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
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‘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
Reimagining Carceral Spaces: An Interview with Ashley Hunt
October 28, 2025
Ashley Hunt, faculty in CalArts’ Photography and Media program, has spent more than two decades using film, writing, and collaborative
Automated: Automata Presents Ray Chang’s Kinetic Sculpture Installation
April 19, 2023
Downtown Los Angeles-based experimental performance venue Automata presents Ray Chang’s (Film/Video MFA 20) kinetic sculpture installation Automated. The three-day exhibition opens with a reception on Friday,
CalArts’ Graphic Design Scores High in Animation Career Review’s 2023 Rankings
April 18, 2023
Animation Career Review, an online resource site for those researching careers in animation, game design, graphic design, digital art, and related fields, has recognized the
Tom Lawson Discusses SoCal Art of the ’80s and ’90s at Laguna Art Museum
April 14, 2023
On Saturday, April 15, School of Art faculty and former dean Tom Lawson joins an artist panel (and pizza party) at the Laguna Art Museum
CalArtians Perform at 2023 HEAR NOW Music Festival
April 13, 2023
CalArts alums, current students, and faculty perform at the 2023 HEAR NOW Music Festival, running Thursday, April 13 through Sunday, April 16 in the Main
CalArtians Named 2023 Guggenheim Fellows
April 11, 2023
Last week, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the 2023 Guggenheim Fellows, with CalArts alums and faculty recognized in various Creative Arts categories. This
Jacqueline Wright Stars in Paul Sands’ The Pilot Who Crashed the Party
April 8, 2023
CalArts alum Jacqueline Wright (Theater BFA 91) stars in Tony Award-winning actor and Second City alum Paul Sand’s new play The Pilot Who Crashed the
Dance, Theater, and Activism Collide in Lemi Ponifasio’s Amor a la Muerte
April 4, 2023
Pioneering Samoan director, designer, and choreographer Lemi Ponifasio brings dance, theater, and activism to the stage with Amor a la muerte (Love to Death), an
Manu Beker to Perform at Tecate Pa’l Norte 2023
March 29, 2023
Bilingual pop singer-songwriter Manu Beker (Music BFA 22) takes the stage at Tecate Pa’l Norte 2023, running Friday, March 31 through Sunday, April 2 at
Swapan Chaudhuri Awarded Prestigious Sangeek Natak Akademi Fellowship
March 24, 2023
Swapan Chaudhuri, faculty in The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, is among the 10 recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest
Mason Richards’ ‘The Seawall’ Screens in FSU MoFA Exhibition
March 21, 2023
Filmmaker Mason Richards’ (Film/Video MFA 10) CalArts thesis film “The Seawall” screens in the exhibition Are We Free to Move About the World: The Passport
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