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
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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.
The Academy Museum Screens Films by Harry Gamboa Jr.
May 14, 2023
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
Character Animators Return to Academy Museum for 2023 Producers’ Show
May 4, 2023
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
Scenes from CalArts Accepted Student Day 2023
April 17, 2023
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
Ring: The Complete Percussion Solos of John Bergamo Released on Rattle Records
April 7, 2023
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
Carribean Fragoza Wins 2023 Whiting Award
March 29, 2023
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
Shirley Tse Named Outstanding Educator by the International Sculpture Center
March 27, 2023
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
Carrie Mae Weems Named 2023 Hasselblad Award Laureate
March 14, 2023
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
Now on View: Christopher Johst’s Lord, Honey, You’re a Ghost
February 16, 2023
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
Watch Alison Brie in Somebody I Used to Know
February 10, 2023
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.
Upcoming Film Screenings in LA for Nina Menkes, Lewis Klahr, and Thom Andersen
February 3, 2023
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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