Rock legend David Bowie surprised the music world by releasing his first new song in 10 years, “Where are We Now?” on his 66th birthday without much fanfare. He dropped…
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CalArts’ January Institute Holds Motion Graphics Screening Tonight
For the past three weeks, 30 students from Hongik and Kookmin universities in Seoul, South Korea, have been studying Design and Techniques of Motion Graphics during CalArts’ January Institute, a…
Continue reading »LA Weekly Names Yung Jake as Possible ‘Breakout Art Star of Sundance’
Much of the Hollywood film industry moves North to Park City, Utah, for both the Sundance (Jan. 17-27) and Slamdance (Jan. 18-24) film festivals this week, with 16 CalArtian filmmakers…
Continue reading »School of Art Presents Practicum Guest Artist Lecture Series
On Monday, the Practicum term began for the CalArts School of Art, offering students a chance to study specific topics intensively for a two-week period before the art school’s spring…
Continue reading »CalArts Alumni and Faculty Among Creative Capital Grant Winners
Last week, Creative Capital, a national arts philanthropic organization, announced the recipients of its 2013 project grants in the categories of Emerging Fields, Literature and the Performing Arts, with several…
Continue reading »Michael Darling’s Solo Art Show Opens at University of Redlands
[nggallery id=318] While Michael Darling is best known around CalArts as the head of Technical Direction in the School of Theater and the production director of the KarmetiK Machine Orchestra,…
Continue reading »Fallen Fruit Collaborates on First Public Fruit Park in California
Since 2004, Fallen Fruit—a collaboration among CalArts Critical Studies faculty Matias Viegener, alumnus David Burns (Art BFA 93) and Austin Young—has focused on work that incorporates fruit, urban space and public…
Continue reading »Mark Bradford, Benjamin Millepied Collaboration Debuts on MOCAtv
Earlier this semester, CalArts’ Film Directing Program hosted guest artist Benjamin Millepied, a director, dancer and choreographer best-known for his work on the Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan. During his…
Continue reading »Christine Wertheim’s Class Brings ‘Rubbish’ to the Main Gallery
[nggallery id=314] On the afternoon of Dec. 6, visitors to CalArts were treated to an odd installation near the main entrance—garbage—strewn about by students in CalArts’ faculty member Christine Wertheim’s…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Alum Combines ‘Glitch’ Imagery and Textiles
[nggallery id=310] In recent years, “glitch art”—art created through digital or analog mistakes—has become a more growing aesthetic. Artists corrupt digital code or physically manipulate electronic devices (called “circuit bending”) to…
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