Catch ‘Playing the Protagonist’ at Los Angeles International Film Festival
November 12, 2025
This Friday, Playing the Protagonist, a new short film written, produced, and led by alum Justin Henriksen (Acting MFA 25)
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CalArts Ranks #2 in Art & Object’s 2026 List of Best Art Schools
November 11, 2025
CalArts was recently ranked second in the nation by Art & Object in its 2026 list of the Top 15
CalArts Ranks #12 in TheWrap’s 2025 Top Film Schools
November 6, 2025
CalArts has once again been named one of the nation’s best film schools, ranking 12th on TheWrap‘s annual list of
‘Redrawing the Rancho:’ Artists Reclaim the Histories of the Rowland Mansion
November 4, 2025
CalArts alum Eva Aguila (Theater BFA 05) is one of four artists reimagining the layered histories of the historic Rowland
In Memoriam: CalArts Mourns the Passing of Alison Knowles
November 3, 2025
CalArts mourns the passing of one of our original faculty members and pioneering artist Alison Knowles, who died on Oct.
CalArts Alum James Waterman Sets ‘In Spring’ Album Release Show in LA
October 30, 2025
Alum and CAP Program Manager James Waterman (Music MFA 15) joins multi-instrumentalist Joel Reed Mankey to release In Spring—a Celtic-inspired album and live concert
Atsuko Okatsuka Performs at Netflix is a Joke Festival
April 29, 2022
L.A.’s venues will be rife with ribbing and laugher through Sunday, May 8 as the Netflix is a Joke Festival takes over the city. More
CalArts School of Theater Presents A Four-Performance Weekend of The Great Gatsby
April 28, 2022
The CalArts School of Theater presents the stage play The Great Gatsby, based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same name. Performances are
Video Work by Amanda Beech on View at 14th Havana Biennial
April 27, 2022
Map of the Bomb (2021), a video work by School of Critical Studies Dean Amanda Beech, is currently on view at the Habana Espacios Creativos
Respira: Charlie James Gallery Presents Shizu Saldamando Solo Show
April 25, 2022
Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles features Shizu Saldamando (Art MFA 05)’s solo exhibition Respira through May 28. Consisting of eight portraits made during the
Marking Time: New Freedom Center Exhibition Explores Impact of Incarceration
April 22, 2022
School of Art faculty Ashley Hunt is among the artists whose work is included in Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, an
Evan Cleaver’s Kody Switch Selected For Kansas City FilmFest International
April 21, 2022
Actor, writer, and producer Evan Cleaver (Theater MFA 09) was selected by the Kansas City (Missouri) FilmFest International to showcase his short film Kody Switch.
REDCAT Presents Sola Bamis’ One-Woman Show The Tutorial
April 19, 2022
Editor’s note: Use the code REDCAT2990 for 20% off tickets at checkout: https://www.redcat.org/event/sola-bamis-tutorial Actor and CalArts alum Sola Bamis (Theater MFA 11) melds performance, installation,
Elizabeth Ito’s City of Ghosts Nominated for Peabody Award
April 18, 2022
The Peabody Award Board of Jurors has recently announced the nominees for the 82nd annual Peabody Awards, recognizing the “most compelling and empowering stories” broadcasted
CalArts is the Dream School in Hulu’s Crush Trailer
April 18, 2022
Move over, Juilliard! We just caught the trailer for the upcoming Hulu teenage rom-com, Crush, and were pleasantly surprised to hear CalArts mentioned not once,
Coachella Festival Features Art Installation by Cristopher Cichocki
April 15, 2022
In addition to music headliners Billie Eilish, Harry Styles, Swedish House Mafia, and The Weeknd, the 2022 Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA, also
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