Tonight (Wednesday, May 5) The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts presents the first evening of the annual Spring Dance Concert, featuring choreographic works by BFA-1, BFA-2 and…
Continue reading »CalArts Lighting Designers Snag Two Tony Nominations
Nominations in 26 categories for the American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards were announced this morning (May 4), and this year, there are two CalArtians vying for the award in the…
Continue reading »Bassist Charlie Haden and Director Reto Caduff Screen Rambling Boy at the Bijou
The documentary Charlie Haden: Rambling Boy will be screened tonight at the Bijou Theater at CalArts as part of the School of Film/Video’s Structuring Strategies class and screening series. Written…
Continue reading »Drawing Propositions (Rather than Conclusions)
[nggallery id=51] One of the many interesting end-of-semester shows on campus last week, was SALT, an exhibition of drawings that explored among other ideas, the question, “What makes a drawing…
Continue reading »The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Explores Relationships among Women
[nggallery id=50] The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, best known as a melodramatic 1972 film by German director-screenwriter-actor Rainer Werner Fassbinder, was originally written for the stage by Fassbinder….
Continue reading »CalArts Celebrates 20 Years of Community, Arts and Partnership
Despite the budget crisis that looms over arts funding in California, the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP) program had a reason to celebrate last week: 20 years of enriching the…
Continue reading »2010 World Music and Dance Festival at CalArts
CalArts’ World Music and Dance Festival 2010, organized yearly by The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, kicks off tonight with a program of solo works and ensemble pieces…
Continue reading »The Crane Also Rises: CalArts Connection to Coachella’s Ascension
[nggallery id=49] Anyone who attended the Coachella or Stagecoach festivals in recent weeks in Indio, Calif., couldn’t miss the giant origami crane towering over the festival grounds. The art installation,…
Continue reading »CalArts Student Teams Take Home PSAid Animation Awards
Two groups of students from the program in Character Animation in CalArts’ School of Film/Video and the School of Theater’s Scene Design programs have placed first and second in a…
Continue reading »CalArts CAP Master Classes Continue with Actor-Director Ed Harris
20 for 20 is a master class series that commemorates the 20th anniversary of CalArts’ Community Arts Partnership (CAP) program. Artist ambassadors, from all disciplines, are leading 20 classes and…
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