[nggallery id=215] A new exhibition at CalArts this week celebrates the 40th anniversary of Womanhouse—the 1971 groundbreaking art installation and performance space curated by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, co-founders…
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CalArtian Animator’s Gig Posters Featured In New Anthology
[nggallery id=”208″] For the past six years, animator and filmmaker Gina Kelly (Film/Video BFA 12) has crafted “gig” posters (posters designed to promote and publicize concerts), taking on renown indie…
Continue reading »CalArtians Featured in UCLA Exhibition ‘Circulate, Exchange:Nugget and Gravy’
– by Rosa Boshier/Special to 24700 Last month at UCLA, the exhibit Circulate, Exchange:Nugget & Gravy featured the work of 17 current MFA students in Southern California. Included in the…
Continue reading »Sound Sculptor Trimpin Discusses Life and Work at CalArts Lecture
The Music Technology program in The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts’ welcomes sound sculptor, inventor and composer Trimpin to its Visiting Artist Guest Lecture Series tonight from 6:30-8…
Continue reading »Meet the CalArtians Behind Brainbow Design Studio and The Schwarzenegger Trilogy
[nggallery id=”205″] Jimmy Thompson (Film/Video BFA 04) and Harry McGowan (Art BFA 05) established the Brainbow design studio in downtown Los Angeles in 2008—as a “byproduct of the CalArts’ multidisciplinary…
Continue reading »Do We Surf The Wake?: Concord Space Takes Flight
Concord, a newly christened art space in the Cypress Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, holds an opening reception for its first show—Do We Surf The Wake?—tonight (Oct. 14) from 7-10…
Continue reading »Video: John Baldessari on CalArts’ Impact on the Early LA Art Scene
On Oct. 4, the Hammer Museum in Westwood welcomed LA-based artist and former CalArts faculty member John Baldessari in conversation with Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight. At one…
Continue reading »Photo Gallery: ‘CalArts Plays Itself’ in Germany
[nggallery id=”206″] Earlier this month, more than 30 CalArtian artists traveled to Essen, Germany, to present a series of installations, performances and exhibitions for CalArts Plays Itself at PACT Zolverein….
Continue reading »WHAP! Lecture Series Opens Friday with Sam Durant, Jeffrey Deitch and Marquis Lewis
The West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics lecture series (WHAP!) launches its inaugural event on Friday (Oct. 14) with a program on Street Art. On the dais are: Sam Durant (Art…
Continue reading »Pacific Standard Time: Jason Schwartzman and John Baldessari
Pacific Standard Time, an unprecedented, six-month exploration of the art of Los Angeles, officially launches this weekend (Oct. 1-2). An initiative of the Getty, the collaborative project brings together more…
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