[nggallery id=256] On Friday (May 18), CalArts held its 2012 graduation ceremony, dispatching the usual pomp and circumstance of other college graduations, instead bringing creativity, levity—and pyrotechnics. The afternoon’s festivities…
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Theater Artist Peter Sellars to Receive Honorary Doctorate at CalArts
Renowned theater, opera, film and festival director Peter Sellars receives an honorary doctorate from CalArts during Friday’s (May 18) graduation ceremony. Sellars, who was honored last month with an Opera…
Continue reading »Meet the 2012 Alpert Award Winners
On May 11, the 18th annual Alpert Award in the Arts were announced at the The Herb Alpert Foundation in Santa Monica. The award was given to five exceptional mid-career artists in…
Continue reading »Seoul Connection: Guest Artist Mike Song Teaches Dance Workshop
Modern dancer and hip-hop choreographer Mike Song, best known for his performances on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew with his former group Kaba Modern, conducts a CultureHub dance workshop today…
Continue reading »Keep an Eye Out for New CalArts Student Newspaper
The CalArts Eye, a brand-new, student-run newspaper celebrates its first printed issue with a launch party tonight (Feb. 28) in Tatum Lounge from 7-11 pm. The new publication covers creative…
Continue reading »Calartians Present at The Feminist Art Project’s Panel Discussions at MOCA
On Saturday, Feb. 25, The Feminist Art Project presents Shares & Stakeholders, a day of free panels hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), during a satellite…
Continue reading »The Collective Presents the I Have a Dream Project at CalArts
On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and addressed the tens of thousands of people gathered along the Washington Mall,…
Continue reading »History of Chouinard Art Institute Discussion at REDCAT Tonight
As the Getty Foundation’s citywide Pacific Standard Time initiative continues to celebrate the history of contemporary art in Los Angeles, tonight (Feb. 8th) CalArts President Steven D. Lavine presents a…
Continue reading »Suzanne Lacy’s Work Inspires Forum on Global Violence Against Women
In 1977, artist Suzanne Lacy created the multidimensional work, Three Weeks in May, which included performances, installations and other organized events that called attention to the frequency of assaults against…
Continue reading »CalArts Performance Marathon at the Walt Disney Family Museum
Video: “Like Powder to the Light” by Steve Horowitz, from the Stations of the Breath CD. There’s a Musicircus coming to The Walt Disney Family Museum tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 28)—just without…
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