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)
Month: October 2024
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
CalArts Ranks #7 in TheWrap’s Best Film Schools of 2024
October 30, 2024
The entertainment and media news magazine TheWrap released its annual ranking of the top US film schools, with the CalArts School of Film/Video nabbing the
Michael Ned Holte Releases New Book ‘Good Listener: Meditations on Music and Pauline Oliveros’
October 30, 2024
School of Art Associate Dean Michael Ned Holte’s latest book Listener: Meditations on Music and Pauline Oliveros clocks in at 622 pages, but at its
CalArtian Works on Display in ‘Against Monoculture’ at Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum
October 29, 2024
Works by CalArtians Beatriz Cortez (Art MFA 15), Emily Marchand (Art MFA 17), and School of Art faculty gloria galvez (Art MFA 16) are now
Kaucylia Brooke and The Boy Mechanic
October 28, 2024
San Francisco is a city synonymous with diversity, counterculture, and the gay rights movement. But as artist and Photo and Media faculty Kaucylia Brooke learned,
‘Arcoíris’ by Oscar Corona at Circa: Queer Histories Festival 2024
October 25, 2024
Presented by One Institute, Circa: Queer Histories Festival is the nation’s first and only festival dedicated to LGBTQ+ histories. Circa’s programming takes place across LA
A Site to Behold: CalArts Unveils New calarts.edu
October 24, 2024
How do you capture the sound of CalArts? It’s a question that that the alumni team at Handbuilt Studio turned over as they embarked on
CalArtians Win National Medals of Arts, Honored in White House Ceremony
October 22, 2024
On Monday (Oct. 21), President Joseph R. Biden presented the National Medals of Arts to the 2022 and 2023 recipients at the White House during
A Conversation with Muriel Leung on ‘How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster’
October 18, 2024
Award-winning poet, writer, and School of Critical Studies faculty Muriel Leung is set to release her highly anticipated novel-in-stories How to Fall in Love in
Two CalArtians featured as ‘25 New Faces of Independent Film’
October 17, 2024
Filmmaker Magazine recently published their annual listing,“25 New Faces of Independent Film,” which highlights emerging filmmakers with standout work from 2024. Included in this year’s
Two New Books by Artist and CalArts Faculty Harry Gamboa Jr.
October 9, 2024
It’s been a busy and prolific few months for multidisciplinary artist, essayist, and longtime CalArts Photo and Media faculty Harry Gamboa Jr. Just after graduation
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