[nggallery id=167] On May 13, 24700 captured images from CalArts’ Graphic Design program‘s annual BFA end-of-year show. BFF—Best Friends Forever—illustrated the bond that students share as graphic designers. The show…
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Electrifying Spaces: ‘Wild Beasts’ by Jinku Kim
Over the last year, Jinku Kim (Music MFA 12) has transformed spaces at CalArts into vibrant, pulsating audio-visual pieces. Above is a video of his piece, Wild Beasts, from the…
Continue reading »2011 Alpert Award Winners Announced
[nggallery id=172] On May 19 at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, The Herb Alpert Foundation and CalArts announced the 2011 winners of the 17th Alpert Award in the Arts. …
Continue reading »Composer Thomas Newman Breaks Down the Business of Film Scoring
Barry Schrader’s special spring semester class at CalArts, The Art of Film Composing, featured a series of presentations by professional film composers on their work and on the business of…
Continue reading »Mason Richards’ The Seawall Showing in Cannes
The 64th edition of the Festival de Cannes opened yesterday, and included in the prestigious festival’s short film selection is The Seawall, written and directed by Mason Richards (Film/Video MFA…
Continue reading »2011 New Works Festival Celebrates Risk-Taking with a Purpose
The School of Theater’s New Works Festival (NWF) kicked off last week with a diverse lineup of projects on the schedule—including a 6 am Psychedelic Ukulele Blues concert, an Architectural…
Continue reading »Production Photo Gallery: ‘Phaedra’s Love’ at CalArts
[nggallery id=160] Phaedra’s Love is Sarah Kane’s 1996 contemporary adaptation of Seneca’s Phaedra. In her play, Kane examines perceptions of love, humanity and self through the prism of obsession, incest…
Continue reading »CalArtians to Collaborate in the Heart of Europe for the Prague Quadrennial
This June, a group of CalArtians are making a scene in the Czech Republic. The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (June 16-26) has invited the group of CalArtians,…
Continue reading »In one ear…and in another: CalArts Faculty, Alumni Featured at Spoken Word Fest
ArtTalk, San Gabriel Valley’s largest spoken-word festival takes place on Saturday (March 12) from 11 am-5 pm at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena. The day-long festival will…
Continue reading »CalArtian Pianists and Collaborators Team Up For Piano And at REDCAT
During the last 300 years of the modern piano’s existence, an almost unquantifiable number of piano works of contrasting styles has been created and performed. As we enter the second…
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