Tonight (Jan. 30), the West Hollywood Aesthetics & Politics (WHAP!) guest lecture series continues its 2012-13 season at the Common Room of the West Hollywood library at 8 pm. The…
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MFA Writer’s Story on Bud Light Lime Noticed by ‘The Atlantic’
Tom Dibblee, an MFA 2 student in CalArts’ Creative Writing Program and editor of Trop Magazine, recently wrote a review of William Knoedelseder’s book Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall…
Continue reading »Roger Guenveur Smith Presents One-Man ‘Rodney King’ Production at CalArts
Tomorrow (Jan. 22) for one night only, celebrated solo performer and former CalArts School of Theater faculty member Roger Guenveur Smith returns to CalArts to present a free performance of…
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 »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 »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 »Les Figues Press, ‘Slake’ Magazine Editors Lecture at CalArts Tonight
Tonight (Nov. 29) at 7:30 pm in Butler Building 4, the School of Critical Studies MFA Writing Program’s Visiting Writers Series welcomes Les Figues Press founding editor Teresa Carmody, Slake Magazine founding editors Joe Donnelly and…
Continue reading »Artist, Faculty David P. Earle Presents Collaborative ‘Sculptures’ in New Book Release
[nggallery id=305] Earlier this month, artist and CalArts faculty member David P. Earle began a residency at Side Street Projects, an organization temporarily located in a vacant 25,000 square-foot lot in…
Continue reading »ENTER > text: an Immersive Reading Installation
Concord art space in Los Angeles presents ENTER> text, an interactive reading event at which performers and attendees engage with each other to explore new ways of encountering text. Unlike…
Continue reading »CalArts Faculty Barry Schrader Premieres Composition at Final SCREAM Festival
In 1986, composer and CalArts faculty member Barry Schrader founded the Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music (SCREAM), an annual music festival featuring works of that idiom. The festival’s final concert takes place…
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