Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Salon with Ellen Reid and Juan Pablo Contreras
Tonight (Thursday, May 7), CalArts alums Ellen Reid (Music MFA 11) and Juan Pablo Contreras (Music BFA 10), along with fellow composers Sarah Gibson, and Peter Shin, are in conversation for a virtual...
View ArticleAndrew Ahn’s Driveways Now Streaming Online
Themes of generosity, empathy, and human connection take center stage in director and CalArts alum Andrew Ahn’s latest feature film, Driveways (2019), which was released May 7 on various streaming...
View ArticleCalArts Expo 2020 Goes Virtual
On Friday, May 15 at noon, the annual CalArts Expo kicks off—this year, in a virtual space. Featuring 120 projects by 484 participating artists, the event showcases the Institute’s tradition of...
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Meet Chouinardian Gene Gill: ‘I Want to do Something for Art’
Teaching art and making art have been Gene Gill’s passions for most of his life. With a knack for drawing as a young boy, Gill grew up in Memphis, Tenn., and enrolled at Chouinard Art Institute in...
View ArticleGet Ready for CalArts Virtual Graduation 2020
On Friday, May 15, at 6 pm PDT, CalArts is livestreaming its first-ever Virtual Graduation Ceremony! More than 400 graduates will celebrate the conclusion of their studies at CalArts and be conferred...
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‘Be bold, daring’: CalArtians Celebrate 2020 Graduation
The COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t put a damper on the joyousness of CalArts’ 2020 graduation, which was held for the first time ever as a virtual ceremony on Friday, May 15. The livestreamed event...
View ArticleThursday Nights Return…Virtually
Gallery nights. Mini-Fridays. Start of the weekend. No matter what you called Thursday nights at CalArts, you knew that each week, there’d be performances, openings, receptions, and surprises for all...
View Article24700 Podcast: Erick Pepper Rivera Talks About The Hat Boyz
CalArts alum Erick Pepper Rivera (Music BFA 12) is a composer and cartoonist who released his debut graphic novel The Hat Boyz in 2019. The book follows Benny, a half-black, half-Mexican teenager who...
View Article26th Annual Herb Alpert Award in the Arts Recipients Announced
On Friday, May 22, the Herb Alpert Foundation announced the recipients of the 2020 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA). Administered by CalArts since 1994, the awards recognize five mid-career...
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On the Record: Poignant New Documentary Now Streaming Online
On Wednesday, May 27, Kirby Dick (Art BFA 76) and Amy Ziering’s investigative documentary On the Record becomes available to stream on HBO Max. Directed and produced by Dick and Ziering, On the...
View ArticleAudrey Chan Named Inaugural ACLU SoCal Artist in Residence
Artist, writer, educator and CalArts alum Audrey Chan (Art MFA 07) has been named the first-ever resident artist by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU SoCal). “Art has...
View ArticleJohn Tejada Presents Future Stars Featuring CalArts Students
On May 15, the nonprofit record label Touched Music released John Tejada Presents Future Stars, a compilation album created by CalArts students in John Tejada’s spring 2020 music class “Advanced...
View ArticleSYFY Greenlights CalArtian-Directed Pilot Psycho Psalms
View this post on Instagram We are thrilled to announce that SYFY has picked up an original Open The Portal pilot starring the one-and-only Timecrow! It's been a blast watching him grow up on...
View Article‘Get on the Front Lines With Us’: Don Cheadle Joins Discussion on Race in...
Academy Award-nominated actor Don Cheadle (Theater BFA 86) lent his voice to a conversation on the progress of race relations in America on Can You Hear Us Now?, a recent broadcast on NBC News and...
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David Kordansky Gallery Matches Donations to Summaeverythang Community Center
View this post on Instagram Wzup! Thanks so so so much for every encouraging note, reshare, organic farm connect, donation (masks, produce, hand sanitizer, $), volunteer request, etc beginning next...
View ArticleVisiting Faculty Ann Telnaes Discusses the Future of Editorial Cartooning
Last week, editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker interviewed visiting faculty Ann Telnaes (Film/Video BFA 85) for Punchlines, his video series on Politico.com. Telnaes, an editorial cartoonist for The...
View ArticleLewis Klahr’s Circumstantial Pleasures Now Streaming
Circumstantial Pleasures, the latest film by CalArts School of Theater faculty Lewis Klahr had its world premiere on Feb. 29, 2020, at Light Industry in New York. Soon afterward, theaters were closed...
View ArticleBryan Wilson Releases New Books for Strings
View this post on Instagram My TWO NEW BOOKS are coming out on March 2nd, 2020: Advanced String Jams and Beginner String Jam!!! Start getting excited, this is going to be big. There will be lots of...
View ArticleMike Stoltz’s Latest Film Featured in Art in America
In May, filmmaker Mike Stoltz’s (Film/Video MFA 14) latest film, “Something to Touch That Is Not Ashes or Corruption or Dust,” was included in the feature article, “Seeking a Way to Touch Through Film...
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Citizen Artist Carrie Mae Weems Launches Resist COVID Take 6
CalArts alum and current Syracuse University Artist in Residence Carrie Mae Weems (Art BFA 81) recently launched a new project, titled “Resist COVID Take 6,” which refers to social distancing...
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