On Monday, Dec. 9, renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz came to CalArts. While her visit itself should have created a stir on a normal day, Dec. 9 wasn’t a typical day….
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Last month (Jan. 23-25), CalArts’ student organization The Collective took a road trip to San Francisco to collaborate with American Conservatory Theater (ACT) and the African American Shakespeare Company (AASC)…
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EventFebruary 7 - 9, 2014
This weekend (Feb. 7-9), Los Angeles-based animator and performer Miwa Matreyek (Film/Video MFA 07) returns to REDCAT with her latest work, This World Made Itself. Matreyek, known for her brand of…
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Students from CalArts won second place at the Disney Imaginations Design Competition, an annual contest sponsored by Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) which aims to increase participants’ practical knowledge of design….
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On Feb. 2, the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA-Hollywood) announced the winners of this year’s Annie Awards in a black-tie ceremony at UCLA‘s Royce Hall—with several CalArtians taking home statuettes by the…
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The nominations for the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards were announced on Jan. 27 and four CalArtians have made the list. Lighting designer Christopher Kuhl (Theater BFA 05) is nominated…
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EventJanuary 24 - June 29, 2014
Photographer, filmmaker, activist and 2013 MacArthur Fellow Carrie Mae Weems (Art BFA 81) is the subject of two concurrent exhibitions in New York City. A mid-career retrospective spanning 30 years…
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EventFebruary 2, 2014
This Sunday (Feb. 2), ForYourArt celebrates the publication of More Than You Wanted to Know About John Baldessari, two new volumes of writings by artist and long-time CalArts faculty John…
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EventFebruary 4, 2014
On Tuesday (Feb. 4), REDCAT welcomes three innovators who work on the edges of rock and experimental composition: Yeah Yeah Yeahs drummer Brian Chase, Oneida drummer John Colpitts (aka Kid Millions) and…
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EventJanuary 30, 2014
To celebrate opening night of the 2nd Annual LA Art Book Fair tonight (Jan. 30) at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, the online art journal East of Borneo—published by CalArts…
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