Writing about pop culture isn’t always about keeping tabs on Charlie Sheen’s or Lindsay Lohan’s latest escapades through People magazine or TMZ.com. Tonight, the MFA Writing Program at CalArts hosts…
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Metamorphokit: You Can Make It Anything You Want
Anyone who has spent time on the CalArts campus will be familiar with a particular work table. Often seen in use with David Rowland’s ubiquitous 40/4 stacking chair, its form…
Continue reading »How to Train Your Dragon, Day and Night Among Annie Award Winners
The Annie Awards—the highest honor given for excellence in animation—were handed out in a ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday evening (Feb. 5). The award’s 38th edition featured a…
Continue reading »Nina Menkes’s Dissolution Screens at Structuring Strategies Tonight, Boston Premiere on Feb. 26
Filmmaker and School of Film/Video faculty member Nina Menkes’s latest feature film and first Hebrew language film, Dissolution (Hitparkut, 88 minutes/B&W/HD) screens as part of the Structuring Strategies class and…
Continue reading »Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real on Tap for CalArts-Boston Court Co-Production
*** Just added: read reviews of Camino Real (pdf) The Theatre @ Boston Court and CalArts’ School of Theater are banding together for their first co-production: Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real….
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies Focuses on Independent Chinese Cinema
Tonight the Structuring Strategies screening series welcomes CalArts’ School of Film/Video faculty member Bérénice Reynaud, who’ll deliver a multimedia presentation on independent Chinese cinema, featuring the works of a new…
Continue reading »The Work of Iannis Xenakis Takes Center Stage this Weekend
[nggallery id=140] While Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) is often regarded as one of the most influential avant-garde composers of the 20th century, helping to usher in the development of electronic music,…
Continue reading »Behind the Scenes of ‘Lear/Layer’: A Photo Gallery
This photo post is from Alice Tuan, head of Writing for Performance at CalArts’ School of Theater. She’s helping lead the Lear/Layer theatrical experiment this week between students and faculty…
Continue reading »CalArtian Graphic Designers Keedy and Deck Now in MoMA
[nggallery id=137] On Monday, the Museum of Modern Art announced the acquisition of 23 digital typefaces for its Architecture and Design Collection. Two of the fonts were created by CalArtians:…
Continue reading »Behind the Scenes of Lear/Layer: CalAng Progresses
[nggallery id=136] This post is from Alice Tuan, head of Writing for Performance at CalArts’ School of Theater. She’s helping lead the Lear/Layer theatrical experiment this week between students and…
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