‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Wins Three Emmy Awards
September 16, 2025
The HBO Max documentary Pee-wee as Himself earned three Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special during the 77th Primetime Emmy
Year: 2021
Stephen Prina’s ‘A Lick and a Promise’ Opens at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
September 12, 2025
Post-conceptual artist and composer Stephen Prina’s (Art MFA 80) survey A Lick and a Promise debuts on Friday, Sept. 12 at
Taylor Swift Dazzles in Bob Mackie’s Timeless Showgirl Costume
September 12, 2025
Chouinardian Bob Mackie, the legendary costume designer known for his era-defining creations for Cher, Tina Turner, Diana Ross and even
Four CalArtian Films Showcased at San Francisco’s Crossroads Film Festival
September 10, 2025
The short films of four CalArtian alums and faculty, many of which play with memory and archival photos, were showcased
CalArtians Debut New Films at TIFF and NYFF
September 9, 2025
Several CalArts alums have new work premiering at major fall film festivals, including two world premieres at the Toronto International
Alum Annalee Traylor Premieres ‘this thing is real’ at Atlanta’s Goat Farm
September 5, 2025
Choreographer and performer Annalee Traylor (Dance MFA 23) premieres her evening-length contemporary dance theater work, this thing is real, this
re:connections: Two New Publications from Art MFA Exhibition
August 26, 2021
As the CalArts 2021 MFA postgraduate project re:connections wraps the exhibition segment at Tin Flats in Los Angeles, the cohort releases two new publications: an
New Restoration of Nina Menkes’ The Bloody Child to Screen at 2021 New York Film Festival
August 25, 2021
A new restoration of The Bloody Child (1996) by independent filmmaker and CalArts faculty Nina Menkes has its worldwide premiere at the 2021 New York
CalArts Mourns the Passing of Interdisciplinary Artist Kaari Upson
August 24, 2021
Sculptor, installation artist, and CalArts alumna Kaari Upson (Art BFA 04, MFA 07), heralded by The New York Times as “one of the most significant
Anna Biller’s Cult Retro Film Viva Gets Blu-ray Release
August 23, 2021
On Tuesday, Aug. 24, Kino Lorber releases a Blu-ray edition of Anna Biller’s (Film/Video MFA 93) first feature film Viva (2007), which she wrote, directed,
Mark Bradford Exhibition Inaugurates Hauser & Wirth Menorca
August 20, 2021
Mark Bradford’s (Art BFA 95, MFA 97) exhibition Masses and Movements, the artist’s first exhibition in Spain, inaugurates contemporary art gallery Hauser & Wirth’s newest
Campus Vernacular You Should Know: The CalArts Dictionary 2021-22
August 19, 2021
It’s back-to-school season and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have students return to campus! New Student Orientation takes place on campus from Sept. 5-11,
Going Back in Time to Support Future Students
August 18, 2021
In 2019, inspired by a visit to CalArts after many years, alumnus Steve Weir unearthed the photos he had taken of the campus when it
CalArtians Perform in The Tempest at Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival
August 16, 2021
The Independent Shakespeare Company of Los Angeles (ISCLA) presents free performances of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, running now until Sunday, Sept. 5 as part of
CalArtians at 2021 Outfest LA Film Festival
August 12, 2021
Outfest LA Film Festival, the world’s foremost organization for promoting LGBTQ cinema, returns for its 39th edition after a nearly 18-month COVID hiatus. The 10-day
New Music: John Tejada and Ulrich Krieger Release Silversonic EP
August 12, 2021
John Tejada and Ulrich Krieger, faculty of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, released the EP Silversonic last month on Tejada’s own Palette
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