[nggallery id=103] EATLACMA has been a nearly year-long examination of the relationships among art, food, culture, and politics curated by the Los Angeles-based Fallen Fruit art collective at the Los…
Continue reading »Oresteia—Iannis Xenakis’ Opera—Staged for The Wild Beast Concert Series on Sunday
CalArts hosts the West Coast premiere of Iannis Xenakis’ rarely staged opera, Oresteia, on Sunday, Nov. 7 at The Wild Beast Pavilion. The expatriated Greek/French-naturalized composer and architect (1922-2001) is…
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies Tonight with Filmmaker Peter Rose
Tonight’s Structuring Strategies lecture and screening series hosts film and video artist Peter Rose to CalArts’ Bijou Theater. The Philadelphia-based filmmaker has made more than 30 films, tapes, performances and…
Continue reading »CalArts Halloween 2010: Pictures from the Photo Booth
[nggallery id=102] Here are a few photos from Institute photographer Scott Groller’s photo booth at CalArts’ 2010 Halloween Party on Saturday night–Nightmare on McBean Street. If you want to see…
Continue reading »The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Travels from Ireland to the Smithsonian
[nggallery id=101] Christine Wertheim, who heads CalArts’ MFA Writing Program in the School of Critical Studies, and her sister Margaret Wertheim, a science writer, lecturer and exhibition curator, are also…
Continue reading »A Chilling Tale with Author Mark Danielewski at REDCAT on Halloween
Update: REDCAT has added a second show on Halloween with Mark Danielewski at 9 pm! If you’re in the mood for a good ghost story–with a twist–then think about spending…
Continue reading »Janet Sarbanes’ Essay on The Shaker ‘Gift’ Economy Wins Battisti Award
Last month, Critical Studies faculty member Janet Sarbanes was named the winner of this year’s Battisti Award from the Society for Utopian Studies for her essay, “The Shaker ‘Gift’ Economy.”…
Continue reading »East of Borneo: A New Online Journal from CalArts’ School of Art
East of Borneo, a new online art journal and multimedia archive from CalArts School of Art, launched last week. Edited by School of Art Dean Thomas Lawson, the journal looks…
Continue reading »Filmmaker Vincent Grenier Discusses Framing and the ‘Importance of Meta’ at CalArts’ Bijou Theater
Experimental filmmaker and video artist Vincent Grenier will screen and discuss several of his films during tonight’s Structuring Strategies class and lecture series at CalArts’ Bijou Theater. His presentation will…
Continue reading »Music Student’s Work to be Premiered by the Minnesota Orchestra on Friday
It’s an incredibly difficult task for a contemporary composer to have a musical composition performed by a major American symphony orchestra. But one CalArts student composer, Taylor Brizendine (Music BFA…
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