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
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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
Q&A with Alum Ishika Muchhal on her Stand-Up Comedy/Thesis Defense Presentation in NYC on Saturday
October 29, 2025
This Saturday, Nov. 1, CalArts alum Ishika Muchhal (Acting BFA 23) brings her comedy special, Please Don’t F*ck the Funny Out
Diplomas in One Hand, Picket Signs in the Other: CalArts Theater Graduates Respond to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strike
August 29, 2023
Over the last four years, graduates from CalArts’ School of Theater have faced many uncertainties. Some graduated into a global pandemic that’s made lasting impacts
Evelyn Serrano and Kim Ye Selected for California Creative Corps Artist Fellowship
August 23, 2023
School of Theater faculty Evelyn Serrano (Art MFA 04) and School of Art faculty Kim Ye recently received the California Creative Corps Artist and Culture
Ryan Bancroft Conducts Elgar and Mozart at the Hollywood Bowl
August 7, 2023
On Tuesday, Aug. 8, Ryan Bancroft (Music BFA 11, MFA 13) conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, with Hélène Grimaud on the
Charlie Bohem Wins Emi Kuriyama Thesis Prize for Novel The First Dog
July 26, 2023
Recent graduate Charlie Bohem’s (Critical Studies MFA 23) thesis novel The First Dog was selected by the Creative Writing Program faculty for the $1,000 Emi
Arjuna Neuman’s Films on View at MACBA and Kunsthalle Wien
July 25, 2023
Berlin-based filmmaker, artist, and writer Arjuna Neuman’s (Film/Video MFA 11) retrospective Corpus Infinitum, in collaboration with philosopher Denise Ferreira da Silva, is on view at
APOLAKI: Opera Of The Scorched Earth: Micaela Tobin Explores Displacement in New Opera
July 17, 2023
The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts faculty and alum Micaela Tobin’s (Music MFA 16) new experimental opera APOLAKI: Opera of the Scorched Earth
Pedro Lavin’s ‘La Pequeña Muerte’ Selected for Outfest 2023
July 10, 2023
After touring with several film festivals around the globe, Pedro Lavin’s (Art BFA 13) short film “La Pequeña Muerte” screens at REDCAT this weekend as
Héctor Alvarez Selected for Cody Renard Richard Scholarship and Drama League FutureNow Fellowship
June 5, 2023
Just a few days after graduating from CalArts, Héctor Alvarez (Theater MFA 23) boarded a plane to New York to embark on the next leg
Anais Arias-Aragon and Shirley Ji Young Kim-Ryu Selected as US Student Fulbright Recipients from CalArts
June 1, 2023
Joining the CalArts Fulbright community, Anais Arias-Aragon (Music MFA 22) and Shirley Ji Young Kim-Ryu (Critical Studies MFA 21) have been selected for the prestigious
Peter Sohn Directs New Pixar Feature Elemental
May 24, 2023
On June 16, Pixar will release its new feature animation film Elemental, directed by Peter Sohn (Film/Video BFA 99). Sohn, who previously directed The Good
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