‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Wins Three Emmy Awards
September 16, 2025
The HBO Max documentary Pee-wee as Himself earned three Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special during the 77th Primetime Emmy
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Stephen Prina’s ‘A Lick and a Promise’ Opens at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
September 12, 2025
Post-conceptual artist and composer Stephen Prina’s (Art MFA 80) survey A Lick and a Promise debuts on Friday, Sept. 12 at
Taylor Swift Dazzles in Bob Mackie’s Timeless Showgirl Costume
September 12, 2025
Chouinardian Bob Mackie, the legendary costume designer known for his era-defining creations for Cher, Tina Turner, Diana Ross and even
Four CalArtian Films Showcased at San Francisco’s Crossroads Film Festival
September 10, 2025
The short films of four CalArtian alums and faculty, many of which play with memory and archival photos, were showcased
CalArtians Debut New Films at TIFF and NYFF
September 9, 2025
Several CalArts alums have new work premiering at major fall film festivals, including two world premieres at the Toronto International
Alum Annalee Traylor Premieres ‘this thing is real’ at Atlanta’s Goat Farm
September 5, 2025
Choreographer and performer Annalee Traylor (Dance MFA 23) premieres her evening-length contemporary dance theater work, this thing is real, this
CalArtians Win 2024 Creative Capital Awards
February 15, 2024
In January, Creative Capital announced the 2024 “Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact” Awards in Visual Arts and Film/Moving Image, with CalArts alums Carmen Amengual (Art
Cassils First UK Solo Exhibition on View at HOME
December 1, 2021
Over the last 10 years, visual artist Cassils (Art-IM MFA 02) has been creating a body of work that contemplates the histories of LGBTQI+ violence,
Contingent Encounters, Forthcoming Book by CalArts Alum Dan DiPiero
November 19, 2021
Dan DiPiero (Music MFA 12, Critical Studies MA 13) is the author of the forthcoming book Contingent Encounters: Improvisation in Music and Everyday Life, which
Carmina Escobar’s Bajo la Sombra del Sol has its World Premiere at REDCAT
November 16, 2021
On Thursday, Nov. 18, experimental vocalist Carmina Escobar (Music MFA 11), faculty in The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, premieres Bajo la Sombra
To Commit to Memory on View at Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art in Milwaukee
November 11, 2021
To Commit to Memory, a solo exhibition by Lois Bielefeld (Art MFA 21) opened at the Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art in Milwaukee, Wis.,
Yay Brigade Studio Redesigns Order of the Good Death Website
November 10, 2021
“Welcome to the future of death,” reads the landing page of The Order of the Good Death website, which has been effectively designed to be
Scott Benzel: Mindless Pleasures Book Release and Panel at LACA
November 2, 2021
On Nov. 3, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive celebrates the release of the book Mindless Pleasures by CalArts faculty Scott Benzel, and the digital release of
Jorge Gutierrez’s Fantasy Adventure Now Streaming on Netflix
October 25, 2021
Jorge Gutierrez’s (Film/Video MFA 00) grand vision to tell the story of a Mesoamerican warrior princess on a quest to save the world has been
Camille Benda Decodes the History of Dress and Resistance in New Book
October 22, 2021
In her new book, Dressing the Resistance: The Visual Language of Protest Through History, Camille Benda, head of costume design in CalArts School of Theater,
Song Cycle by Chris Kallmyer on View at Walt Disney Concert Hall
October 20, 2021
To celebrate the return of live music to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association commissioned the piece Song Cycle by CalArts
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