In July The New York Times’ Robert Ito and Jeremy Egner named the five young rising animators to watch. Among them—who not only have shows on major TV networks but also Oscar…
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EventAugust 14 - 26, 2013
Edinburgh Festival Fringe is in full swing and the CalArtian productions we reported on in a previous post, Mask, Goose and Whispering in the Dark, are receiving their share of critical praise….
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There’s high art, and then there’s art that involves a 23-foot steel wheel. CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP), the School of Theater’s professional producing arm, teams up with The…
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The Princess Grace Foundation-USA recently announced the 2013 winners of its Princess Grace Awards and two students from the School of Film/Video are among the award winners. Thalia Fry (Film/Video…
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Photographer, writer, filmmaker, theorist, critic and CalArts Art Faculty Allan Sekula passed away Aug. 10 in Calif. He was 62. Thomas Lawson, Dean of the School of Art, writes of…
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EventAugust 2 - 26, 2013
Edinburgh Festival Fringe began last Friday (Aug. 2), with CalArts well-represented in the world’s largest arts festival. Performances of Michael Yichao Wang’s (Theater MFA 13) Goose, John Michael Johnson’s (Theater MFA 15) Mask,…
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EventAugust 8 - 10, 2013
REDCAT’s summer incubator for daring performance, the New Original Works Festival, takes the stage tonight (Aug. 8) for its last weekend run with a three-part program that features a libretto derived…
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Late last June, CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman welcomed Fitz and The Tantrums as musical guests. The band was formed by two CalArts alumni with Michael Fitzpatrick (Film/Video 95)…
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The Hollywood Reporter released its third annual rankings of the top film schools in the nation yesterday (July 31), and CalArts’ School of Film/Video is in good company as it secures…
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EventAugust 1 - 3, 2013
REDCAT continues its celebration of boundary-crossing performance art in its New Original Works Festival, now in its 10th year. The second week of the festival begins on Thursday (Aug. 1)…
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