ReleaseMarch 3, 2017
Above: Trailer for ‘Logan.’ Crafty CalArts writer-director James Mangold (Film/Video BFA 85) has brought a stripped-down, rugged, dramatically powerful Western film sensibility to Logan, the new X-Men movie that marks…
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Above: Cassavetes Award-winner Andrew Ahn’s acceptance speech. Andrew Ahn’s (Film/Video MFA 11) debut feature film, Spa Night, took home the coveted John Cassavetes Award at the 2017 Film Independent Spirit…
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Although the “Envelopegate” gaffe dominated headlines about last night’s Academy Awards, there were a number of other films honored for excellence. Among them was Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia, which took…
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EventMarch 2 - 3, 2017
Above: Trailer for ‘Kolob.’ Choreographer Jodi Porter (Dance MFA 17) is premiering her thesis concert titled Kolob: An Exploration of Life After Death on Thursday (March 2) in the Sharon Disney…
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EventFebruary 17 - April 16, 2017
Marina Rosenfeld (Music-Art MFA 94), an accomplished artist and composer, created the work Deathstar for her first solo exhibition in Germany at the contemporary art institution Portikus in Frankfurt, which opened on Feb. 17….
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EventFebruary 17 - 25, 2017
CalArts’ School of Theater is in the midst of a new production helmed by guest artist and former CalArts faculty Roger Guenveur Smith with design by BFA students. The Hendrix Project…
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Kirsten Lepore (Film/Video MFA 12) co-directed an animated video with actress Lena Dunham for Planned Parenthood’s centennial. The short educational video, which has tallied more than 3 million views on…
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EventJanuary 28 - April 16, 2017
New work by James Welling (Art BFA 72, MFA 74) is on display at S.M.A.K., the Museum of Contemporary Art, in Ghent, Belgium from Jan. 28 through April 16. The…
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EventFebruary 17, 2017
Above: Book trailer for ‘Buck Studies,’ Douglas Kearney’s latest book of poetry. Tonight (Feb. 17), poet, librettist and CalArts faculty and alumnus Douglas Kearney (Critical Studies MFA 04) presents a…
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EventFebruary 16 - March 5, 2017
Tonight (Feb. 16), Weingart Gallery at Occidental College hosts an opening reception for Waabanishimo: Miigaadan (She Dances Till Daylight: Fight It), the first solo Los Angeles show by visual artist and…
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