Ajay Kapur Speaks with Forbes About Open Sourcing in Music April 7, 2020 Ajay Kapur, associate provost for Creative Technologies and faculty of The Herb Alpert School of Music, was interviewed in a recent Forbes article about the impact of open sourcing on the music industry. Kapur, who also serves as the director of the Music Technology: Interaction, Intelligence... Read More
#Stayathome: CalArtian Films and Shows to Stream March 25, 2020 While our travel and activities are restricted amid the coronavirus crisis, there are still plenty of ways to let our minds and imaginations roam free. To help you discover new sources of inspiration, we’ve put together a small selection of films and TV shows that were made by or feature... Read More
CalArtians Featured in The Wire’s ’50 Best Albums of 2019′ March 5, 2020 In case you missed the January edition of the British avant-garde music magazine The Wire, several notable CalArtians were featured in its year-End List of the Top 50 Releases of 2019 in music. Computer music pioneer Carl Stone (Music BFA 74) released two albums in 2019, both of which... Read More
Wajatta Headlines NHM’s First Friday Series March 6 March 5, 2020 Wajatta is John Tejada and Reggie Watts. | Image: The1point8 The musical duo Wajatta—Reggie Watts and CalArts faculty John Tejada—headlines the First Fridays music and science series at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles tomorrow (March 6). They’re... Read More
CalArts Actors Showcase in New York on March 6 March 2, 2020 The New York edition takes place on March 6 and the L.A. edition takes place on March 23. | Image: CalArts School of Theater The School of Theater’s company of 42 graduating actors travels to the bright lights of New York City this week for the 2020 CalArts Actors Showcase. The New... Read More
Rosanna Gamson’s Sugar Houses Deconstructs Famous Folk Tale February 24, 2020 The house is always haunted. Rosanna Gamson, faculty in The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, identifies this as one of the big ideas of her dance company Rosanna Gamson/World Wide’s (RGWW) latest theatrical dance piece Sugar Houses. The work, which was recently awarded a National... Read More
Cauleen Smith’s Mutualities Opens at the Whitney February 11, 2020 Starting Feb. 17, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents Mutualities from multidisciplinary artist Cauleen Smith. Smith creates work which calls upon poetry, science fiction, non-Western cosmologies and experimental film to engage with Afro-diasporic histories. In 2017, her... Read More
CalArts Earns Top Producing Institution Designation from Fulbright Programs February 10, 2020 On Monday (Feb. 10), the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced its list of higher education institutions in the country that produced the highest numbers of Fulbright US scholars (for faculty, artists, and professionals) and US students. And CalArts... Read More
CalArts Dance Presents ‘Teorema’ February 5, 2020 CalArts presents Teorema, a short film directed by Massimiliano Bomba, with choreography by CalArts faculty Julie Bour and featuring dancers of the The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts. The film premiered this morning (Feb. 5), on Nowness, a global video channel. Set in the... Read More
CalArtians at Multiple Art Fairs in Los Angeles This Month February 5, 2020 February is a major month for art fairs in Los Angeles, with several shows occurring either concurrently or closely. Numerous CalArtians are among the artists represented at the February fairs, notably at Frieze Los Angeles, LA Art Show, Felix Art Fair, and Art Los Angeles Contemporary... Read More