[nggallery id=170] On Friday (May 20), CalArts held its 2011 graduation ceremony on the Valencia, Calif., campus with the theme of “Metamorphosis”—complete with butterflies being released in the middle of…
Continue reading »Category: Institute
Bache to the Future: Longtime CalArts Faculty John Bache Retires
After nearly four decades at CalArts, John Bache, artist, photographer and School of Art faculty member, has retired. Since joining the Institute in 1972, Bache has served in a number…
Continue reading »Annette Bening and Donald McKayle to Receive Honorary Degrees During CalArts Graduation
CalArts graduation—on May 20—is just around the corner, and when the Institute confers degrees on the class of 2011, two special artists will be among the recipients. Last week, Co-Acting…
Continue reading »Photo Gallery: Another Thursday Night at CalArts
[nggallery id=163] Last Thursday (April 28), 24700 captured images from student art exhibitions and installations around campus. Here’s what we saw, in photos.
Continue reading »Exit 168: An Offramp to a New CalArts Student Journal
CalArts Reviews, a class taught by artist Ellen Birrell, co-founder, publisher and editor of X-TRA, a Contemporary Art Quarterly, introduces students to the examination of language around art. To showcase…
Continue reading »Single-Wide Art: ‘Trailer Trash’ Project at Earth Day in Santa Clarita
[nggallery id=157] On Saturday (April 16), the city of Santa Clarita holds its annual Earth Day Festival and Arbor Day Celebration from 10 am to 5 pm at Central Park….
Continue reading »CalArts Celebrates Trans Awareness Week with Performance in the Main Gallery
Diversity is one of CalArts’ core values, and last week the Institute celebrated Trans Awareness Week with a series of speakers, film screenings and performances, including a noontime concert in…
Continue reading »From the Archives: The CalArts 10th Year Poster Book
[nggallery id=149] Posters that publicize guest lectures, concerts and exhibitions are ubiquitous at CalArts. In use since the founding of the Institute, they line the walls calling for attention—and are…
Continue reading »Documentary Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Presents ‘Freedom Riders’ at CalArts
America in 1961, especially in the deep South, would be almost unrecognizable today. State and local Jim Crow laws—which were enacted between 1876 and 1965—essentially relegated black Americans to second-class…
Continue reading »Metamorphokit: You Can Make It Anything You Want
Anyone who has spent time on the CalArts campus will be familiar with a particular work table. Often seen in use with David Rowland’s ubiquitous 40/4 stacking chair, its form…
Continue reading »