CalArts Named One of Top MFA Drama Schools
The Hollywood Reporter recently released a list of “The 25 Best Drama Schools for a Master of Fine Arts,” and CalArts has taken a spot on the list. This year,…
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EventAugust 22 - September 19, 2015
Exhibit It Came From CalArts Features Alumni in Texas
CentralTrak, the University of Texas at Dallas artists’ residence and gallery space, presents It Came From CalArts from Aug. 22 through Sept. 19. The exhibit, curated by CalArts alumna Robin…
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EventAugust 21 - 27, 2015
Doug Aitken’s Station to Station Film Opens at Nuart Theatre
Above: Trailer for ‘Station to Station.’ On Friday (Aug. 21), the Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles opens a weeklong run of Station to Station, a film offshoot of the eponymous…
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CalArts Connection to Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton, the dramatic feature that chronicles the rise of the rap group N.W.A. and the lives and struggles of its members (Kim “Arabian Prince” Renard Nazel, Eric “Eazy-E”…
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EventAugust 20 - 29, 2015
CalArtians Screen Films at Fronteira Film Festival in Brazil
Above: Trailer for Travis Wilkerson’s ‘Machine Gun or Typewriter.’ Beginning Thursday (Aug. 20), the Brazilian film and art production company Barroca hosts the Fronteira International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival in…
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Filmmaker Magazine’s 2015 25 New Faces of Independent Film
Above: Trailer for Ian Samuels’ ‘Myrna the Monster.’ The current issue of Filmmaker features its popular “25 New Faces of Independent Film” list. The magazine’s annual survey of new talent includes two CalArtians: Film…
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EventAugust 16, 2015
Animator Dave Bossert at Book Signing in D23 Expo
On Sunday (Aug. 16), animator, CalArts Trustee and alumnus Dave Bossert (Film/Video BFA 83) joins Disney Supervising Animator and director Eric Goldberg for a book signing for An Animator’s Gallery:…
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EventAugust 13 - 15, 2015
REDCAT’s NOW Fest Closes With Three Avant-Garde Performances
Above: ‘Reckoning’ from Cassandra’s ‘Stellar Tears EP.’ The final weekend of Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater’s (REDCAT) New Original Works (NOW) Fest runs from Aug. 13 to 15 and features more experimental work by…
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EventAugust 7 - September 27, 2015
Shane Guffogg at the Russian Academy of Fine Arts Museum
Through Sept. 27, the The Russian Academy of Fine Arts Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, presents a 70-piece solo show of Los Angeles-based artist and CalArts alumnus Shane Guffogg’s (Art…
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Seth Boyden’s An Object At Rest Nominated for Student Academy Awards
Above: Seth Boyden’s ‘An Object at Rest.’ Months after winning the Woody Award at the 2015 CalArts Character Animation Producers’ Show, Seth Boyden’s (Film/Video BFA 15) An Object at Rest is…
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