The Structuring Strategies screening series welcomes artist and CalArts faculty member Nancy Buchanan tonight at the Bijou Theater. For more than two decades, Buchanan has taught in the School of…
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Animation from CalArts’ Graphic Design and Animation Grads at Frame by Frame Showcase on Saturday
Storytelling through animation is the focus of the upcoming Frame by Frame showcase in Los Angeles on Saturday. Seven short films from CalArts’ 2010 class of experimental animators, character animators…
Continue reading »At the Bijou: Structuring Strategies with Paul Vester Tonight
Sunbeam by Paul Vester Tonight, the School of Film/Video’s Structuring Strategies class and screening series welcomes Paul Vester, CalArts’ co-director of Experimental Animation. Although Vester began teaching at CalArts in…
Continue reading »The Official Word on Disney/Pixar’s A113 Easter Egg
It’s been part of CalArts lore for a long time, and now Disney/Pixar’s “Chatter Phone” series officially reveals the meaning behind the A113 Easter Egg that appears in every Disney/Pixar…
Continue reading »Sardono, Tipton Open REDCAT’s New Season with Dance, Music and Lush Visuals
REDCAT launches its eighth season tonight with the world premiere of Rain Coloring Forest, an evocative multimedia performance conceived by legendary choreographer and artist Sardono W. Kusumo and celebrated lighting…
Continue reading »CalArts Alumnus Added to Filmmaker Magazine’s ’25 New Faces’ List
Last year, we wrote about the 47th New York Film Festival (NYFF) and the number of CalArtians involved in the festival’s experimental film program, the 13th Annual Views from the…
Continue reading »CalArts Animation Screened at Hiroshima Animation Festival
The Hiroshima International Animation Festival, one of the most respected international animation festivals (along with Annecy, Ottawa and Zagreb festivals), took place earlier this month from Aug. 7-11. The festival…
Continue reading »Animator Danielle Ash’s Pickles for Nickels Featured on PBS and NPR Shows
Pickles for Nickels, a short film by experimental animator and recent CalArts grad Danielle Ash (Film/Video MFA 09), has been garnering national attention lately. Earlier this year it won the…
Continue reading »Get Out of the Car: A New Film by CalArts Faculty Thom Andersen
Program in Film & Video faculty and former program director Thom Andersen was in Switzerland last week, premiering his new film, Get Out of the Car (2010, 34 min., 16mm)…
Continue reading »CalArts Animator Wins Local Festival Awards
Recent Experimental Animation alumnus Beomsik Shimbe Shim (Film/Video MFA 09) and his film, The Wonder Hospital, have been racking up a slew of festival awards this summer. Among them, two…
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