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.
Stephen Graham Jones, 2023 Katie Jacobson Writer in Residence, Reads at CalArts and REDCAT
January 13, 2023
New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones, CalArts’ 2023 Katie Jacobson Writer in Residence, delivers two public readings next week at CalArts and REDCAT.
CalArts MFA Class of 2022 Opens Group Exhibition in Hollywood on Oct. 29
October 27, 2022
On Saturday, Oct. 29, CalArts’ MFA Class of 2022 celebrates the opening of durée, their postgraduate group exhibition, at Helen J Gallery in Hollywood. French
Summer Experiences Offer Opportunities for Artistic Development for CalArts Students
August 24, 2022
Each year, summer experiences provide CalArts students important opportunities for growth and development, as artists and budding professionals. Working at an incredible array of companies
Matt Connolly Named Andy Warhol Foundation Curatorial Research Fellow
June 29, 2022
This morning, when The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts announced their roster of Spring 2022 Grantees, CalArts visiting faculty Matt Connolly was listed
Torn Apart: Punk, New Wave + the Graphic Aftermath, 1976-86 Opens at Pacific Design Center
June 23, 2022
On Saturday, June 25, Torn Apart: Punk, New Wave + the Graphic Aftermath, 1976-86 opens at the PDC Design Gallery at the Pacific Design Center
CalArts Board of Trustees Confer Emeritus Status Upon Faculty
May 6, 2022
At this spring’s CalArts Board of Trustees meeting, 14 much admired, acclaimed, and longtime faculty members were awarded emeritus status in recognition of their contributions
CalArts Names Hilton Als Its 2022 Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence
February 22, 2022
This week, CalArts welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author Hilton Als as its 2022 Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence. Organized by the MFA Creative Writing Program in
Maggie Nelson Named 2022 Theorist in Residence
January 14, 2022
CalArts’ MA Aesthetics and Politics Program has named writer, poet, and scholar Maggie Nelson as its 2022 Theorist-in-Residence. The Theorist in Residence initiative invites theorists
CalArtians Present An Immersive Adaptation of A Christmas Carol
December 7, 2021
On Dec. 9, 10, and 12, Los Angeles-based immersive theater company The Speakeasy Society presents Ebenezer 2021: An Immersive Internet Spectacular (an adaption of an
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