Ed. note: February is Black History Month, and we’ve asked a few members of the CalArts community to reflect on what it means to them. Our first guest columnist is…
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Seen + Heard @CalArts: Alfred Ladzekpo’s African Dance and Drumming Class
Renowned musician Alfred Ladzekpo teaches African drumming and dance at CalArts. We’ll let the above video illustrate his work at the Institute.
Continue reading »Heard at CalArts: the Alphonso Johnson Ensemble
There’s a daily overabundance of sights and sounds at CalArts, so every now and then we’ll capture them and post on 24700. Walking through the main gallery a few weeks…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Founders Ball This Saturday
The above video is of the Hands On’Semble performing Shradhanjali (Part 3), a composition by John Bergamo, at CalArts in 2008. Every year, CalArts’ Alumni Association pays tribute to individuals…
Continue reading »Calarts’ Halloween 09 Encore: Pictures from the Photo Booth
For the past 12 years, Scott Groller has worked as one of CalArts’ official photographers, chronicling the day-to-day life of the Institute. But Groller is also an artist–and the photos…
Continue reading »Halloween 09 at CalArts
[nggallery id=22] Here are just a few photos from CalArts’s annual Halloween party last Saturday night. Did you go?
Continue reading »Feldstärke International 09 Group Show at CalArts on Saturday
The Feldstärke International Program set up shop at CalArts this week, bringing together students from programs in Germany, France and CalArts to foster international collaboration and interdisciplinary work among the…
Continue reading »REDCAT Artists in Residency at CalArts
When their schedules allow, many artists who perform at REDCAT — this week count pianist Ana Cervantes and the Belarus Free Theatre company among them — work with students from…
Continue reading »Stoppiello, Whitsitt Named Winners of 2009 Princess Grace Awards
Though Grace Kelly left acting to become Princess Grace of Monaco in 1956, her passion for the arts remained evident until her death in 1982. Her legacy continues on through…
Continue reading »A Glimpse of The Wild Beast
[nggallery id=10] I am interested in how the wild beast lives in the jungle, not in the zoo. – Composer Morton Feldman (1926-87) The Wild Beast, CalArts’ new variable-use, indoor-outdoor…
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