Visiting artists

 

To ensure that students have the opportunity to examine the widest possible cross-section of practices, the school regularly invites eminent visiting artists from around the world to supplement the expertise of regular faculty. Some guests also serve as visiting faculty members who spend one or more semesters at CalArts. In recent years, the pool of visiting artists has included:

 

Jules Aaron, actor

Philip G. Allen, designer

Nicole Arbusto, casting director

Byron Bacon, properties designer

Paul Berkolds, vocalist

Robert Blacker, dramaturg

Bob and Colleen Bonniol, video designers

David Bridel, mask and movement coach

Susan Brown, casting director

Robert Cantarella, director

Ana Cappelluto, designer

Bridget Carpenter, writer

Chen Shi-Zheng, director

Karin Coonrod, director

Gordon Davidson, director/artistic director

Bart DeLorenzo, director

Kate Edmunds, designer and artistic director

Five Lesbian Brothers, performance collective

Peter Flaherty, video designer

Richard Foreman, writer and director

Tamar Fortgang, actor and producer

Brian Freeman, playwright and performance artist

Susan Denison Geller, designer

Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani, theater collective

Handspring Puppet Company

Kamilla Harkless, scenic artist

Jennifer Harvey, director

Wendall Harrington, designer

Philip Himberg, artistic director

Liz Himelstein, dialect coach

Michael Hooker, designer

Peter Howard, actor

Dan Hurlin, puppet artist and director

Sandi Huse, properties designer

Naomi Iizuka, playwright

Robert Israel, designer

Gregory Itzin, actor

Ken Jacobs, puppet artist

Julie Jensen, playwright

York Kennedy, designer

Nancy Keystone, director

Lisa Kron, performance artist

Jim LeBrecht, designer

Ming Cho Lee, designer

Roberta Levitow, director

Corey Madden, producer and director

John Malpede, actor and activist

Art Manke, director/artistic director

Lynn Manning, actor, director and playwright

Debi Manwiller, casting director

Stan Margulies, film producer

Oliver Mayer, playwright

Heather McKlarty, properties designer

Dijana Milosevic, director

Ken Nintzel, director

Chris Parry, designer

Victoria Paul, production designer

Carole Payette, scenic artist

Adina Porter, actor

Everett Quinton, actor and director

Dunya Ramicova, designer

Larry Reed, puppet artist

Jose Rivera, playwright

Diane Rodriguez, actor and director

Peter Schumann, writer, puppet artist and director

David Schweizer, director

Michele Shay, actor and director

Hannah Sim, movement artist

Mary Ellen Strom, video and performance artist

Mark Sussman, puppet artist

Alice Tuan, playwright

Lenka Udovicki, director

Roberto Varea, director

Shay Wafer, managing director

Matt Wilder, director

Saul Williams, performance poet

Charlayne Woodard, actor

Claudia Zelevansky, director