EventFebruary 15 - 16, 2018
Earlier this month, CalArts announced that poet and scholar Kevin Young had been selected as the Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence for 2018. As part of the residency, Young will conduct workshops…
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EventJanuary 24, 2018
This Spring, CalArts welcomes back respected gender theorist and philosopher Judith Butler as Theorist in Residence in the School of Critical Studies’ Aesthetics and Politics program. She will be delivering…
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CalArts School of Critical Studies faculty Janet Sarbanes recently received a grant from The Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program for her essay, Reframing the House of…
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Mariángeles Soto-Díaz’s (Critical Studies MA 09) Unconfirmed Makeshift Museum (UMM), one of the exhibitions included in the Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative, closes this weekend at Klowden Mann Gallery in Culver…
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Author and filmmaker Chris Kraus visited CalArts on Oct. 12 as part of the Writing Now Reading Series hosted by CalArts MFA Writing Program. Kraus, best known for her books…
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EventOctober 20, 2017
The West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics (WHAP!) Lecture Series, co-hosted by CalArts MA Program in Aesthetics and Politics and the city of West Hollywood, is back in full swing, continuing this…
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Amanda Beech, dean of the CalArts School of Critical Studies, had a summer full of adventures—in art and academia. Beech was in Singapore for the opening of Propositions for a…
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EventJuly 7 - 13, 2017
From July 7-13, Harvestworks in New York presents Tellus #28: Heard in LA, a speculative audiocassette showcasing the vibrant and active experimental soundscape of Los Angeles, curated by Tom Leeser,…
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EventMay 9, 2017
Tomorrow (May 9), the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, Calif., hosts the release party of B-Sides, Sublevel Magazine’s print edition. Housed in CalArts’ Creative Writing Program, Sublevel is…
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EventMay 6, 2017
As artists become more interested in collapsing the boundaries between reality and fiction, art is becoming more adventurous. One example is the rise of immersive experiences, which rely on the complex…
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