For Max Fishman, Art and Technology Are a Perfect Match As a Technology Interaction and Design student from the Herb Alpert School of Music, Fishman clearly enjoys straddling the blurry line between technology and the arts. Read More
Dairys Escoto De León Continues to Push Her Art Further “I was really inspired by CalArts alumni and the amazing projects that came out of the Experimental Animation program. It really changed my perspective about what can be done with animation.” Read More
Alumnx Seed Grant Helps Launch Influx Collective Podcast Cori Bratby-Rudd (Critical Studies MFA 19), co-founder of the queer reading series The Influx Collective, used an Alumnx Seed Grant to help launch a podcast that is expending their reach. Read More
Coursera Offerings Help Graphic Design Modernize a Studio for Students Learn how Graphic Design turned their success with Open Learning at CalArts into a dynamic new space for students. Read More
Foremost: An Educator and Advocate, No Longer Deferring His Dream Educator, advocate, and artist Foremost made a decision recently to radically change his life and pursue his passion for art-making that would celebrate and uplift Black communities. Read More
Khadim Dai: A Refugee’s Tale Sitting in the grass on Clark’s Field on a 90-degree day, Khadim Dai (BFA Film/Video) said that his greatest joy now is simple: to study and just contemplate life without worrying about the threat of violence. “I came to CalArts to think and reflect and take time to write my own... Read More
Marisa Mata: Proving There is There There For a young writer from a remote region, the lure of a big city—with its economic opportunities and active cultural and social scenes—can be very tempting. But for Marisa Mata, who received her MFA in Creative Writing from CalArts in May and who was born and raised in Fresno, the... Read More
Entering into something new, this Alumnx found much more than she expected It was the kind of innocuous interaction that happens on countless college campuses on any given Friday night. A neighbor knocked on the dorm room door of Elisheva Engel (Film/Video BFA 20)and asked her if she wanted to go to a party off campus. For Engel, who had arrived at CalArts only weeks... Read More
A Long-Time Supporter of Artists Creates a Legacy at REDCAT When Olga Garay-English began working at the Cultural Affairs Department in Miami during the early 1980s, the city's arts and culture scene was still firmly rooted in the European canon. That didn't seem right to the Cuban-born Garay-English, who arrived with her family as a refugee to... Read More