Ramsey Naito at 2021 Women In Animation Virtual Summit

CalArtian and President of Nickelodeon Animation Ramsey Naito (Art MFA 95) discussed the importance of representing a diversity of voices through entertainment at the 2021 Women In Animation (WIA) Virtual…

EventMay 22 - June 27, 2021

Century-Old Benches Paint a Picture of Chouinard Art Institute

The exhibition Chouinard Art Institute Benches (1921-1972) is currently on view at Marta gallery in downtown Los Angeles through Sunday, June 27. The collection of century-old artists’ benches, “present themselves…

EventJune 26, 2021

Ten Skies: New Book Examines James Benning Film

London-based film studies scholar and critic Erika Balsom explores “one of the great works of the American avant-garde” in Ten Skies (Fireflies Press). The book is named for School of…

CalArtians Create Opera Miniseries Desert In

Boston Lyric Opera is pushing the boundaries of opera with its recent release of the groundbreaking eight-part miniseries, Desert In. An opera, TV show, and music video all in one,…

J.Lyn and ETRNL Produce EMC²’s Jellyfishes Music Video

Honolulu-based music production collective EMC² raises ocean safety awareness in their latest music video Jellyfishes, produced, written, and sung by CalArtian Jaslyn Loftin (Music BFA 19), aka J.Lyn. Established in…

Netflix Shares First Look at Jorge Gutiérrez’s Maya and the Three

Netflix Animation recently shared a first look of stills from the upcoming limited-animated series Maya and the Three by CalArtian animator Jorge Gutiérrez (Film/Video MFA 00). View this post on…

EventJune 17, 2021

I’m Already Liberated Film Screening with Zackary Drucker

On Thursday, June 17, the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation present I’m Already Liberated, a talk and live virtual screening with artist, filmmaker,…

Douglas Kearney Named Recipient of Campbell Opera Librettist Prize

Poet, librettist, and former CalArts faculty Douglas Kearney (Critical Studies MFA 04) was recently named the recipient of OPERA America’s inaugural Campbell Opera Librettist Prize. The prize, conceived and funded…

Zhuoyun (Yun) Chen: Love Language, a Mixed-Media Installation

Love Language, a mixed-media installation by CalArts alum Zhuoyun (Yun) Chen (Film/Video MFA 17) was on view at Chicago’s Zhou B Art Center earlier this year. Her installation was part…

We the People: CalArtians Direct New Netflix Series

Netflix delivers a crash course in American civics with its upcoming short-form animated childrens’ series We the People, created by Chris Nee (Doc McStuffins) and executive produced by Barack and…