On Friday, March 4, Eiko & Koma led a master class for approximately 20 fourth year BFAs of the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts. In from New…
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Two Dancers to Watch: Achugar and Fredrickson
Excerpt from The Sublime is Us by luciana achugar (video). Dance magazine’s recent feature, “25 to Watch: Past Picks Choose the Next Generation” (January 2011) recognized two alumni of The…
Continue reading »The Artist’s Museum at MOCA Closes Jan. 31 with Machine Project Film Screening
This week is the last chance to catch The Museum of Contemporary Art’s, (MOCA) two-venue showcase of works titled, The Artist’s Museum: Los Angeles Artists 1980-2010. The exhibition features work…
Continue reading »CalArts Alumnus Stephen Nowlin’s ENERGY Show Extended Through January 23, 2011
[nggallery id=119] Director of the Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and CalArts alumnus, Stephen Nowlin (BFA Design 71) has curated a beautiful…
Continue reading »The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Travels from Ireland to the Smithsonian
[nggallery id=101] Christine Wertheim, who heads CalArts’ MFA Writing Program in the School of Critical Studies, and her sister Margaret Wertheim, a science writer, lecturer and exhibition curator, are also…
Continue reading »School of Film/Video Faculty Monte Hellman Retrospective in artforum
The October 2010 issue of artforum (available in print only) features a seven-page interview and career retrospective of film director Monte Hellman, adjunct instructor in CalArts’ School of Film/Video since…
Continue reading »Writing the Future at MOCA on Oct. 2
In the past few years Christine Wertheim, chair of the MFA Writing Program in the School of Critical Studies, has organized four one or two-day conferences or symposia on a…
Continue reading »Get Out of the Car: A New Film by CalArts Faculty Thom Andersen
Program in Film & Video faculty and former program director Thom Andersen was in Switzerland last week, premiering his new film, Get Out of the Car (2010, 34 min., 16mm)…
Continue reading »Baldessari Retrospective at LACMA runs through Sept. 12
There are only six weeks left to catch Pure Beauty at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Whether you’re an art world insider well familiar with John Baldessari’s…
Continue reading »Drawing Propositions (Rather than Conclusions)
[nggallery id=51] One of the many interesting end-of-semester shows on campus last week, was SALT, an exhibition of drawings that explored among other ideas, the question, “What makes a drawing…
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