EventMarch 2, 2021

Visualizing Abolition Series Features Ashley Hunt and the Underground Scholars

On Tuesday, March 2, the Visualizing Abolition series from UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts & Sciences presents writer, artist, and CalArts Art faculty Ashley Hunt in conversation with…

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Born in a Pandemic: Full Service Creative Provides Fabrication, Consulting Services to LA’s Art Community

“We want to solve artists’ problems,” explains Kenneth Yuen (Art MFA 20), who with Casey Baden (Art MFA 20) recently co-founded Full Service Creative. Having graduated into the worst economy…

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2021 Animation Portfolio Day Goes Virtual

On Tuesday, Feb. 16, animation students from the School of Film/Video showcased their work in the 2021 CalArts Animation Virtual Portfolio Day, a daylong online event during which they received…

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EventFebruary 26 - 28, 2021

Sans Souci Festival Screens Francesca Penzani’s Dance Film ‘Double Up’

The 2021 Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema presents a virtual screening of CalArts faculty Francesca Penzani’s (Dance-IM MFA 99) short dance film “Double Up” (2017) as part of its…

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The Bird: Henry Webster Presents Two Scenic AR Soundwalks

Los Angeles-based violinist, composer, and sound designer Henry Webster (Music BFA 13, MFA 17) transforms a stroll through natural Southern Californian landscapes into a meditative sonic experience in his augmented…

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EventFebruary 23, 2021

In Conversation: Cauleen Smith and Tisa Bryant on Give It Or Leave It

Artist and CalArts faculty Cauleen Smith’s exhibition Give It Or Leave It is currently installed at LACMA, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, the museum is closed. One of the only…

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Minkyu Lee to Direct Netflix’s The Witch Boy

Netflix recently announced an animated musical feature film adaptation of LGBTQ-themed graphic novel series The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Osterag. The film will be helmed by CalArts alum and…

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Short Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu Featured on the Criterion Channel

This month, the Criterion Channel is featuring a collection of short films by CalArts alum and Ghanaian American filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu (Art, Film/Video MFA 08). A Criterion Channel exclusive…

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EventFebruary 19 - 21, 2021

CNP Presents In-Progress Performances of Cries and Whispers

The CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) virtually presents two work-in-progress showcases of its latest production, a theatrical adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s 1972 film Cries and Whispers, on Friday, Feb….

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Criterion Channel Features Four Films by Nina Menkes

Four films by acclaimed independent filmmaker and School of Film/Video faculty Nina Menkes are now streaming on the Criterion Channel. The lineup includes feature films Queen of Diamonds (1991), Phantom…

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