Disney/Pixar to Receive Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival

Disney Pixar Panel: Famous Grads of CalArts American director and producer George Lucas (and creator of the Star Wars saga) will present John Lasseter and the directors of Disney/Pixar–Brad Bird,…

CalArts Returns to the Fringe

A contingent of School of Theater students, faculty and alumni led by Jon Gottlieb, the head of the school’s Sound Design Program, is in Scotland again this year to take…

A Glimpse of The Wild Beast

[nggallery id=10] I am interested in how the wild beast lives in the jungle, not in the zoo. – Composer Morton Feldman (1926-87) The Wild Beast, CalArts’ new variable-use, indoor-outdoor…

AH! Opera Launches Participatory, Multimedia Site

AH! Keening Parasites from CalArts Music on Vimeo. One of the most anticipated works in REDCAT’s new season is the world premiere of AH! opera no-opera (Sept. 16-18). Presented by…

CalArts Animators, Filmmakers at Anthology Film Archives in NYC on Aug. 22

Colin V. Barton (MFA Film/Video 97) has assembled two experimental animation shows that will screen at the Anthology Film Archives in New York on Aug. 22. He’s curated the group…

A Conversation with Screenwriter JP Allen

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…