‘Spectra’ Launches at LA Art Book Fair
Spectra, a new compendium of works from the 2013 class of CalArts Graphic Design Program, makes its debut this weekend at the second annual LA Art Book Fair (Jan. 31-Feb….
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CalArts Faculty Sara Roberts Discusses Crowd Behavior on KCET’s Artbound
Artist and CalArts faculty member Sara Roberts recently wrote an article for KCET’s Artbound discussing her ongoing audience-participatory project, Clump & Whistle, which was performed with the support of local arts collective Machine Project…
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Herb Alpert Award-Winning Choreographer Julia Rhoads at CalArts, REDCAT
The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts is an annual unrestricted prize of $75,000 given to five risk-taking mid-career artists working in the fields of dance, film/video, music, theatre and…
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CalArts Dance Students Participate in Mock Auditions at Disneyland
Last Tuesday (Jan. 21), 14 BFA-4 student dancers from The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts participated in a mock audition and workshop with Walt Disney Creative Entertainment choreographers…
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EventJanuary 28, 2014
CalArts Student Exchanges Songs for Seedlings
Nineteen-year-old Laura Rizzotto (Music BFA 16) had a promising career as a recording artist in Brazil. At 16, with an album released under Universal Music Brazil under her belt, she opened for Disney…
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EventJanuary 24, 2014
CalArts’ January Institute Students Screen Motion Graphics Works
On Friday (Jan. 24) CalArts January Institute wraps up its nearly month-long motion graphics intensive course with a screening in the Bijou Theater. The works were created by 20 visiting…
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CalArts Student’s App Explores Western and Korean Typography
CalArts Program in Graphic Design student Amanda Lui (Art BFA 14) has always been interested in East Asian typography. This year, she deepened that interest, designing Types of Type, an iPad…
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EventJanuary 25 - 26, 2014
CalArts Orchestra, Choir Present Work Commemorating Civil Rights Heroes at REDCAT
REDCAT celebrates the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights heroes with the West Coast premiere of lauded Dutch composer Yotam Haber’s opus, A More Convenient Season. The 75-minute, three-movement work…
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EventJanuary 21, 2014
Structuring Strategies Welcomes English Filmmaker Tacita Dean
On Tuesday (Jan. 21), the School of Film/Video at CalArts presents the second Structuring Strategies guest artist of 2014: renowned English visual artist Tacita Dean, whose film work often creates contemplative atmospheres…
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Frozen, The Croods Earn Oscar Nominations for CalArtians
The nominations were announced early this morning (Jan. 16) at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills for the 86th Annual Academy Awards, and CalArtians Chris…
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