Beyond Opera Collective Performs Concert at CSUF’s New Music Festival [EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventAllDay] - [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventAllDay] On Wednesday, March 9, Beyond Opera Collective performs as part of Cal State University Fullerton’s New Music Festival. The performance... Read More
CalArtians Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters [EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventAllDay] - [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventAllDay] On Thursday, March 3, the American Academy of Arts and Letters announced 18 new inductees and three honorary members who... Read More
Steven Lam Named New School of Art Dean [EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventAllDay] - [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventAllDay] An experienced curator with a strong track record of higher education leadership, Steven Lam will join CalArts as its next... Read More
Filmmaker James Benning on his Productive Isolation [EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventAllDay] - [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventAllDay] For filmmaker James Benning, the coronavirus pandemic sparked a torrent of productivity. He made two films in the first month... Read More
CalArts Names Hilton Als Its 2022 Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence [EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventAllDay] - [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventAllDay] This week, CalArts welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author Hilton Als as its 2022 Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence. Organized by the... Read More
New Book and Panel Discussion Focus on John Baldessari’s Impact [EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventAllDay] - [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventAllDay] Before his death in January 2020, the conceptual artist John Baldessari—a renowned pillar of CalArts history—completed a final series of... Read More
Online Screening Seminar Covers CalArts Animation History [EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventAllDay] - [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventAllDay] Jerry Rees (left, foreground), Eric Larson (middle, seated), Henry Selick (Film/Video MFA 77) (right, standing), and others at Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA). | Courtesy of the Walt Disney Archives Photo Library; © Disney Artist and longtime School of Film/Video faculty member Michael... Read More
CalArts Mourns the Passing of Former Provost Jeannene Przyblyski [EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventAllDay] - [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventAllDay] Jeannene Przyblyski, former CalArts provost and School of Art faculty, has passed away after a long illness. Przyblyski joined the Institute in 2012 after serving as vice president and dean of academic affairs at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). In announcing her as the new provost,... Read More
Enduring Artist Friendships Explored in New Exhibition at the Armory [EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventAllDay] - [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventAllDay] Curator and interim associate dean of the School of Art Michael Ned Holte organizes how we are in time and space: Nancy Buchanan, Marcia Hafif, Barbara T. Smith, a major group exhibition running from Jan. 28–Jun. 12 at the Armory Center For the Arts in Pasadena, California. how we are in... Read More
The Herb Alpert School of Music Presents Futures of Music at REDCAT [EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventAllDay] - [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventAllDay] On Saturday, Jan. 15, The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts invites viewers to reimagine musical performance and pedagogy in Futures of Music, a 90-minute in-person experience at REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles. The performance is organized and created by Volker Straebel, dean of The... Read More