The October 2010 issue of artforum (available in print only) features a seven-page interview and career retrospective of film director Monte Hellman, adjunct instructor in CalArts’ School of Film/Video since…
Continue reading »The Wild Beast Concert Series: Strauss, Mozart and Gabrieli Under the Stars–Rain or Shine
CalArts kicks off the inaugural season of The Wild Beast Concert Series, presented by Levitt Pavilions, tomorrow night (Oct. 23) on the Institute’s Valencia campus. Music faculty member Mark Menzies…
Continue reading »Can You Say ‘Amen?’ Reverend Billy’s in Town for Two Shows at REDCAT and a Wedding in Altadena
If you’re the church-going type, then it’s probably a safe bet that your preacher never proselytized quite like the Reverend Billy. The performer, writer and activist Bill Talen–as his alter…
Continue reading »Author Chris Abani Lectures on Art as Witness Tonight at CalArts
Poet-author Chris Abani visits CalArts tonight for a lecture on Art as Witness, the first installment of CalArts’ new Art, Justice & Global Aesthetics: The Equity and Diversity Lecture Series….
Continue reading »Multimedia Artist/Documentary Filmmaker Nonny de la Peña at the Bijou Theater Tonight
Throughout her career, Nonny de la Peña has combined her background in journalism with timely political issues and online multimedia tools to create thought-provoking art and films. Tonight the Structuring…
Continue reading »Students Build Instrumental Interfaces CalArts-STEIM Exchange
[singlepic id=1049 w=480 h= float=] [nggallery id=100] Editor’s note: Stephanie Smith (Music MFA 11) recently returned from participating in the STEIM music residency in Amsterdam. 24700 asked her to recap…
Continue reading »Coatroom Concerts Captivate Audiences
The Little William Theater Festival of New Music has been taking place every Saturday afternoon since August in the Hammer Museum’s …coatroom. The festival is part of Machine Project’s year-long residency at…
Continue reading »Radical Light: Uncovers the History of Bay Area Experimental Film
[nggallery id=99] The just-released book, Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000, has been a 12-year labor of love for Steve Anker, dean of…
Continue reading »Tere O’Connor brings Wrought Iron Fog to REDCAT
Choreographer and teacher (at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Tere O’Connor is known as a “master of composition and an evocative manipulator of gesture and theatricality.” He brings his…
Continue reading »Scenes from CalArts’ 40th Reunion
[nggallery id=98] On Saturday, several hundred alumni, faculty and friends of CalArts returned to Valencia to celebrate the Institute’s 40th anniversary. The full day of programming featured a number of…
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