JiSoo Kim’s ‘Thembi’s Diary’ screened at Animafest 2012 last month. In addition to a CalArts retrospective at the Annecy Film Festival and a selection in the Los Angeles Film Festival, many…
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CalArtians Bring ‘Timboctou’ to Mexico
In March, we posted about the world premiere of award-winning Mexican playwright Alejandro Ricaño’s Timboctou at REDCAT. The bilingual collaboration between CalArtian and Mexican artists, will now be remounted for a run in Guadalajara,…
Continue reading »CalArts Hosts East China Normal University Animators For Stop-Motion Summer Intensive
[nggallery id=265] East China Normal University (ECNU), a Shanghai-based institution with a student body of more than 21,000 students, recently established a three-year partnership with CalArts’ School of Film/Video, which provides faculty and…
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 »Video: Director Martín Acosta Discusses New Play Timboctou at REDCAT
[nggallery id=”237″] Celebrated Mexico City director Martín Acosta presents the world premiere of playwright Alejandro Ricaño’s Timboctou on REDCAT’s stage this week (March 2-11). With highly visual multimedia elements, the wryly humorous play…
Continue reading »Dawn of Midi Present Kashmir in Portugal This Weekend
Dawn of Midi, a collective comprised of percussionist Qasim Naqvi (Music MFA 08), contrabassist Aakaash Israni (Music MFA 08) and pianist Amino Belyamani (Music 08), recently received a 2011 Chamber Music America…
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 »CultureHub, CalArts Welcomes Director Joel Zwick
From Bosom Buddies Joel Zwick’s career as a film, theater and television director has spanned several decades. While he’s best recognized for directing My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the highest…
Continue reading »Altazor to be Performed in Mexico City on Friday
Jxel Rajchenberg, a second-year MFA performer-composer student at The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, has been commissioned by the Mexican National University’s radio station, Radio UNAM, to write…
Continue reading »CalArts to ‘Play Itself’ in Germany during Rurhtriennale 2011
A contingent of the CalArts community consisting of students and recent graduates representing all six schools descends on Essen, Germany, to present new works at PACT Zollverein on Sept. 29-Oct….
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