The Television Academy announced on Wednesday, June 30 that actors Ron Cephas Jones, a CalArts School of Theater faculty member, and Jasmine Cephas Jones, his daughter, will host the 73rd Emmy Award…
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When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down CalArts’ in-person operations (and the world) in March 2020, then-student Benjamin Gordon was determined to finish his Art MFA program. “I felt there was…
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EventJuly 17 - 18, 2021
Editor’s Note: Sandra Powers (Film/Video MFA 09) also received a nomination in the Outstanding Editing for a Preschool Animated Program category for Elena of Avalor (Disney Junior). On Monday, June…
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EventJune 26, 2021
London-based film studies scholar and critic Erika Balsom explores “one of the great works of the American avant-garde” in Ten Skies (Fireflies Press). The book is named for School of…
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Poet, librettist, and former CalArts faculty Douglas Kearney (Critical Studies MFA 04) was recently named the recipient of OPERA America’s inaugural Campbell Opera Librettist Prize. The prize, conceived and funded…
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Netflix delivers a crash course in American civics with its upcoming short-form animated childrens’ series We the People, created by Chris Nee (Doc McStuffins) and executive produced by Barack and…
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Despite not being held in-person, CalArts 2021 virtual graduation on May 14 was a special day of celebration for the community. The livestreamed event included remarks from CalArts leadership, including President…
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Saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis’ (Music MFA 10) and the Red Lily Quintet’s latest album Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms) has been featured by The New York Times, describing this…
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EventMay 27, 2021
On Thursday, May 27 at 5 pm PDT, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents “The Impact and Influence of Charles Gaines,” a virtual discussion between School of…
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EventMay 29, 2021
On Friday, May 29, the Colburn School in downtown L.A. presents Modern and Popular Music Jukebox, a virtual concert featuring CalArts student and multi-instrumentalist Maya Paredes (Music BFA 23). Paredes’…
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