Christine Marie Presents Shadow Theater at TED 2012 Conference

Shadow artist and CalArts alumna Christine Marie (Theater/IM MFA 09), one of 25 selected TED2012 Fellows, speaks about her work at the TED2012: Full Spectrum conference in Long Beach today. Marie’s art…

Video: Lighting Design Students Produce “Rejected Commercials” For Contest

Update: On Friday, March 30, ETC announced the winners of its student-video challenge. CalArts’ students placed third, among more than 70 schools, winning the CalArts School of Theater’s Lighting Design…

MFA Writing Program Announces Thesis Readings

The School of Critical Studies’ MFA Writing Program Thesis Reading Series begins tonight (Feb. 23) at 7:30 pm in the Butler Building at CalArts, with readings from Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle…

College Art Association Conference in LA to Honor CalArts Faculty Member Allan Sekula

The College Art Association’s (CAA) 2012 annual conference—with more than 5,000 artists, art historians, students, educators, critics, curators, collectors, librarians, gallerists and other visual arts professionals expected in attendance—takes over…

‘For the Love of Mike’: 24 Hours of Mike Kelley Videos this Weekend

On Feb. 1, the world lost a great artist in Mike Kelley (Art MFA 78). This weekend, his family and friends invite us to celebrate “an extraordinary life” through a…

WHAP! Lecture Series Returns with Special Guest Nicholas Ridout

The first West Hollywood Aesthetics & Politics (WHAP!) lecture of 2012 hits the podium tonight (Feb. 22) at 7 pm at the new West Hollywood Library, City Council Chambers. The free…

Calartians Present at The Feminist Art Project’s Panel Discussions at MOCA

On Saturday, Feb. 25, The Feminist Art Project presents Shares & Stakeholders, a day of free panels hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), during a satellite…

CalArts Faculty Member Nina Menkes Featured in NYC and LA Film Retrospectives

Trailer for her recent feature Dissolution. ***March 1 update: Listen to Menkes discuss the Cinema as Sorcery retrospective and her work on KCRW’s The Treatment podcast. Anthology Film Archives in New…

French Films Featured at The Tournées Festival on Friday Afternoons at CalArts

The Film Today class and screening series welcomes The Tournées Festival back to CalArts this semester. Sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the festival brings contemporary French…

Photos from 2012 Character Animation Gallery Show at CalArts

[nggallery id=236] The annual student-curated, CalArts Character Animation winter show is currently on view in the Main Gallery. The images, characters, models and artwork—crafted by BFA students from the School…