The short animated film Quick and Dirty (posted above) is an exquisite corpse project created by 23 animators, one compositor and six sound designers/composers, most of whom are CalArts students,…
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‘Beautiful/Decay’ Video Interview with Artist, Animator Allison Schulnik
Artist and CalArts alumna Allison Schulnik (Film/Video BFA 00) recently opened her studio to the online art magazine Beautiful/Decay, providing a glimpse into her world of sad hobo clowns and her painting and…
Continue reading »‘Clam Bake’: Award-Winning Indie Filmmaker Creates Whimsical Animation App
By Nicholas Katzban/Special to 24700 Joanna Priestley, a Portland based animator, has brought her talent for eye-popping, two-dimensional wonder shows to a more interactive medium. Clam Bake is a new…
Continue reading »Friday Night Filmmobile Series: A Salute To Sennett
The Echo Park Film Center (EPFC), an LA-based nonprofit media arts organization, continues its 2012 Filmmobile Summer Screening Series: A Salute To Sennett tonight at 8 pm in Echo Park….
Continue reading »CalArtians Among 2012 Princess Grace Award Winners
The Princess Grace Foundation recently announced its 2012 awards, and among the more than two dozen recipients are CalArts students Vincent Richards, a current MFA student in the School of…
Continue reading »‘Micropangaea’ Features Music, Animation and Liner Notes for the Wired World
by Nicholas Katzban/Special to 24700 The press release for Micropangaea states boldly, “the lack of focus on album artwork with digital downloads… has taken some of the joy out of…
Continue reading »Return to the Wild: CalArtians at Earthfire Institute for Summer Residency
[nggallery id=271] For the third consecutive summer, this past July, four CalArtians traveled to the Earthfire Institute’s Idaho Wildlife Sanctuary on the western slope of Grand Teton National Park. The…
Continue reading »Week Two: NOW Festival Continues at REDCAT
The New Original Works (NOW) Festival continues this week with three new works for the stage. The week two program includes experimental choreographers Nick+James, sound/video artist and CalArts alumnus Jinku Kim (Music MFA 12)…
Continue reading »CalArts Alums Among Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film
Last week, Filmmaker Magazine released its annual listing of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Among the notable emerging artists are collaborators and CalArts alumni Jason Tippet (Film/Video BFA 09)…
Continue reading »Animation Block Party in Brooklyn this Weekend
The Deep Dark (trailer) from Laura Heit on Vimeo. [nggallery id=267] The ninth annual Animation Block Party (ABP)—the largest animation festival on the East Coast—runs this weekend (July 27-29) at…
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