly Feelings’ at REDCAT
This Sunday (Oct. 16), three authors take the stage at REDCAT to present readings that “[invite] us to examine, name and even revel in the ‘ugly feelings’ that fuel the…
Continue reading »Photo Gallery: ‘CalArts Plays Itself’ in Germany
[nggallery id=”206″] Earlier this month, more than 30 CalArtian artists traveled to Essen, Germany, to present a series of installations, performances and exhibitions for CalArts Plays Itself at PACT Zolverein….
Continue reading »WHAP! Lecture Series Opens Friday with Sam Durant, Jeffrey Deitch and Marquis Lewis
The West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics lecture series (WHAP!) launches its inaugural event on Friday (Oct. 14) with a program on Street Art. On the dais are: Sam Durant (Art…
Continue reading »CalArtians Make Strong Appearance at the &Now Writing Festival
Fourteen CalArtians from the MFA Writing Program are presenting literary works and taking part in panel discussions at the 2011 edition of the &Now Festival of New Writing at UC…
Continue reading »CalArtians Awarded Six Points Fellowships
CalArts faculty member, musician Tali Tadmor and alumna artist and director Yelena Zhelezov (MFA Puppetry 10) were each recently awarded the Six Points Fellowship. The two-year, $40,000 grant was awarded…
Continue reading »