Two productions recently opened in Downtown Los Angeles that showcase the work of newly appointed CalArts Faculty member and actor Roger Guenveur Smith and alumna playwright Virginia Grise (Theater MFA…
Continue reading »Heavenly Directives Explores Earthly and Psychic Frontiers
A number of CalArts alumni screen works this Sunday (Oct. 23) as part of the Heavenly Directives film and video program at Concord, the newly launched performing and visual arts…
Continue reading »Wild Beast Concert Series: Futurist Masterworks and a Food Truck Festival
The Wild Beast Concert Series continues on Saturday night (Oct. 22) at 7 pm with two avant-garde classics from the Roaring Twenties in the program, Four Pianos and a Wedding. The…
Continue reading »U.S. Premiere of Wang Yuanyuan’s Haze This Week
Choreographer and CalArts alumna Wang Yuanyuan (Dance MFA 03), takes the East Coast by storm this week as she and the Beijing Dance Theater (BDT) present the U.S. premiere of…
Continue reading »Filmmaker Charles Burnett Screens Nightjohn Tonight at CalArts
Tonight (Oct. 18) at 7 pm, filmmaker and CalArts faculty member Charles Burnett screens his 1996 film Nightjohn as the next installment of the Structuring Strategies film series and class…
Continue reading »Meet the CalArtians Behind Brainbow Design Studio and The Schwarzenegger Trilogy
[nggallery id=”205″] Jimmy Thompson (Film/Video BFA 04) and Harry McGowan (Art BFA 05) established the Brainbow design studio in downtown Los Angeles in 2008—as a “byproduct of the CalArts’ multidisciplinary…
Continue reading »Do We Surf The Wake?: Concord Space Takes Flight
Concord, a newly christened art space in the Cypress Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, holds an opening reception for its first show—Do We Surf The Wake?—tonight (Oct. 14) from 7-10…
Continue reading »Cultural Critics Delve Into ‘Ugly Feelings’ at REDCAT
This Sunday (Oct. 16), three authors take the stage at REDCAT to present readings that “[invite] us to examine, name and even revel in the ‘ugly feelings’ that fuel the…
Continue reading »Video: John Baldessari on CalArts’ Impact on the Early LA Art Scene
On Oct. 4, the Hammer Museum in Westwood welcomed LA-based artist and former CalArts faculty member John Baldessari in conversation with Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight. At one…
Continue reading »Photo Gallery: ‘CalArts Plays Itself’ in Germany
[nggallery id=”206″] Earlier this month, more than 30 CalArtian artists traveled to Essen, Germany, to present a series of installations, performances and exhibitions for CalArts Plays Itself at PACT Zolverein….
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