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
Author: Christine N. Ziemba
CalArts MFA Student Ilse Castro Corona Directs ‘Life Is a Dream’ at Highways Performance Space
October 23, 2025
CalArts School of Theater MFA student Ilse Castro Corona directs Life Is a Dream (Sueños de Libertad), a contemporary ensemble-based
‘Unfolding Visions’ at REDCAT Showcases Film and Moving-Image Works by CalArts Faculty
October 23, 2025
Unfolding Visions, a curated screening at Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT) on Oct. 27, showcases recent film, video, and
CalArtians Awarded 2025 Creative Research Grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
October 22, 2025
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA) announced the recipients of its 2025 Creative Research Grants, awarding
Electronic Music Pioneer, CalArts Professor Emeritus Barry Schrader Releases First New Album in More Than a Decade
October 21, 2025
Barry Schrader (Music MFA 71), electronic music pioneer and professor emeritus of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts,
John Warren Examines Nashville’s Past and Present in Experimental Film ‘Future Tense’
October 16, 2025
John Warren’s (Film/Video MFA 12) 16mm film Future Tense is featured in the Frist Art Museum’s exhibition Avenues to a Great City in Nashville.
Class is in Session: CalArts’ Jazz Forum Welcomes Flying Lotus
November 30, 2023
The ROD (Roy O. Disney Music Hall) at CalArts was packed for David Roitstein’s Jazz Forum at noon on Monday. Open to the community, the
World Premiere of Al Sur de la Frontera at The Ford
October 5, 2023
Al Sur de la Frontera—a celebration of communitas from the southern diaspora of the continent—takes place at The Ford amphitheater in Los Angeles on Friday
CalArts Alum Raven Chacon Named 2023 MacArthur Fellow
October 4, 2023
Diné artist and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon (Music MFA 04) was named one of the 20 2023 MacArthur Fellows on Wednesday, Oct. 3. Colloquially known as
In Memoriam: Ron Cephas Jones
August 21, 2023
CalArts mourns the loss of Emmy Award-winning actor and School of Theater faculty Ron Cephas Jones, who passed away this weekend at age 66 from
In Memoriam: Paul Reubens (1952 – 2023)
July 31, 2023
Paul Reubens (Theater BFA 73), who created the beloved and iconic character of Pee-wee Herman, died on Sunday, July 30, at age 70 after a
2023 Student Academy Awards Semifinalists Announced
July 24, 2023
Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (The Academy) announced the semifinalists for this year’s Student Academy Awards, with CalArtians making the
CalArtians Earn Emmy Award Nominations
July 12, 2023
Nominations for the 75th Emmy Awards were announced this morning from the Hollywood Athletic Club in Los Angeles, with a number of CalArts’ alums earning
Watch CalArtians at the Hollywood Fringe Festival
June 19, 2023
The 13th edition of the Hollywood Fringe Festival is well underway, with more than 1,000 performances taking place in dozens of venues in and around
Henry Hoke Now on Tour with New Novel Open Throat
June 8, 2023
Author and CalArts alum Henry Hoke (Critical Studies MFA 11) recently released his fifth book Open Throat (MCD x FSG / Picador) to much acclaim.
View Photos from CalArts’ 50th Anniversary Weekend
May 18, 2023
CalArts threw an epic, three-day celebration of the arts during its 50th anniversary weekend. And what a party it was. Honoring the Institute’s first five
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