Fourteen CalArtians from the MFA Writing Program are presenting literary works and taking part in panel discussions at the 2011 edition of the &Now Festival of New Writing at UC…
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Fall 2011 Aesthetics & Politics Lecture Series Focuses on ‘Post-Blackness’
Writer and critic Ernest Hardy launches the Aesthetics & Politics Fall 2011 Lecture Series tonight in CalArts’ Langley Hall with his talk, “Post Post-Blackness/Queerness in the Visionary 90s.” The LA-based…
Continue reading »CalArts to ‘Play Itself’ in Germany during Rurhtriennale 2011
A contingent of the CalArts community consisting of students and recent graduates representing all six schools descends on Essen, Germany, to present new works at PACT Zollverein on Sept. 29-Oct….
Continue reading »MFA Writing Program Announces Fall 2011 Visiting Artists Series
Author and educator Brian Kiteley kicks off the 2011-12 MFA Writing Program’s Visiting Artists Series at CalArts with talks and lectures scheduled for today and tomorrow. Tonight in Butler Building…
Continue reading »Writing Alumna Danielle Adair: One of 30 Under 30
An excerpt from Danielle Adair’s (Critical Studies MFA 07) work, Selma, has been selected for this year’s 30 Under 30: An Anthology of Innovative Fiction by Younger Authors from Starcherone Press….
Continue reading »CalArtians Participate in Bicipandilla-Related Events at the Armory Center
On Thursday, Pasadena’s Armory Center for the Arts, opens the exhibition Bike It: Portraits of my Bicipandilla by Kelly Marie Martin. Curated by CalArts’ alumna and Director of Gallery Programs…
Continue reading »Into the Wild: The Michelle Lund CalArts/Earthfire Residency
[nggallery id=185] Earlier this week, four CalArtians made their way into the wilderness of Tetonia, Idaho (at the western slope of Grand Teton National Park) to begin a two-week residency…
Continue reading »Maggie Nelson’s New Nonfiction Book Examines ‘The Art of Cruelty’
***Nov. 28 Update: The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning has been selected by The New York Times as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2011. Congratulations, Maggie! From photos…
Continue reading »Fallen Fruit Collective Featured on CBS News
Please click here if you cannot see the Fallen Fruit video. [nggallery id=181] Fallen Fruit, the LA-based activist art project co-founded by CalArts faculty Matias Viegener and David Burns (Art…
Continue reading »MFA Writers Read New Works at REDCAT Showcase on Thursday
The School of Critical Studies at CalArts holds its annual reading of the best new fiction and poetry by MFA candidates in the Writing Program at REDCAT on Thursday. Works…
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