The final Structuring Strategies screening of the year, held tonight (Dec. 11) in CalArts’ Bijou Theater, presents films by CalArts faculty member Maureen Selwood, whose works include hand-drawn animation, live…
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Photo Gallery: ‘Dodecahedron’ Exhibit Features Works of 12 Experimental Animators
[nggallery id=299] Earlier this month, CalArts School of Film/Video faculty member Maureen Selwood’s MFA-3 Experimental Animation thesis production class showcased excerpts of 12 artists’ work in an exhibition named Dodecahedron…
Continue reading »From Rubbish to Riches: CalArtian Animator Featured on NBC’s Today
Lyndon Barrois (Film/Video MFA 95), who has worked on more than 20 films including the Matrix Trilogy, I, Robot and The Tree of Life, got his start making art out…
Continue reading »Smithsonian’s Reel Culture Blog: ‘Five Women Animators that Shook Up the Industry’
Brave, the latest animated offering from Disney/Pixar, features a female lead character for the first time in the studio’s history. In light of all the press focusing on the traditional…
Continue reading »Annecy International Animation Festival Celebrates CalArts Work with Retrospectives
Ethan Clarke’s (Film/Video MFA 12) thesis film is featured at Annecy. The Annecy International Animation Festival kicks off in Annecy, France, next week with special programming dedicated to CalArts films…
Continue reading »In the Spotlight: Experimental Animation at Showcase 2012
[nggallery id=251] On Thursday (May 3) at REDCAT, CalArts Experimental BFA and MFA animators present 17 films as part of Showcase 2012—the year-end screenings from the School of Film/Video. We’ve…
Continue reading »CalArts Animation Tribute at LA Animation Festival
The 3rd Annual Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF)—the largest international animation festival in California—takes over the Regent Showcase Theater in Hollywood this week (March 7-11). CalArtian filmmakers play a central…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Animation Programs Announce New Faculty Members
Copenhagen Cycles (2006) from Eric Dyer on Vimeo. Earlier this month, Dean of CalArts’ School of Film/Video Steve Anker announced new faculty members in the Experimental and Character animation programs…
Continue reading »Works by CalArts’ Laura Heit and Susan Simpson at The Velaslavasay Panorama this Weekend
[nggallery id=182] This weekend The Velaslavasay Panorama and Automata Arts present the program Adrenalin, Eyesight and Uncertainty, featuring new works by CalArts faculty members Laura Heit, co-director of CalArts’ Experimental Animation…
Continue reading »Triumph of the Wild: New Experimental Animation from Around the World
This Sunday (May 22), Los Angeles Filmforum presents Triumph of the Wild: New Experimental Animation from Around the World, an evening of recent animation made for “thinking adults.” The slate…
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