On May 11, the 18th annual Alpert Award in the Arts were announced at the The Herb Alpert Foundation in Santa Monica. The award was given to five exceptional mid-career artists in…
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Digital Arts and Technology Expo at CalArts
Tonight (May 11), The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts’ Music Technology program hosts a showcase of tech wizardry at the Digital Arts and Technology Expo. The event celebrates…
Continue reading »‘Crescent City’ Rising: New Hyperopera Debuts in LA
[nggallery id=”253″] The Industry, a new experimental opera company created by CalArts alum Laura Kay Swanson (Theater MFA 10) and partner Yuval Sharon, brings more than 50 artists from a…
Continue reading »CalArtians Transcribe Sounds of a Guitar Smashing for Solo Piano Release
Artist Rowan Smith (Art MFA 13) and composer Ingrid Lee (Music BFA 12) recently collaborated on a project to transcribe the sounds of a guitar smashing into a piece for…
Continue reading »Graphic Design Students Present End-of-Year Shows
Just one of the many highlights of CalArts’ spring semester is the Graphic Design program’s year-end exhibitions for BFA, MFA and Motion Graphics students. If __, then __, which opens…
Continue reading »CalArts Eye Launches Website, Releases Third Issue
The CalArts Eye, the monthly, multi-métier CalArts student publication, recently released its third issue. The uncensored newspaper that launched in February, features the work of student staff writers and contributors from all…
Continue reading »2012 New Works Festival Fosters Cross-School Collaborations
[nggallery id=”250″] The CalArts School of Theater’s New Works Festival (NWF)—an interdisciplinary, student-run festival that fosters opportunities for collaboration among all schools of the Institute—opened on Saturday with 50 scheduled events over…
Continue reading »Literary LA: East of Borneo, Black Clock Events this Weekend
Two events on Sunday in LA celebrate the printed word: a Black Clock reading and a conversation on Esther McCoy’s Los Angeles. In the literary journal’s latest edition, Black Clock…
Continue reading »A.I.R. Gallery Presents Photographs by Alumna Jeanette May
[nggallery id=248] In conjunction with the upcoming 2012 New York Photo Festival, Brooklyn’s A.I.R. Gallery presents Creature Features, an exhibition of photography by CalArts alumna Jeanette May (Art MFA 87)…
Continue reading »Gallery Preview: 2012 Open Studios This Weekend
[nggallery id=”247″] The School of Art holds its Open Studios 2012 this Sunday (April 22) from 1-6 pm at CalArts. The annual event allows MFA graduate candidates in the Art, Photography…
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