At CalArts Career Services (the Patty Disney Center for Life and Work, also known as CLW,) we take a holistic approach to creative career development.
Using non-traditional, collaborative, and experimental methods, we prepare CalArtians to become innovators, entrepreneurs, key players in the creative economy, and cultural shapeshifters. Our team empowers artists to reach their potential by providing 1:1 career advising, professional development workshops and field trips, networking events, information sessions, entrepreneurship training, an annual Career Fair, and a robust internship program. We forge connections all over the world with creative leaders across creative industries - corporations, small businesses, and independent artists alike.
Organizations that have recently recruited our talent and/or hosted CalArts interns include Apple, ATN Entertainment, Automata LA, Bag of Beans, Beth Morrison Projects, Cartuna, Center Theatre Group, CrawlSpace LA, Dance Identity, Dowse House, DreamWorks, Echo Immersion, Falsework, FilmIndependent, FilmNation, FISK Projects, Flix FX, Hatch Escapes, Huron Station Playhouse, Illumination, the Industry, InRage Entertainment, Kinetic Lighting, Laika, Los Angeles County Arts and Culture, Make Room Gallery, Melrose Sound, Minaret Records, Mission Opera, NBCUniversal, New York Filmmmakers’ Co-op, Netflix, NewFilmmakers LA, Open the Portal, Paramount, Pixar, QueerUp, REDCAT, Red Light Management, Reimagine Well, Revry, Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, SONY Animation, Spaceship Recording, Starburns Industries, Walt Disney Animation, the Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Imagineering, Wiggle World, and Women’s Audio Mission.
Organizations interested in getting to know our talent are encouraged to contact us at clw@calarts.edu to learn about opportunities to partner with us via our Career Fair or a workshop, field trip, job posting, or internship program.
