Above: Seth Boyden’s ‘An Object at Rest.’ On the evening of May 6, students, faculty, staff and representatives from the animation industry gathered at the Directors Guild of America theater…
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CalArts alumnus Robert (Bob) Allaire (Music MFA 09) is making the film festival rounds, with his work heard, but not seen. The composer has created music for several films, including…
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The Feminist Works Program (FWP), a student-designed program launched in response to conversations about sexual respect, student safety and accountability that are taking place at CalArts, has awarded four fellowships to…
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Update: Read a July 20, 2015, Los Angeles Review of Books interview (“An Artist’s Intervention in the Ebola Crisis“) with Heffernan. When the Ebola epidemic was running rampant in parts of…
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EventMarch 14 - December 20, 2015
Through Dec. 20, Alabama Contemporary Art Center (AC) in Mobile, Alabama, presents History Refused to Die, an exhibition that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery Marches, which were some of…
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Above: A preview of ‘Broken Story (wherein there is no ecstasy),’ a collaboration between Pam Tanowitz and Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Lang. The work premiered at Works & Process…
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At a luncheon hosted by the Herb Alpert Foundation in Santa Monica last Friday, the foundation and CalArts awarded the 21st Annual Herb Alpert Award in the Arts to five exceptional…
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Above: Trailer for Douglas Kearney’s ‘Patter,’ nominated for a California Book Award. The Commonwealth Club of California recently announced the finalists for the 84th Annual California Book Awards, one of…
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EventMay 3, 2015
Dance Camera West’s 14th Annual Dance Media Festival is in full swing in various locations all over Los Angeles, and CalArts joins the celebration with a screening of the winning films from…
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Earlier this month, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) named the 2015 class of Doris Duke Artists. The 20 artists selected will receive a $275,000 grant to continue their work and…
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