Amy Tofte’s ‘Contact Tracing’ Premieres at Awareness Film Festival
Writer and director Amy Tofte (Theater MFA 11) premieres her film Contact Tracing at the 16th Annual Awareness Film Festival
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Writer and director Amy Tofte (Theater MFA 11) premieres her film Contact Tracing at the 16th Annual Awareness Film Festival
CalArts School of Theater MFA student Ilse Castro Corona directs Life Is a Dream (Sueños de Libertad), a contemporary ensemble-based
Unfolding Visions, a curated screening at Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT) on Oct. 27, showcases recent film, video, and
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA) announced the recipients of its 2025 Creative Research Grants, awarding
Barry Schrader (Music MFA 71), electronic music pioneer and professor emeritus of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts,
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.

On Monday, May 15, the Academy Museum in Los Angeles presents a program of early video works directed by artist, writer, and longtime School of

Hundreds of CalArts students, faculty, alums, along with industry representatives and guests, braved an unusually cold Southern California night on May 3 to screen 23

On Saturday, April 15, CalArts welcomed newly accepted students, friends, and families to campus for a day of information sessions and informal meet-and-greets. Gone were

In March, CalArts alum, musician, and University of Canterbury (New Zealand) Associate Professor Justin DeHart (Music MFA 04) released Ring: The Complete Percussion Solos of John Bergamo on

On Wednesday, March 29, the New York City-based Whiting Foundation announced the 10 new Whiting Award winners—an eminent list that included CalArts alum and Critical

Earlier this month, artist and CalArts faculty Shirley Tse was named the recipient of the International Sculpture Center’s (ISC) 2023 Outstanding Educator Award. Based in

CalArts alum Carrie Mae Weems (Art BFA 81) was named the recipient of the 2023 Hasselbad Award, the annual international photography prize described as the

Thursday night is CalArts’ traditional Gallery Night, where openings abound for art shows—and theater, dance, and music performances take over many of the spaces around

Somebody I Used to Know, the latest film project from CalArts alum Alison Brie (Theater BFA 05), debuts on Prime Video on Friday, Feb. 10.

Screenings and film programs that focus on works by CalArts faculty Nina Menkes, Lewis Klahr, and Thom Andersen (faculty emeritus) take place next week in
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