[nggallery id=245] Earlier this month, the Hammer Museum and the LAXART contemporary art space announced the 60 artists selected for Made in L.A. 2012, the first in an ongoing series…
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Alumna Natalie Metzger’s Dance Thesis Remounts in Santa Monica This Weekend
[nggallery id=”244″] This weekend, alumna choreographer Natalie Metzger (Dance MFA 11) presents her 30-minute CalArts thesis work, Sacrament, at the Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica. The immersive piece, which earned Metzger the 2011 Emerging Choreographer…
Continue reading »CalArts Actors Head to NYC Showcase Over Spring Break
While most CalArts students gear up for a much-needed Spring Break next week, there’s no rest just yet for the graduating classes of MFA and BFA actors in the School…
Continue reading »Electronic Music Pioneer Morton Subotnick & California E.A.R. Unit Revisit Iconic Works
[nggallery id=”243″] This Saturday (March 24), electronic music legend and former CalArts faculty Morton Subotnick returns to REDCAT with the California E.A.R. Unit to perform two of his well-known compositions: Silver…
Continue reading »Upcoming Black Clock 15 Readings in New York
Update 4/9/12: Photos from McNally Jackson reading here: [nggallery id=246] Black Clock #15 deconstructs the typical “movie issue” by having writers test flights of fancy, offering readers nearly two dozen…
Continue reading »CalArtians at the 2012 Whitney Biennial: Mike Kelley, Thom Andersen, Richard Hawkins and Laida Lertxundi
[nggallery id=”241″] Works by four CalArtians are featured in the 2012 Whitney Biennial, which opened earlier this month in New York. The Biennial gauges the current state of contemporary art…
Continue reading »Microtonal Music Fest Features Work by Wolfgang von Schweinitz
MicroFest—celebration of nonstandard tuning and the sonic beauty that falls “between the keys”—holds its next installation in Pasadena on Saturday (March 17) featuring the work of composer and CalArts faculty…
Continue reading »Edgar Arceneaux and Douglas Kearney Discuss Politics in Art and Poetry at ALOUD Series
With a tumultuous U.S. presidential election season and political protests around the world making headlines daily, poet-performer and CalArts faculty member Douglas Kearney joins alumnus and artist-activist Edgar Arceneaux (Art MFA…
Continue reading »WHAP! Lecture Series: Etienne Balibar Tackles Politics and Religion
In polite conversation, there are two topics that are usually taboo: politics and religion. On Friday (March 9) in West Hollywood, the WHAP! Lecture Series brings both subjects to the…
Continue reading »CalArtians Speak at Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference in Chicago
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs’ (AWP) 2012 Conference & Bookfair—with more than 9,500 participants this year—is in full swing this week (Feb. 29-March 3) with over 400 scheduled…
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