EventOctober 1, 2016

Music Faculty and Alumni Perform Noon to Midnight at Walt Disney Concert Hall

This Saturday (Oct. 1), the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s (LA Phil) Green Umbrella contemporary music series brings together some of the city’s most adventurous ensembles for Noon to Midnight, a day of experimental music, world premieres…

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EventOctober 1, 2016

Wild Beast Concert Series Opens with We Are Birds

The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts kicks off this year’s Wild Beast Concert Series on Saturday (Oct. 1) with We Are Birds: An Evening of Bird Singing from…

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EventSeptember 21 - 25, 2016

CalArtians in Ottawa International Animation Festival

Above: Trailer for Amanda Bonaiuto’s ‘Batfish Soup.’ Update Sept. 25: Honda’s “Paper,” created by a team of animators that includes David Braun (Film/Video BFA 13) and Quique Rivera (Film/Video MFA 14), won the Award…

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Creative Writing Chair Maggie Nelson Named MacArthur ‘Genius’

Video: CalArts faculty Maggie Nelson named a 2016 MacArthur Fellow. Earlier today (Sept. 22), author Maggie Nelson, chair of the MFA Creative Writing Program at CalArts, was named a 2016…

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EventSeptember 22 - October 2, 2016

CalArtian Productions in 4th Annual LAX Festival

Los Angeles Performance Practice (LAPP), founded by CalArts alumna Miranda Wright (Theater MFA 09), presents the 4th annual Live Arts Exchange (LAX) from Sept. 22 through Oct. 2. Founded in…

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EventSeptember 22, 2016

Center for New Performance Presents Selections from Fantômas at CalArts

The CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) presents excerpts from Fantômas – Revenge of the Image at CalArts on Thursday (Sept. 22). Created by Dean of the School of Theater Travis Preston…

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EventSeptember 19, 2016

Film at REDCAT Opens With Films By Mike Hoolboom

Above: Mike Hoolboom’s ‘Sugar Maple Stand.’ Tonight (Sept. 19), the screening series Film at REDCAT opens its Winter/Spring 2016 season with Bearing Witness: The Visceral Cinema of Mike Hoolboom. Canadian…

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EventSeptember 16 - December 31, 2016

Tyler Matthew Oyer’s Solo Show RELEASE at Cirrus Gallery

Update: RELEASE is extended through Dec. 31. Tonight (Sept. 16), Cirrus Gallery in Los Angeles presents RELEASE, an art exhibit featuring the work of CalArts alumnus Tyler Matthew Oyer (Art MFA 12)….

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EventSeptember 15 - October 15, 2016

Group Show QWERTY, Flirty, and Crying Tackles Being Female Online

On Thursday, Sept. 15 at 6 pm, Big Pictures LA hosts the opening reception for QWERTY, Flirty, and Crying a group art show featuring internet artists kyttenjanae, Arvida Byström, Brittney…

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Alumna’s Documentary Explores a Buddhist Family Dynamic

Above: Yoko Okumura’s ‘Sit.’ Sit, CalArts alumna Yoko Okumura’s (Film/Video BFA 10) debut documentary, premiered on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review last month. Okumura began work on Sit in 2007 as…

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