CalArtian Pianists and Collaborators Team Up For Piano And at REDCAT

During the last 300 years of the modern piano’s existence, an almost unquantifiable number of piano works of contrasting styles has been created and performed. As we enter the second…

Thrash Jazz at CalArts: Wild, Loud and Louder Music from Stupid Man Suit

During Wednesday’s lunchtime concert at CalArts, the strains of thrash jazz emanated throughout the Institute. The music was unapologetically loud—but that’s not at all surprising considering the genre has roots…

Now Playing at a Computer Near You: ‘Sands of Mexico’ Series Enters the Web Frontier

Recent CalArts graduate Samantha Hatch (Film/Video MFA 10, BFA 07) has turned her 20-minute thesis film, Sands of Mexico into a web series. Hatch finished her graduate project one semester…

From the Archives: The CalArts 10th Year Poster Book

[nggallery id=149] Posters that publicize guest lectures, concerts and exhibitions are ubiquitous at CalArts. In use since the founding of the Institute, they line the walls calling for attention—and are…

New Dance Studio Space Opens at CalArts

[nggallery id=148] CalArts dancers now have a new studio in which to create work, rehearse and, most importantly, dance. The A203 space, formerly art studios, has been converted to a…

Congrats to ‘Toy Story 3,’ ‘Alice in Wonderland’ for Academy Award Wins

Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3—which centers on Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the gang getting accidentally shipped off to a daycare center as Andy goes off to college—earned two Oscars at the…

Documentary Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Presents ‘Freedom Riders’ at CalArts

America in 1961, especially in the deep South, would be almost unrecognizable today. State and local Jim Crow laws—which were enacted between 1876 and 1965—essentially relegated black Americans to second-class…

Students from the Russian Academy of Theater Arts in Moscow Arrive at CalArts for International Project

Last Thursday, students from the Russian Academy of Theater Arts (GITIS) in Moscow arrived at CalArts for a two-week exchange with the School of Theater, part of a process that…

Hal Holbrook Answers Student Questions on Shakespeare, Acting and Career Longevity

“I’ve been hunting for the key to acting my whole life,” said Emmy- and Tony-winning actor Hal Holbrook to CalArts School of Theater students last week, reminding them that reaching…

‘Chasing Sanitation’ Exhibit Closes in NYC on Sunday

[nggallery id=147] For more than two years, writer and CalArts alumna Lisa Dowda (Critical Studies MFA 2004) and photographer Liza Ligon have been gathering material for a photo book website…