CalArts alumni artists from the schools of Film/Video and Theater—Alonso Ramirez Ramos (Film/Video BFA 10), Jasmin Lai (Film/Video 12), Sean Szeles (Film/Video BFA 03), Ian Worrel (Film/Video BFA 08) and Gloria…
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CalArts composer Todd Lerew (Music MFA 14) has been named the winner of the American Composers Forum’s (ACF) 2014 National Composition Contest. Open to composers enrolled in graduate and undergraduate institutions in the United States,…
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Each year, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) donates grants for higher education scholarships. On Aug. 14 at the HFPA Charity Installation Dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the HFPA, which hosts…
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Last year, Disney Channel ordered a full series run for the animated show Star vs. The Forces of Evil. Slated to premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney XD in 2015, the show is…
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EventJuly 26 - 27, 2014
Earlier this month, Native Strategies, a Los Angeles-based network of performance art makers, producers and critical thinkers, began its month-long residency at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE). Titled N (Enter) S, the summer series features a…
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Last week, fashion designer Daniel Corrigan (Art BFA 11) and business partner Jake Sargent were nominated as top 10 finalists for the Council of Fashion Designers of America/Vogue Fashion Fund. LA-based Corrigan, who is…
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EventJuly 17 - 19, 2014
Outfest, an LA-based nonprofit that promotes equality by creating, sharing and protecting LGBT stories on the screen, continues its 32nd Annual Outfest Film Festival throughout Los Angeles theaters. REDCAT is one of Outfest’s venues…
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Charlie Haden, celebrated jazz bassist, composer, faculty and founder of the Jazz Studies Program at The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts in 1982, passed away on Friday (July 11)….
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Retrograde, a stop-motion film by alum George Metaxas (Film/Video MFA 12), is this week’s selection on shortoftheweek.com—a site dedicated to “serving up epic bite-sized films” from around the world. Completed in 2013, the 11-minute…
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EventJuly 11 - 12, 2014
There are plenty of opportunities to see what faculty of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts have been up to this summer. Piano faculty Vicki Ray gives a concert at…
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