[nggallery id=127] The new Disney film Tron: Legacy was no. 1 at the box office this weekend. The visually stunning film inspired some of CalArts’ Character Animation students to create…
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CalArtians Among this Year’s Golden Globe Nominations
[nggallery id=125] Congratulations to the CalArtians whose work has been acknowledged by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Among the Golden Globe nominees announced yesterday (Dec. 14): Tim Burton’s (Film/Video 79)…
Continue reading »Accolades for Two Filmmakers from CalArts
Film/Video alumnus Mike Ott’s (MFA 05) feature LiTTLEROCK has earned the filmmaker a nomination for the Acura Someone to Watch Award at the upcoming Film Independent Spirit Awards. Meanwhile, Eliza…
Continue reading »Wooster Group Presents Tennessee Williams’ Vieux Carré at REDCAT
The critically-acclaimed experimental theater company Wooster Group has been around since the mid-seventies captivating audiences with its groundbreaking dance/multimedia-infused productions. The New York group is now in residency at REDCAT…
Continue reading »Jakarta Institute of the Arts and CalArts Collaboration Culminates with Life At Sea
[nggallery id=116] Earlier this month, artists from the Jakarta Institute of the Arts (IKJ) in Indonesia came to CalArts for a week-long, intensive residency program. Once at the Institute, the…
Continue reading »CalArtian Musicians to Make the Santa Monica Pier Carousel Glow
[nggallery id=92] This year’s Glow festival, an all-night cultural experience and festival, is set to kick-off this Saturday from 7 pm-3 am in Santa Monica, where the beach, pier and…
Continue reading »Bloomberg’s 9/11 Speech Quotes Poem by CalArts Faculty Matthew Shenoda
Saturday marked the ninth anniversary of the September 11th attacks on America, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg concluded his address at Ground Zero with two lines of poetry: Ingenuity…
Continue reading »Orkestar MÉZÉ Playing ‘Peasant Funk’ this Weekend
Milen Kirov, a DMA performer/composer candidate at The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, is teaching jazz and musicianship classes during the fall semester. But the Bulgarian-born musician can…
Continue reading »Alumnus Jeremy Hight Joins MIT Press
We heard that alumnus Jeremy Hight (Critical Studies MFA 98) was recently named New Media Curator of MIT Press’s Leonardo Online. He’ll be providing content for their new iPad application…
Continue reading »CalArts Animation Screened at Hiroshima Animation Festival
[nggallery id=85] 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….
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