Carrie Hobson to Create Win or Lose for Pixar
Pixar story artists Carrie Hobson (Film/Video BFA 10) and Michael Yates team up on Pixar Animation’s first original longform series Win or Lose, which was presented alongside other Pixar feature...
View ArticleTyrone Davis Named Associate Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group
Tyrone Davis (Theater MFA 12) has been promoted to associate artistic director of Center Theatre Group, a Los Angeles-based arts nonprofit recognized as one of the largest theater companies in the US....
View ArticleCNP and AltaSea Chart New Depths of Scientific Inquiry with the Arts
CalArts’ Center for New Performance (CNP) has partnered with the nonprofit ocean institute AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles to develop new performances that creatively engage audiences with...
View ArticleA Look Back at 2020
While 2020 is a year that many would like to put in the rear-view mirror, CalArtians near and far were still able to gather (virtually), work and collaborate (virtually), and celebrate (virtually)....
View ArticleSoul: Pete Docter’s Latest Film Takes on ‘the Big Questions’
CalArtian and Academy Award-winning director Pete Docter (Film/Video BFA 90) casts Pixar’s signature cinematic flair on some of life’s biggest questions with Soul, the studio’s 23rd animated feature....
View ArticleBryan Andrews to Direct First-Ever Animated Marvel Series What If…?
Storyboard artist Bryan Andrews (Film/Video BFA 93) is set to direct What If…?, the first animated original series from Marvel Studios. First announced during The Walt Disney Company’s Investor Day...
View ArticleCalArtians Honored at Black In Animation Awards
Last month, the inaugural Black in Animation Awards (BIA) show took place virtually, to honor and celebrate Black artists who have made significant contributions to the animation industry....
View ArticleBrigette Barrager Presents New Children’s Book Welcome Flower Child
School of Film/Video faculty Brigette Barrager‘s (Film/Video BFA 07) latest children’s book Welcome Flower Child: The Magic of Your Birth Flower was recently published by Random House Books for Young...
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School of Film/Video Opens Wintersession 2021 Virtual Conference
CalArts School of Film/Video holds a virtual conference, Approaching the Near Distance, during the Institute’s Wintersession term from Jan. 11 to 22. The sessions are open to the broader CalArts...
View ArticleMACK Celebrates New Allan Sekula Book with Virtual Symposium
On Thursday, Jan. 14, London-based independent art and photography publishing house MACK virtually presents Art Isn’t Fair: An Allan Sekula Symposium, in partnership with the Centre for the Study of...
View ArticleWintersession Workshop: Connected Cities with Lillian Coral
On Jan. 14-15, Lillian Coral of the Knight Foundation will present Connected Cities, a Winter Session workshop open to the CalArts community. The two-day workshop explores the challenges cities face...
View ArticleFifth Annual Co-Incidence Festival Goes Virtual
The Co-Incidence Festival returns for 2021—with a twist. This year’s festival kicks off with a virtual four-day segment (Thursday, Jan. 14 to Sunday, Jan. 17), followed by an in-person, second half...
View ArticleWild Up’s Winter Festival Darkness Sounding Returns
Each winter, the classical music collective Wild Up presents a new series inspired by the darkest and shortest days of the year. Darkness Sounding opens Friday (Jan. 15), and runs through Feb. 14. The...
View ArticleCalArtians to Present at Virtual Summit Hollywood Together
On Saturday (Jan. 16), CalArtians will join the Summit Hollywood Together: A Look Into Diversity, Allyship and Access, a virtual event hosted by The Hollywood Reporter (THR) and entertainment public...
View ArticleMaureen Furniss Discusses Impact of ‘Voices’ with Cartoon Brew
Co-director of the Experimental Animation Program Maureen Furniss discusses the impact of “Voices” (1985), a short film by fellow CalArtian Joanna Priestley (Film/Video MFA 85), in Cartoon Brew’s...
View ArticleCalArts Tops Animation Career Review’s 2021 Animation School Rankings
CalArts has claimed the top spot in Animation Career Review’s 2021 ranking of US animation schools and colleges. Now in its 10th year, Animation Career Review’s annual rankings aims to provide...
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‘The Care We Create’ by Audrey Chan unveiled at ACLU SoCal Headquarters
On Jan. 8, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) unveiled The Care We Create, a massive public mural created by ACLU SoCal’s inaugural artist-in-residence Audrey Chan...
View ArticlePatrick Harpin to Produce Animated Netflix Series My Dad the Bounty Hunter
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Patrick Harpin (@patrickharpin) Patrick Harpin (Film/Video BFA 11) will serve as an executive producer on My Dad the Bounty Hunter, an upcoming...
View ArticleCalArtians Jonas Morganstein and David Hasselhoff Team Up for Zany TV Commercial
Jonas Morganstein (Art, Film/Video 94) recently had the opportunity to work again with one of his childhood heroes: Michael Knight from Knight Rider, also known as fellow CalArtian David Hasselhoff...
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Yonatan Tal Debuts Innovative Oculus Short ‘Lifetime Achievement’
CalArtian and former Disney animator Yonatan Tal (Film/Video BFA 17) is making a splash in the world of VR with “Lifetime Achievement,” the first project released by Tal’s animation studio Parade....
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