Mapping the Collection: CalArtians Featured in Museum Ludwig’s Online Exhibition
Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, presents Mapping the Collection, a virtual exhibition of American art from the 1960s and ‘70s. The exhibition, which runs from Saturday, June 20 to Sunday, Aug. 23,...
View ArticleStudents and Alums Across the Country Create Protective Masks
When CalArts closed its campus in March due to Covid-19, students in the School of Theater’s Costume Design Program scattered across the country. Many were without sewing machines. By May, Costume...
View ArticleJim Capobianco Shares Disney and Pixar Experience at Walt Disney Family Museum
Join Animator and Academy Award®️-winning screenwriter Jim Capobianco for behind-the-scenes stories from his career at Disney·Pixar and his work as Animation Sequence Supervisor on Walt Disney...
View ArticleShirley Tse: Stakes and Holders Opening in Hong Kong
From July 1-Oct. 4, 2020, M+ Pavillion in Hong Kong, presents Shirley Tse: Stakes and Holders, a site-specific reframing of CalArts faculty Shirley Tse’s two installations, Negotiated Differences and...
View ArticleListen to ‘Exhausted’ by Kohinoorgasm
Late last month, Josephine Shetty (Music MFA 21), a student in CalArts’ Experimental Sound Practice program, released her latest single, “Exhausted” as Kohinoorgasm. A portmanteau of the Kohinoor...
View ArticleRoitstein Family Performs in Houston Symphony’s Living Room Concert Series
Matthew Roitstein, associate principal flute of the Houston Symphony, rounds up his family—several of whom are CalArtian musicians—for a live online broadcast family concert on Friday, June 26 at 6 pm...
View ArticleOnline Panel Examines ‘hyper(in)visibility’ Among Asian Women Artists
Multidisciplinary artist and recent CalArts graduate stephanie mei huang (Art MFA 20) has organized an online panel discussion with six Asian women artists to discuss how the “yellow woman’s body,...
View ArticleArtforum Hosts CalArtian Art MFA Thesis Exhibitions
The COVID-19 pandemic put a stopper on MFA thesis shows across the nation, spurring artists to move their projects from physical spaces to virtual ones. This month, works from CalArts’ MFA programs in...
View ArticleMarvin Choi’s A Knight’s Tour Gets Digital Release
Written and directed by CalArts alum Marvin Choi (Film/Video MFA 15), and produced by Sara Razack (Film/Video MFA 15), A Knight’s Tour, was acquired by Terror Films in May 2020, and is now available...
View Article24700 Podcast Presents Radical Practice Series
CalArts’ 24700 podcast presents a new series that focuses on the Graphic Design Program’s alumnae. Radical Practice features conversations between current students and graduates of the program with...
View ArticleCalArts Collaborates: Arts and Activism Collide in WRI Webinar
On June 29, creative solutions to the oceans in crisis were showcased in “Arts and Activism for a Sustainable Ocean,” a webinar presented by global research nonprofit World Resources Institute (WRI)...
View ArticleArt Intervention In Plain Sight Protests Immigrant Detention
During last weekend’s Independence Day holiday, when Americans expected the sky to be filled with fireworks, a coalition of 80 artists sent a fleet of skytypers to fly over detention facilities,...
View ArticleCalArtians Awarded 2020 Automata Artist Residencies
Performance and art space Automata recently announced the six grantees of its 2020 artist residencies, all of whom are CalArtians. In light of COVID-19, the Los Angeles-based Automata devised a new...
View ArticleCalArtians Release Single ‘Make Me Forget’
Ann-E1, also known as CalArts voice student Annie Han Dai (Music BFA 24), made her US debut in late June with the release of the electronic music single, “Make Me Forget.” The song, written by CalArts...
View ArticleThe Soraya Presents DIAVOLO’s New Dance Film
Catch the latest in The Soraya’s online performance series with a screening of This is Me: Letters from the Front Lines, a dance film by DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion on Friday, July 31 at 4 pm....
View Article‘Friends’ Theme Reimagined for Pandemic Era
“I’ll Be There for You,” better known as the Friends theme song, is a renowned earworm. The music, the lyrics and those famous handclaps get stuck on the brain long after the pop song ends. The song’s...
View ArticleCalArtians Featured in Slanted Magazine’s Los Angeles Issue
Slanted, a German biannual print magazine, dedicates each issue to the art and design of a particular city or country. For its summer/autumn 2020 release, edited and curated by graphic designer and...
View ArticleVirginia Grise Named Cara Mía Theatre Resident Playwright
Playwright and CalArts alum Virginia Grise (Theater MFA 09) has been named the resident playwright of the transformative Latinx Cara Mía Theatre (CMT), a nonprofit community organization based in...
View ArticleColeman Zurkowski’s Instrumental Debuts on dublab Radio
On Saturday, July 18, Los Angeles-based internet radio station dublab is presenting Instrumental, a concert-length composition by CalArts alum Coleman Zurkowski (Music MFA 14). The program airs on...
View ArticleMonty Cole Discusses His Play Black Like Me with Rescripted
View this post on Instagram BEHIND THE CURTAIN: In Conversation with Playwright-Director Monty Cole . . . "I’m generally looking for us to try and understand an experience outside of our own. That’s...
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