[nggallery id=256] On Friday (May 18), CalArts held its 2012 graduation ceremony, dispatching the usual pomp and circumstance of other college graduations, instead bringing creativity, levity—and pyrotechnics. The afternoon’s festivities…
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Producers’ Show 2012 Wows Audience with New Animated Shorts
The 2012 CalArts Character Animation Producers’ Show screened works from CalArts BFA animators last week before an at-capacity crowd at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Samuel Goldwyn…
Continue reading »Digital Arts and Technology Expo at CalArts
Tonight (May 11), The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts’ Music Technology program hosts a showcase of tech wizardry at the Digital Arts and Technology Expo. The event celebrates…
Continue reading »‘Crescent City’ Rising: New Hyperopera Debuts in LA
[nggallery id=”253″] The Industry, a new experimental opera company created by CalArts alum Laura Kay Swanson (Theater MFA 10) and partner Yuval Sharon, brings more than 50 artists from a…
Continue reading »Staged Reading of The Fifth String by Janet Sternburg at New York’s La MaMa Theatre
The Fifth String, a play written by Janet Sternburg, will be produced in a staged reading on Saturday (May 12 at 3 pm) at La MaMa Theatre in New York….
Continue reading »CalArts Eye Launches Website, Releases Third Issue
The CalArts Eye, the monthly, multi-métier CalArts student publication, recently released its third issue. The uncensored newspaper that launched in February, features the work of student staff writers and contributors from all…
Continue reading »WHAP! Wraps: Lecture Series Ends with Constructing the Future Panel
The West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics (WHAP!) lecture series ends its year with the program Constructing the Future tomorrow (May 4) from 7-9 pm in the West Hollywood Library. LA-based architect…
Continue reading »Photos: Spring Dance Concert 2012
[nggallery id=”252″] Students from The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts presented their 2012 Spring Dance Concert last month (April 19-21), featuring the works of six student choreographers: Caitlin Adams…
Continue reading »Filmmaker Haile Gerima Screens Bush Mama at CalArts
For 40 years, the Ethiopian-born filmmaker Haile Gerima has been dedicated to independent cinema, making films that focus on African or African-American narratives. Tomorrow (May 1), he screens his 1975…
Continue reading »Literary LA: East of Borneo, Black Clock Events this Weekend
Two events on Sunday in LA celebrate the printed word: a Black Clock reading and a conversation on Esther McCoy’s Los Angeles. In the literary journal’s latest edition, Black Clock…
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