ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula.

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REDCAT: Through video, performance, sculpture and installation, Dave McKenzie explores notions of public space and cultural exchange in relation to the private self. Often informed by humble actions and everyday circumstances, his modest proposals examine the world around us, revealing a larger set of social and political truths that are evidenced in the everyday.

CAP: The Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra is one the few orchestral music programs available in the Los Angeles area that trains students to perform masterpieces from all periods of the orchestral and chamber music repertoire. Through a partnership with CAP, CalArts School of Music students have been coaching SCVYO sectionals and will be performing with the students. The program will include works by Haydn, Schubert and the world premiere of a new commissioned work by School of Music student and CAP Music Instructor Derrick Spiva Jr.

CAP: This year’s spring production from the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program is a new drama written by Culture Clash member Herbert Siguenza and staged with a cast of 45 high school students. Inspired by El Soldado Razo—the classic work by Luis Valdez that was first performed in 1971 in connection with the Chicano Moratorium antiwar movement—Private Eddie U.S.A. takes a hard look at the impact of the war in Iraq as mourners at a funeral enact scenes from a fallen soldier’s life.