Don Mee Choi Selected as 2021 MacArthur Fellow
Poet and translator Don Mee Choi (Art BFA 84, MFA 86) has been named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow, joining the distinguished ranks of hundreds of artists and academics across disciplines…
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Justin Townsend Wins 2021 Tony Award
On Sunday (Sept. 26), theater luminaries recognized achievements in Broadway at the 74th Tony Awards at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, after more than a year delay…
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EventSeptember 12 - March 20, 2022
The Wende Presents Sichong Xie’s Memory Structure, Scaffold Series
The Wende Museum in Culver City, Calif., presents CalArtian Sichong Xie’s (Art MFA 17) latest installation Memory Structure, Scaffold Series, running now until March 20, 2022. Xie’s installation features hand-built…
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EventSeptember 12 - October 31, 2021
Chouinardian Japanese American Artists Featured in Heritage X Exhibition
Currently on view at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) in Los Angeles is the Heritage X exhibition, featuring work by four influential Japanese American artists: Nob Hadeishi…
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Anne Militello Named Women in Lighting US Ambassador
Veteran lighting designer and School of Theater faculty Anne Militello has been named the US ambassador for Light Collective’s Women in Lighting (WIL) project. WIL, which was launched on International…
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Scarlett Kim Joins Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Artistic Team
CalArts alum Scarlett Kim (Theater MFA 18) has been appointed the Associate Artistic Director of Innovation and Strategy of Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), one of the nation’s largest and oldest…
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Aphton Corbin Directs Pixar SparkShort ‘Twenty Something’
Pixar’s SparkShort series continues with storyboard artist Aphton Corbin‘s (Film/Video BFA 16) “Twenty Something,” the ninth short selected since the program’s launch in 2019. Corbin recently spoke with Ramin Zahed…
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Herb Alpert Announces Latest Album and 2022 North American and UK Tour
Grammy-winning trumpeter, music executive, and philanthropist Herb Alpert has announced his latest studio album Catch the Wind, available today (Sept. 17) through his own imprint Herb Alpert Presents. This latest…
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Sujin Kim Named Finalist for 2021 Student Academy Awards
CalArts alum Sujin Kim (Film/Video MFA 20) has been named a finalist for the 2021 Student Academy Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Kim is up…
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CalArtians Take Home 2021 Creative Arts Emmys
As the three ceremonies for the 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards drew to a close over the weekend, CalArtians Genndy Tartakovsky (Film/Video 92), Hal Hickel (Film/Video 83), David Krentz (Film/Video…
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