Invent the Self, And Lose It
By Guest Blogger Kestrel Leah (Theater MFA 13) I gingerly slipped my feet into the cold river water and watched the tadpoles scatter. Cramping from arch to heel. I had…
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EventNovember 3, 2013
LA Stage Alliance Announces 2013 Ovation Award Nominations
The nominees for the 2013 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards were revealed on Monday (Sept. 16) at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Los Angeles, with CalArts alumni and faculty well-represented in the…
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EventSeptember 19 - October 6, 2013
Live Arts Exchange: New LA Performance Series Features Work of CalArts Alumni
Producer and CalArts alumna Miranda Wright (Theater MFA 09) and her theatrical company Los Angeles Performance Practice have partnered with the Bootleg Theater to present a new live performance series featuring local artists…
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Dedalus Ensemble’s Performance of CalArtians’ Work Lauded in The New York Times
Last week (Sept. 10), the acclaimed French new music group Dedalus Ensemble played its first concert in the United States at Roulette in Brooklyn, performing nine new works by American experimental composers—six of…
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CalArts Alumni Win Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Lighting
Beyonce Super Bowl Halftime Show 2013 HD by musicthatstartsyourday On Sunday (Sept. 15) the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presented the Creative Arts Emmys, which are largely dedicated to technical…
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EventSeptember 17, 2013
SMMoA Hosts Conversation on Mike Kelley’s ‘Mobile Homestead’
On Tuesday (Sept. 17), Santa Monica Museum of Art presents The Mobile Homestead Project: A Conversation with Mary Clare Stevens, Jim Shaw and Cary Loren, a discussion of the public sculpture Mobile Homestead, created…
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Photo Gallery: President’s Picnic at the S. Mark Taper Courtyard
Yesterday (Sept. 12), students returning and new gathered at The Wild Beast and at The S. Mark Taper Foundation Courtyard for CalArts’ annual President’s Picnic—an afternoon of food, late summer…
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CalArts Graphic Design Program Featured in Idea Magazine
CalArts is the focus of Idea Magazine’s feature “Suburban Lawns—A Look at CalArts Past and Present,” published in August. The Japan-based design magazine’s editor-in-chief, Kiyonori Muroga, along with CalArts alumnus Ian Lynam (Art…
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Throwback Thursday: David Rosenboom, John and Yoko on The Mike Douglas Show
We found this television clip from the “wayback machine”—also known as YouTube—featuring David Rosenboom, dean of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, on The Mike Douglas Show with two of…
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Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater Wins Best Doc at Venice Film Fest
For years, filmmaker and CalArts faculty member James Benning has earned accolades for his work behind the camera. But the director of such experimental films as RR, 11 x 14 and One Way…
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