Renown actor and CalArts faculty member Roger Guenveur Smith embodies one of America’s great social reformers in the solo show Frederick Douglass Now, presented at CalArts on Tuesday (Jan. 17)…
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Happy Holidays from CalArts
CalArts wishes all of its students, staff, faculty, alumni and their families a happy holiday season. The Institute’s administrative offices are closed through Jan. 2, 2012. Normal hours and operations…
Continue reading »Luis Camnitzer and Michele Wallace: A Town Hall on Art & Race in the 21st Century
Video, above, a behind-the-scenes look at the work of Luis Camnitzer for the 2010 MoMA exhibition On Line: Drawing through the Twentieth Century. Today at noon, the Art, Justice &…
Continue reading »Art Exhibition Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Womanhouse at CalArts
[nggallery id=215] A new exhibition at CalArts this week celebrates the 40th anniversary of Womanhouse—the 1971 groundbreaking art installation and performance space curated by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, co-founders…
Continue reading »CalArts Halloween 2011: Pictures from the Photo Booth
[nggallery id=”211″] Last week, CalArts held its 2011 Halloween Party, with the Main Gallery and adjoining halls wrapped and decorated in a Haunted Schoolhouse theme. We’ve selected a few pictures…
Continue reading »Photo Gallery: Families and Friends Immerse Themselves in CalArts Weekend
[nggallery id=”210″] More than 300 guests—family and friends of current CalArts students—attended the first-ever CalArts Weekend on Oct. 21-22. The weekend provided parents of current CalArts students an opportunity to…
Continue reading »Silicon Valley Visionary Jaron Lanier at CalArts
Computer scientist, composer and artist Jaron Lanier spent a day at CalArts last month discussing the “information economy” with the Institute’s Board of Trustees and holding a performance/workshop for the…
Continue reading »Video: John Baldessari on CalArts’ Impact on the Early LA Art Scene
On Oct. 4, the Hammer Museum in Westwood welcomed LA-based artist and former CalArts faculty member John Baldessari in conversation with Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight. At one…
Continue reading »Photo Gallery: ‘CalArts Plays Itself’ in Germany
[nggallery id=”206″] Earlier this month, more than 30 CalArtian artists traveled to Essen, Germany, to present a series of installations, performances and exhibitions for CalArts Plays Itself at PACT Zolverein….
Continue reading »Amy Tofte Defends Her M*ther F*cking Arts (MFA) Degree
In the midst of one of the worst recessions in generations, some are questioning the merits of higher education—especially higher education in the arts—in light of skyrocketing tuition costs and…
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