[nggallery id=170] On Friday (May 20), CalArts held its 2011 graduation ceremony on the Valencia, Calif., campus with the theme of “Metamorphosis”—complete with butterflies being released in the middle of…
Continue reading »CalArts Celebrates 22 Years of Capitol Records Jazz CD
On Wednesday (May 18) CalArts Jazz Studies Program—led by David Roitstein—celebrated the release of CalArts Jazz 2011. Produced by Capitol/EMI, the 22nd edition of the CD, which is recorded and…
Continue reading »Triumph of the Wild: New Experimental Animation from Around the World
This Sunday (May 22), Los Angeles Filmforum presents Triumph of the Wild: New Experimental Animation from Around the World, an evening of recent animation made for “thinking adults.” The slate…
Continue reading »CalArts Character Animation Showcased at 2011 Producers’ Show
[nggallery id=168] Last Thursday (May 12), animation and film industry professionals got a glimpse of work by up-and-coming artists at the 2011 CalArts Character Animation Producers’ Show. Held at the…
Continue reading »MFA Writers Read New Works at REDCAT Showcase on Thursday
The School of Critical Studies at CalArts holds its annual reading of the best new fiction and poetry by MFA candidates in the Writing Program at REDCAT on Thursday. Works…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Writing Program Alumni at Big City Forum in Los Angeles
Big City Forum and the Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 present an evening of readings from several of Los Angeles’ up-and-coming writers: Harold Abramowitz, Grace Krilanovich, Margaret Wappler and Lauren…
Continue reading »Composer Thomas Newman Breaks Down the Business of Film Scoring
Barry Schrader’s special spring semester class at CalArts, The Art of Film Composing, featured a series of presentations by professional film composers on their work and on the business of…
Continue reading »Living Legend: Composer Sofia Gubaidulina at CalArts, REDCAT and the LA Phil
The Russian-born Sofia Gubaidulina is considered one of the great living contemporary classical composers. Her music is often marked by unusual instrumental combinations as well as the infusion of the…
Continue reading »Two by Tuan: New Works by Playwright to be Read at Los Angeles Theater Center
Two new plays by Alice Tuan, the head of the Writing for Performance program, will be read at Los Angeles Theatre Center this week, featuring CalArts talent. A staged reading…
Continue reading »CalArts Anurans to perform ‘Concerto for Active Frogs’
On Saturday (May 14) the CalArts Anurans ensemble will perform Anne LeBaron’s Concerto for Active Frogs at the first Hear Now Festival in Venice, Calif. The piece was first performed…
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