The film Stephanie’s Image is making the festival rounds this year, garnering three nominations at the Milan International Film Festival in May. Written by former CalArts student JP Allen, the…
Continue reading »Larry Johnson Film Series Screens Tonight at the Hammer Museum
Artist Larry Johnson (Art BFA 82, MFA 84) and filmmaker William E. Jones have assembled the Elective Affinities film series as part of Johnson’s first full-scale survey exhibition at the…
Continue reading »Academy Screens Films of Adam Beckett (1950-1979)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences salutes the films of Adam Beckett (BFA Film/Video 73), at a special screening in Hollywood on Aug. 17. An animator and visual…
Continue reading »NOW Fest 09 Ends This Weekend
The New Original Works (NOW) Festival concludes this weekend at REDCAT in L.A.’s Walt Disney Concert Hall with three diverse performances. On the program: Meg Wolfe’s watch her (not know…
Continue reading »Rethink Your Green Team in Finals of Inaugural Aspen Design Challenge
On Aug. 25, a team of CalArts student designers heads to Copenhagen, Denmark, as one of seven finalists in the inaugural INDEX:|AIGA Aspen Design Challenge. Organized by AIGA, the professional…
Continue reading »Past as Prologue
More than any other publication, California Institute of the Arts: Prologue to a Community captures the essential character of CalArts at its beginning. It is at once a document of…
Continue reading »The Empire Muggs Back: Art for a Cause
In The Empire Muggs Back, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker are fighting on the same side. But we’re not talking about a film sequel or a comic book storyline—it’s a…
Continue reading »From Dawn to Dawn: Erik Satie’s Vexations
Erik Satie’s Vexations (1893) for solo piano starts with the middle “C.” Sounds simple enough, right? But give it a minute, and then the 52-beat (104 eighth notes) piece gets…
Continue reading »Experimental Multimedia, Music on the NOW Festival Bill
Program 2 of the New Original Works Festival 2009 (NOW 2009) continues at REDCAT this weekend (tonight-Aug. 1) with two multimedia-music performances: Carole Kim w/ Oguri, Alex Cline and Dan…
Continue reading »Fellowships for Music Alums, on Each Coast
New York-based composer, bandleader and double bassist Yunior Terry (Music BFA 02) has won one of the two Van Lier Fellowships awarded each year by Meet the Composer. Terry is…
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