CalArts Remembers Frank Terry (1939-2014)
CalArts is remembering Frank Terry, the former head of the Program in Character Animation, who passed away on Feb. 11, succumbing to pulmonary fibrosis. He was 75. Terry joined the…
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Category: Film/Video
EventFebruary 18, 2014
Structuring Strategies Presents Marie Jager on Jean Painlevé
Tonight (Feb. 18), the CalArts School of Film/Video in collaboration with the Consulate General of France in Los Angeles and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences presents a…
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EventFebruary 13, 2014
‘Hangout’ with Disney Animators Thursday at CalArts
Disney animators and CalArts alumni Dave Bossert (Film/Video BFA 83), John Musker (Film/Video 77), Jeff Ranjo (Film/Video BFA 94) and Hyun Min Lee (Film/Video BFA 07) join Dan Hansen, director…
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Watch John Lasseter’s and Andrew Stanton’s CalArts Student Films
Vanity Fair’s “Hollywood” (March) issue features “The Class That Roared“—an in-depth look at the early years of CalArts’ Character Animation program. Author Sam Kashner talked to a number of CalArts’ alumni for…
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CalArts’ Animators Featured in Hollywood Issue of Vanity Fair
On Monday, Dec. 9, renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz came to CalArts. While her visit itself should have created a stir on a normal day, Dec. 9 wasn’t a typical day….
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On the Road: The Collective Staged Three Plays in San Francisco Last Month
Last month (Jan. 23-25), CalArts’ student organization The Collective took a road trip to San Francisco to collaborate with American Conservatory Theater (ACT) and the African American Shakespeare Company (AASC)…
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EventFebruary 7 - 9, 2014
Multimedia Artist Miwa Matreyek Returns to REDCAT with This World Made Itself
This weekend (Feb. 7-9), Los Angeles-based animator and performer Miwa Matreyek (Film/Video MFA 07) returns to REDCAT with her latest work, This World Made Itself. Matreyek, known for her brand of…
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CalArtians Place Second in Disney Imaginations Design Competition
Students from CalArts won second place at the Disney Imaginations Design Competition, an annual contest sponsored by Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) which aims to increase participants’ practical knowledge of design….
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Frozen and Adventure Time Win Annie Awards
On Feb. 2, the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA-Hollywood) announced the winners of this year’s Annie Awards in a black-tie ceremony at UCLA‘s Royce Hall—with several CalArtians taking home statuettes by the…
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EventJanuary 21, 2014
Structuring Strategies Welcomes English Filmmaker Tacita Dean
On Tuesday (Jan. 21), the School of Film/Video at CalArts presents the second Structuring Strategies guest artist of 2014: renowned English visual artist Tacita Dean, whose film work often creates contemplative atmospheres…
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