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
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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
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
Harry Gamboa Jr.’s Street Engagements Class at Gagosian Gallery
March 29, 2024
Just before spring break, longtime School of Art faculty Harry Gamboa Jr. and his Street Engagements class left the suburban confines of the 91355 to
Julia Holter Embraces the Corporeal in New Album
March 28, 2024
Ever-shifting orchestration envelops shards of meditative lyrical fragments in Something in the Room She Moves, the sixth studio album by composer, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Julia
Ellen Reid’s The Shell Trial Premieres at Dutch National Opera
March 27, 2024
Renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid (Music MFA 11) recently unveiled her latest opera, The Shell Trial, written with librettist Roxie Perkins, on March 16
CalArtians Win Women in Animation Scholarships
March 26, 2024
At the 2024 BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit held in Los Angeles, the Women in Animation (WIA) Scholarship winners were announced in person for the
Rodney McMillian’s First Large-Scale European Show at Marta Herford Museum
March 25, 2024
The Marta Herford Museum of Art and Design in Herford, Germany, presents Rodney McMillian: The Land—Not Without a Politic, the first European large-scale presentation of
The James Benning Experience at Cinéma Du Réel
March 22, 2024
The renowned international documentary film festival Cinéma du Réel is set to kick off its 46th edition from March 22 to March 31 at the
Steve Lehman Trio and David Virelles Perform at Sam First
March 21, 2024
Internationally renowned Cuban pianist David Virelles teams with critically acclaimed jazz group Steve Lehman Trio as a special guest for back-to-back evening performances, happening Saturday,
Writing Now Reading Series Presents Deborah Taffa, Raquel Gutiérrez, and Layli Long Soldier
March 20, 2024
CalArts hosts esteemed writers Deborah Taffa, Raquel Gutiérrez, and Layli Long Soldier this week as special guests of the Writing Now Reading Series, presented by
NOW THEN: LACMA Presents Ed Ruscha Retrospective
March 15, 2024
From Sunday, April 7 to Sunday, Oct. 6 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN, a new exhibition
REDCAT Presents West Coast Premiere of NOTHING#31 by Autumn Knight
March 14, 2024
This weekend (March 15-17), REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles presents the West Coast premiere of NOTHING#31: a bar, a bluff from artist Autumn Knight. Through
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