Yoon Jung Lee’s Remember You Screens in Korea, US
Above: Trailer for ‘Remember You.’ Filmmaker and CalArts alumna Yoon Jung Lee’s (Film/Video MFA 05) debut film Remember You has received commercial distribution through CJ Entertainment. It premiered...
View ArticleCalArtians’ PSA Targets NFL’s Domestic Violence Policy
Domestic violence issues have plagued the National Football League (NFL) for years, and several CalArtians recently turned their art into advocacy—demanding strong reforms in the NFL’s Code of Conduct...
View ArticleColin Connor Named Artistic Director of José Limón Dance Foundation
Longtime Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts faculty member Colin Connor was recently named the next artistic director of the 70-year-old modern dance company, José Limón Dance Foundation....
View ArticleThe Wooster Group Inhabits Harold Pinter’s First Play at REDCAT
The Wooster Group, the iconic New York-based experimental theater company, is returning to its Los Angeles home at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) to give the world premiere of its...
View ArticleCalArts Alumni in Dream Catcher at Fountain Theatre
Above: Trailer for ‘Dream Catcher.’ Running through March 31, Fountain Theatre in Hollywood presents Dream Catcher, a new play by Stephen Sachs that explores climate and cultural changes. CalArts...
View ArticleAcclaimed Writer George Saunders is Writer-In-Residence at CalArts
George Saunders, one of the foremost innovators of the contemporary American short story, is this year’s Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence in the School of Critical Studies. While in residence, he...
View ArticleCalArtians Represent at This Year’s Annie Awards
The 43rd Annual Annie Awards honored achievements in film and television animation on Saturday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall, with several CalArtians earning the coveted “Annies.” The night’s big winner...
View ArticleBrian Evenson in Conversation with Maggie Nelson at Skylight Books
Tomorrow (Feb. 11), Skylight Books in Los Feliz hosts a reading by literary and science fiction writer and CalArts MFA Creative Writing Program faculty Brian Evenson. He reads from his latest short...
View ArticleOpen House Dance Concert Features Works by BFA, MFA Choreographers
The works of both BFA and MFA students from The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance take the spotlight for the 2016 Open House Dance Concert on Thursday and Friday (Feb. 11 and 12) in the Lund Theater...
View ArticleDon Cheadle’s Miles Ahead Screens at the Pan African Film Festival
by Leann Lo, MFA 1 student in CalArts’ Creative Writing Program The Academy Award-nominated actor and CalArts alum Don Cheadle (Theater BFA 86) has co-written (with Steven Baigelman) and directed his...
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Mariner Padwa Brings a Piece of Old Rome to CalArts
by Molly Surazhsky, a BFA student in CalArts’ Program in Art. Mariner Padwa’s (Art MFA 17) solo art exhibition, Little Caesars, which was on view in the Lime Gallery at CalArts from Jan. 23-30,...
View ArticleCalArts Pays Tribute to Late Harpist Susie Allen
On Saturday (Feb. 20), the CalArts community pays tribute to the late harpist and CalArts alumna and faculty Susan Allen (Music BFA 73) with a concert at Roy O. Disney Hall. The evening features...
View ArticleFilm Today Welcomes Sean Baker, Director of Tangerine
Tomorrow (Feb. 19), the CalArts School of Film/Video, with support from CalArts Intercultural Arts Project Committee (ICAP) and in collaboration with the Queer Arts Collective (QAC), presents director...
View ArticleDance Faculty Francesca Penzani in Residency in Mexico
Above: Penzani’s ‘Women Hold Up Half the Sky.’ by Leann Lo, MFA 1 student in CalArts’ Creative Writing Program Francesca Penzani (Dance/IM MFA 99), a faculty member of The Sharon Disney Lund School of...
View ArticleVicki Ray Performs at REDCAT
Tomorrow (Feb. 23), pianist and CalArts faculty Vicki Ray presents a program at Roy O. Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) exploring the four classical elements (earth, air, fire and water). The evening’s...
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CalArts Student Amanda Vincelli Explores Medicinal Regimen Through Photography
by Molly Surazhsky, a BFA student in CalArts’ Program in Art. Amanda Vincelli’s (Art MFA 17) solo exhibit Regimen, which was on view in the Lime Gallery from Jan. 19-22, explored the medicinal rituals...
View ArticleInaugural GLAS Animation Festival Features CalArts Animators
Above: Trailer for GLAS Animation Festival by CalArts alumnus Kangmin Kim. From March 3-6, the city of Berkeley hosts the inaugural GLAS (GLobal Animation Syndicate) Animation Festival, seeking to...
View ArticleJessica Kubzansky Nominated for LADCC Award
Theater director and CalArts alumna Jessica Kubzansky (Theater MFA 94) has been nominated for a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) award for her directorial work in the production Mojada: A Medea...
View ArticleMarch Forth! Honors Women’s History Month
Los Angeles’ Skirball Cultural Center presents March Forth!, a night of spoken word and music honoring Women’s History Month on March 4. The all-female lineup features Denice Frohman, the 2013 Women...
View ArticleLaBeouf, Rönkkö, & Turner Lecture at CalArts
by Leann Lo, MFA 1 student in CalArts’ Creative Writing Program It was standing room only inside the F200 classroom at CalArts on Feb. 3 for a Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series given by the...
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