[nggallery id=174] Experimental animation faculty Maureen Selwood once again offered her Drawing Propositions class this past Spring semester, and again, it attracted an eclectic mix of students with a passion…
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Get Out of the Car, Psychohydrography and Dissolution Screen in LA This Week
Three CalArts filmmakers—alumnus Peter Bo Rappmund (Film/Video MFA 10) and faculty members Thom Andersen and Nina Menkes—screen their films for LA audiences at two different venues this week. Tonight as…
Continue reading »2011 Alpert Award Winners Announced
[nggallery id=172] On May 19 at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, The Herb Alpert Foundation and CalArts announced the 2011 winners of the 17th Alpert Award in the Arts. …
Continue reading »Triumph of the Wild: New Experimental Animation from Around the World
This Sunday (May 22), Los Angeles Filmforum presents Triumph of the Wild: New Experimental Animation from Around the World, an evening of recent animation made for “thinking adults.” The slate…
Continue reading »CalArts Character Animation Showcased at 2011 Producers’ Show
[nggallery id=168] Last Thursday (May 12), animation and film industry professionals got a glimpse of work by up-and-coming artists at the 2011 CalArts Character Animation Producers’ Show. Held at the…
Continue reading »Composer Thomas Newman Breaks Down the Business of Film Scoring
Barry Schrader’s special spring semester class at CalArts, The Art of Film Composing, featured a series of presentations by professional film composers on their work and on the business of…
Continue reading »Mason Richards’ The Seawall Showing in Cannes
The 64th edition of the Festival de Cannes opened yesterday, and included in the prestigious festival’s short film selection is The Seawall, written and directed by Mason Richards (Film/Video MFA…
Continue reading »Gary Mairs and Nathan Meier to Show Films in the Bijou Theater Tonight
The Structuring Strategies film class and screening series welcomes two CalArtian filmmakers Gary Mairs and Nathan Meier, who’ll each present works in the Bijou Theater tonight (May 10) at 7…
Continue reading »The Renter a Finalist for 2011 Student Academy Award
Earlier this week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the finalists for the 38th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Among the nine students recognized in the Animation…
Continue reading »2011 New Works Festival Celebrates Risk-Taking with a Purpose
The School of Theater’s New Works Festival (NWF) kicked off last week with a diverse lineup of projects on the schedule—including a 6 am Psychedelic Ukulele Blues concert, an Architectural…
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