CalArts Students Gather for Marathon Reading in Silver Lake
In the after-hours of Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3, a group of CalArts students gathered at El Cid in the Silver Lake neighborhood of L.A. for several hours of poetry…
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EventFebruary 23, 2019
CalArts Alum Danny Wood Opens for Pianist Gloria Cheng
On Saturday, Feb. 23, CalArts alum and composer Danny Wood (Music BFA 13) performs in concert, opening for Grammy-winning pianist Gloria Cheng. The evening performance takes place in a private…
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EventFebruary 21 - 28, 2019
CalArts Alums Featured in MoMA Film Festival
On Sunday (Feb. 23), two films from CalArts alums screen at Doc Fortnight, MoMA’s annual Festival of International and Nonfiction Film and Media. Las Breas (2018), directed by School of Film/Video…
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CalArts Included in The Hollywood Reporter’s 2019 ‘Top Ten Costume Design Schools’ List
The Hollywood Reporter (THR) published its guide to the Top Ten Costume Design Schools for film and television on Monday (Feb. 18). The list features CalArts, as well as a shout out…
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Kevin Young Visits CalArts as 2019 Katie Jacobson Writer-In-Residence
Last week, the CalArts School of Critical Studies hosted Kevin Young as its 2019 Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence. As part of his residency, Young held morning workshops with MFA Creative Writing…
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EventFebruary 15 - 17, 2019
stARTup Art Fair Returns to Los Angeles for Fourth Year
In addition to the art fairs — Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC) and Frieze — taking place this weekend in Santa Monica and Hollywood respectively, the stARTup Art Fair also returns…
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EventFebruary 15 - 17, 2019
CalArts Well-Represented in First-Ever Frieze Los Angeles
A post shared by Frieze Art Fair (@friezeartfair) on Feb 14, 2019 at 9:39am PST Kicking off on Friday, Feb. 15, the first-ever Frieze Los Angeles – the inaugural West…
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CalArtians Awarded 2019 Grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Several CalArtians have been awarded 2019 grants by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Andy Robert (MFA Art 11) and Clarissa Tossin (MFA Art 09) have been awarded the Roy Lichtenstein Award and…
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EventFebruary 13 - 17, 2019
Art Contemporary Los Angeles (ALAC) Features Work by CalArtians
Among the many high-profile Los Angeles art fairs on the horizon, Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC) opens first, with a preview tonight (Wednesday, Feb. 13), at The Barker Hangar in…
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CalArts Music Faculty Swapan Chaudhuri Honored by the Government of India
Last week, the government of India announced the winners of the Padma Awards, considered to be the country’s most prestigious civilian awards. Among the recipients is Swapan Chaudhuri, an esteemed…
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