Tabla master Swapan Chaudhuri, who chairs the World Music Performance programs at The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, presents a multimedia concert on Thursday (Feb. 24) at the…
Continue reading »Experimental Filmmaker Fred Worden Presents ‘After Hours in the Cerebral Kitchen’
The Structuring Strategies class and film series at CalArts welcomes New York-based experimental filmmaker Fred Worden to the Bijou Theater Tuesday night (Feb. 22). He’ll be screening and discussing several…
Continue reading »From the Ruins: New Art Studio Construction Births Art Projects
[nggallery id=146] To address CalArts’ need for space, construction began last month on a new School of Art expansion project that will eventually accommodate 16 new art studios, a critique…
Continue reading »CalArts MFA Writing Program Hosts Pop Culture Writing Panel Discussion
Writing about pop culture isn’t always about keeping tabs on Charlie Sheen’s or Lindsay Lohan’s latest escapades through People magazine or TMZ.com. Tonight, the MFA Writing Program at CalArts hosts…
Continue reading »Contemporary Techniques Class at CalArts with Visiting Artist, Choreographer Vincent S.K. Mantsoe
South African-born choreographer Vincent S.K. Mantsoe came to CalArts last week in the midst of a five-night run of his latest work, San, at REDCAT to teach students of The…
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies Welcomes Experimental Filmmaker Martha Colburn
Martha Colburn is a New York-based filmmaker best known for her experimental animation that mixes pop culture and politics. She’s tonight’s guest artist for the Structuring Strategies class and lecture…
Continue reading »Metamorphokit: You Can Make It Anything You Want
Anyone who has spent time on the CalArts campus will be familiar with a particular work table. Often seen in use with David Rowland’s ubiquitous 40/4 stacking chair, its form…
Continue reading »Tournées Festival of French Films Begins at CalArts with Philippe Garrel Feature
The Film Today class and screening series inaugurates The Tournées Festival at CalArts today, beginning with a showing of Philippe Garrel’s 2008 feature La Frontière de l’aube (Frontier of Dawn)….
Continue reading »Kevin Lyons Show at colette boutique in Paris through Feb. 26
[nggallery id=143] Kevin Lyons, noted artist, designer, teacher and typographer (and CalArts alumnus), opened a solo show at the influential retail and design space colette in Paris last month. Included…
Continue reading »CalArts Filmmaker Wins Prestigious Tiger Award in Rotterdam
Natasha Mendonca (Film/Video MFA 10) has collected one of the three Tiger Awards for Short Films given out at the International Film Festival Rotterdam—one of the “big five” European film…
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