To celebrate the return of live music to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association commissioned the piece Song Cycle by CalArts alum Chris Kallmyer (Music MFA…
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EventOctober 22 - 24, 2021
Beginning on Friday, Oct. 22, Visions2030 presents Artist As Innovator: Demo Day, a virtual three-day showcase of seven solution-driven projects. Among the presenters are CalArtians Hillary Leone (Art BFA 86)…
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During Shion Takeuchi’s undergrad days at CalArts, the young animator stumbled upon the late-night AM radio show Coast to Coast AM, and was introduced to the “shadow government” conspiracy theory….
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EventSeptember 24 - November 21, 2021
table, a contemporary art space in Chicago founded by Kyle Bellucci Johanson (Art MFA 16), presents fellow CalArtian Lúcia Prancha’s (Art MFA 15) exhibition Bread Story, marking the artist’s first…
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CalArtian Lee Witz (Film/Video BFA 21) has been named the winner of the Animation Award at the 22nd annual FINE CUT Festival of Films for his animated short “Frankie The…
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On Tuesday, Oct. 5, the National Book Foundation announced the 25 finalists for the 2021 National Book Awards. Among this year’s selections is Sho (Wave Books), a collection by alum…
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CalArtian Gosia Wojas (Art BFA 19) announces her latest publication Material-i-ty, a volume book featuring essays from artists Cara Benedetto and Farah Karapetian and writer Anthony Leslie. Wojas shared the…
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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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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 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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