CalArts Filmmakers Represent at Viennale 2016
Each October, almost 100,000 cinephiles gather in Vienna for The Vienna International Film Festival or Viennale. Established in 1960, the festival features films of every genre and structural form,...
View ArticleLit Crawl LA Hits the Streets at NoHo Arts District
Tomorrow (Oct. 25), businesses lining Lankershim Blvd. in Los Angeles’ North Hollywood Arts District host more than 40 literary events for the 4th annual Lit Crawl LA. Restaurants, bars, galleries and...
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Alumni Drucker and Ernst Profiled in The New York Times Magazine
“Art-making has always provided this place to invent and reinvent myself,” says CalArts alumna Zackary Drucker (Art MFA 07) in the September 13 issue of The New York Times Magazine. Drucker and...
View ArticleNew Video by Fitz and The Tantrums Directed by Fellow CalArtian
Above: Music video for Fitz and The Tantrums’ ‘Roll Up.’ Indie pop and neo soul band Fitz and The Tantrums released a self-titled album on June 10, and earlier this week, it released a music video for...
View ArticleAmanda Beech’s Covenant Transport Move or Die at Baltic Centre
Through Jan. 29, 2017, the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art presents the UK premiere of CalArts Dean of Critical Studies Amanda Beech’s Covenant Transport Move or Die. The exhibit features a five...
View ArticleMaureen Furniss’ A New History of Animation Traces Lineage of Moving Images
By Margaret Andersen For anyone who’s ever taken, or wanted to take, an animation course at CalArts, A New History of Animation should be added to your reading list. In her new book, author Maureen...
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Slideshow: CalArts Halloween 2016
Last Friday (Oct. 28), CalArts was transformed into a Space Center for the annual CalArts Halloween party, with the theme Expedition 1029. Revelers packed the space-themed main gallery for a night of...
View ArticleAlison Brie to Star in Netflix Series G.L.O.W.
CalArts School of Theater alumna Alison Brie (BFA 05) is set to star in Netflix’s female wrestling series G.L.O.W. The 10-episode comedy series was picked up by Netflix in May and is executive produced...
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Mario Pfeifer’s First Solo Show in Leipzig
By Margaret Andersen CalArts alumnus and former Fulbright Fellow (2008-09) Mario Pfeifer (Film/Video 09) debuts new work this fall at the Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig (GfZK) in Germany, the...
View ArticleMusic Alumnus Jon Armstrong Celebrates Record Release at the Blue Whale
Above: Trailer for Jon Armstrong’s album ‘Burnt Hibiscus.’ Saxophonist and composer Jon Armstrong‘s (Music MFA 08) CalArts connections run deep through his latest album Burnt Hibiscus. The album of...
View ArticleSan Francisco Celebrates the Centennial of Dadaism with a World Fair
Through Nov. 13, the city of San Francisco presents the Dada World Fair, celebrating 100 years of the artistic and literary movement Dadaism. Art installations, performances, film screenings, lectures...
View ArticleHBO’s Westworld Features CalArts Talent
Above: Trailer for ‘Westworld.’ Based on the 1973 Michael Crichton film of the same name, Westworld, HBO’s newest television series, is about a theme park filled with artificially intelligent robots...
View ArticleCalArts Alumnus Heads The Museum of Arts and Design
On Oct. 3, Jorge Daniel Veneciano (Art MFA 91) took the reigns at The Museum of Arts and Design in Manhattan. As reported in The New York Times by Robin Pogrebin, Veneciano left his director’s post at...
View ArticleDeborah Lavine’s Wild Prairie Rose Screens in SLIFF
Above: Trailer for ‘Wild Prairie Rose.’ By Margaret Andersen Last month, Deborah Lavine, head of the Film Directing program at CalArts, screened her new feature film Wild Prairie Rose at the at the...
View ArticleJanet Sternburg’s Overspilling World Encourages Deeper Approach to Photography
Janet Sternburg: Overspilling World is a new 144-page monograph by Janet Sternburg that showcases the artist’s photographic art practice. Rather than only presenting Sternburg’s imagery, however, the...
View ArticleThe Second Woman Builds on Classic Cassavetes Film
Come out to the Bootleg Theater this weekend for the premiere of The Second Woman, a two-character play written and performed by CalArts School of Theater faculty Marissa Chibas, with alumna Paula...
View ArticleCalArtians’ Films Screening at AFI Fest
Above: Trailer for Kangmin Kim’s ‘Deer Flower.’ The 30th annual American Film Institute’s AFI Fest is ongoing through Nov. 17 in the heart of Hollywood. The festival, which brings together both big...
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CalArtians in OMCA’s All Power to the People Tribute to the Black Panthers
To commemorate the 50th year of the founding of the Black Panther Party, Oakland Museum of Contemporary Art (OMCA) presents All Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50, on view through Feb. 12. The...
View ArticleN:o.N-;s_En../s.ic.A:L Releases Third Issue
On Thursday (Nov. 17) at 6 pm, N:o.N-;s_En../s.ic.A:L releases its third issue “(wrong)” with a launch party presented by ARTBOOK at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel in Los Angeles. N:o.N-;s_En../s.ic.A:L,...
View ArticleEyvind Kang in Concert at REDCAT with Bill Frisell
The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts faculty Eyvind Kang is an internationally acclaimed composer, performer and recording artist whose musical instrument of choice is the viola. Kang’s...
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