Since 2004, Fallen Fruit—a collaboration among CalArts Critical Studies faculty Matias Viegener, alumnus David Burns (Art BFA 93) and Austin Young—has focused on work that incorporates fruit, urban space and public…
Continue reading »2012’s Most Popular Posts
As we celebrate the New Year, we take a look back at the stories that resonated with readers in 2012. Here are 24700‘s 10 most popular posts, published in 2012:…
Continue reading »Happy Holidays from CalArts
For this year’s annual holiday card, CalArts commissioned a hand-cut silhouette by three of its international students, all in their first year of CalArts’ Program in Character Animation: José Antonio…
Continue reading »Mark Bradford, Benjamin Millepied Collaboration Debuts on MOCAtv
Earlier this semester, CalArts’ Film Directing Program hosted guest artist Benjamin Millepied, a director, dancer and choreographer best-known for his work on the Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan. During his…
Continue reading »Christine Wertheim’s Class Brings ‘Rubbish’ to the Main Gallery
[nggallery id=314] On the afternoon of Dec. 6, visitors to CalArts were treated to an odd installation near the main entrance—garbage—strewn about by students in CalArts’ faculty member Christine Wertheim’s…
Continue reading »Jazz Quartet Slumgum Receives Chamber Music America Grant
Above is Slumgum’s ‘Silver Cornet News’ from ‘The Sky His Own.’ Last week, Altadena-based jazz quartet, Slumgum, received a Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming. Comprised of CalArts alumni—bassist David…
Continue reading »2013 Sundance and Slamdance Festivals to Screen 16 CalArtian Films
Above is the trailer for Kate Marks’ (Film/Video MFA 12) short, ‘Pearl was Here,’ which screens at Slamdance next month. Update 12/19: Since our original post, we learned that Song E….
Continue reading »CalArts’ Alum Combines ‘Glitch’ Imagery and Textiles
[nggallery id=310] In recent years, “glitch art”—art created through digital or analog mistakes—has become a more growing aesthetic. Artists corrupt digital code or physically manipulate electronic devices (called “circuit bending”) to…
Continue reading »Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards to Charlie Haden, Ravi Shankar
On Wed (Dec. 12), the Recording Academy announced its Lifetime Achievement Award recipients for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. Among the honorees this year is faculty member and jazz bass master Charlie Haden and former faculty,…
Continue reading »CalArts Alumni Helm Golden Globe-Nominated Animated Films
[nggallery id=313] The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards this morning (Dec. 13) in Beverly Hills. In the Best Animated Feature Film…
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