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.
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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
Q&A with Alum Ishika Muchhal on her Stand-Up Comedy/Thesis Defense Presentation in NYC on Saturday
October 29, 2025
This Saturday, Nov. 1, CalArts alum Ishika Muchhal (Acting BFA 23) brings her comedy special, Please Don’t F*ck the Funny Out
Reimagining Carceral Spaces: An Interview with Ashley Hunt
October 28, 2025
Ashley Hunt, faculty in CalArts’ Photography and Media program, has spent more than two decades using film, writing, and collaborative
Animator James Baxter Gives Live Demo During Friday Night Talk
October 27, 2025
On Friday, Sept. 25, the Character Animation Program’s Friday Night Talks series welcomed legendary animator James Baxter to the Bijou
Amy Tofte’s ‘Contact Tracing’ Premieres at Awareness Film Festival
October 24, 2025
Writer and director Amy Tofte (Theater MFA 11) premieres her film Contact Tracing at the 16th Annual Awareness Film Festival
X-aMEN-ing Masculinities: LA Freewaves’ Artistic Extravaganza Features CalArts Alums
October 5, 2022
On Thursday, Oct. 6, LA Freewaves will present its carnivalesque multimedia experience X-aMEN-ing Masculinities at the Los Angeles State Historic Park. The free event features
Groundworks: Justine and Ian Garrett’s Documentary About California Indigenous Artists Airs on Public Television
October 3, 2022
Groundworks, a new documentary by Justine Garrett (Critical Studies MFA 06) and Ian Garrett (Theater MFA 08), airs on multiple US public television stations this
Because of You, In Spite of You: Craft Contemporary Presents Luis Flores’ First Solo Show
September 30, 2022
Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles presents Because of You, In Spite of You, the first museum solo exhibition of works by CalArts alum Luis Flores
CNP Presents World Premiere of Scene with Cranes at REDCAT
September 28, 2022
CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) kicks off its 20th anniversary season with the world premiere of its latest work Scene with Cranes, an “exquisitely
CalArts Film/Video Alums Selected for AICAD Post Grad Teaching Fellowships
September 27, 2022
Two recent graduates of CalArts’ MFA Experimental Animation Program, Moon (Yuezhu) Wang and Dairys Escoto De León, have been selected for the 2022-23 AICAD (Association
Adam Musa Othman Wins Best Animation at KCET’s 2022 Fine Cut Festival
September 21, 2022
The 23rd season of KCET’s Fine Cut Festival of Films kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 21, with recent CalArts graduate Adam Musa Othman (Film/Video BFA 22)
ICA LA Celebrates Two Decades of My Barbarian
September 19, 2022
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) celebrates two decades of Los Angeles-based collective My Barbarian—composed of Malik Gaines (Critical Studies MFA 99), Jade
CalArtians at Fifth Annual Other Places Art Fair
September 16, 2022
This weekend, the historic Battery Leary-Merriam landmark in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, will be taken over by the CalArtian-founded Other Places art
American Cinematheque Presents Limited Engagement of Juan Pablo González’s Dos Estaciones
September 16, 2022
American Cinematheque presents a limited engagement of Film/Video faculty Juan Pablo González’s Dos Estaciones (2021), running five evenings from Friday, Sept. 16 to Friday, Sept.
CalArts Welcomes 27 New Regular Faculty Members
September 15, 2022
As the Institute’s 2022-23 academic year this week, 27 artists have joined CalArts as new regular faculty members. The roster of new faculty—several of whom
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