[nggallery id=97] A series of four limited-edition T-shirts have been designed for this weekend’s CalArts’ 40th Alumni Reunion–Tomorrow Started Here. The shirts showcase design and typography from CalArts’ past to…
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CalArts Mourns the Loss of Composer, Performer, Artist Arthur Jarvinen
CalArts students, staff and faculty and countless colleagues alike are mourning the loss of composer-performer Arthur (Art) Jarvinen, a longtime faculty member of The Herb Alpert School of Music at…
Continue reading »Q&A on Essen and CalArts in Europe with Faculty Member Arne de Boever
[nggallery id=88] Arne De Boever, a faculty member in the School of Critical Studies and the Aesthetics and Politics program at CalArts, recently returned from a nearly two-week fellowship in…
Continue reading »CalArts: Then and Now
We found an old postcard of CalArts from the 1970s. Check out the cars parked along the driveway: Here’s a similar shot taken in 2008 (even before the construction of…
Continue reading »Seen @ CalArts: CSSSA Visiting Artist Carmina Escobar
Now in its 24th summer, InnerSpark: the California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) has taken over the CalArts campus. The summer school for high school students, which began…
Continue reading »Evolution of The Wild Beast: A Photo Essay
Last summer, we provided you a Glimpse of the Wild Beast, and talked about the origins of the Hodgetts + Fung-designed 3,200-square foot performance and rehearsal space that would allow…
Continue reading »New CalArts Course Cluster Explores Connections between Biology and Art
In the simplest of terms for a complex practice, bio-art incorporates organic matter into works of art. For example, Philip Ross built a teahouse out of fungus, and composer David…
Continue reading »From the Archives: The CalArts Story
The CalArts Story (posted above) is a short film that was originally presented at the 1964 gala premiere of Mary Poppins. The event doubled as a fundraiser for the then-recently…
Continue reading »Videos from CalArts Graduation 2010
CalArts graduations are filled with music, dance and lots of surprises. Here are a few videos from the 2010 festivities from Friday (May 21). The processional that kicked off graduation:…
Continue reading »Scenes from CalArts Graduation 2010
[nggallery id=60] CalArts has a reputation for its colorful, nontraditional graduation ceremony, and Friday’s (May 21) celebration of the class of 2010 lived up to its expectations. Caps and gowns…
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