EventNovember 25, 2020

Music and Animation Unify in Parts, Together

On Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 4 pm PST, the Twisted Spruce World Music Foundation presents the virtual premiere of the interdisciplinary project Parts, Together, composed by Azariah Felton (Music MFA…

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Steph Richards Latest Album Experiments in Scent and Sound

Experimental trumpeter and composer Steph Richards (Music MFA 08) curates an “inter-sensorial body of works” in Supersense, her third full-length album created in collaboration with Detroit-based multimedia artist Sean Raspet….

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Charles Gaines Joins NAD’s 2020 Class of National Academicians

Esteemed conceptual artist and School of Art faculty Charles Gaines has been inducted into the National Academy of Design’s (NAD) newest class of National Academicians. Gaines is among the 15…

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Hyperallergic Podcast with Sam Durant

View this post on Instagram A post shared by samdurant (@studiosamdurant) It’s been three years since the public artwork Scaffold by CalArts School of Art faculty Sam Durant ignited a…

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Mickey Mouse Returns to Disney+ with CalArtian Paul Rudish at Helm

More than 90 years after Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse (and further developed by animator Ub Iwerks), CalArts alum Paul Rudish (Film/Video BFA 91) brings the classic character to a…

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EventSeptember 26 - December 5, 2020

Vielmetter LA Presents Rodney McMillian’s Solo Exhibition Body Politic

View this post on Instagram “Nearby, The White House II, spans a 40’ wall, reimagining a national icon currently imbued with much real, do or die anxiety and imperatives for…

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Moments of Zen: Ellen Reid’s SOUNDWALK in Central Park

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and CalArts alum Ellen Reid (Music MFA 11) has turned New York City’s Central Park into an immersive public art piece. Launched earlier this fall, SOUNDWALK is…

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Kate Marks Receives 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting

Director and writer Kate Marks (Film/Video MFA 12) has been named one of five winners of the 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition for her feature script The Cow…

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EventNovember 12 - 22, 2020

Drive-In Dance Concert by CalArts Faculty Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge

The Betweens by CalArts School of Dance faculty Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge brings live dance back to Los Angeles. Commissioned by L.A. Dance Project (LADP), The Betweens is a…

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New Works by Critical Studies Dean Amanda Beech

On Nov. 8, the short film, Vacuum In Front Of You, co-created by Dean of the CalArts School of Critical Studies Amanda Beech and Diann Bauer was released to the…

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