‘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
Author: Taya Zoormandan
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
Animator James Baxter Gives Live Demo During Friday Night Talk
October 27, 2025
On Friday, Sept. 25, the Character Animation Program’s Friday Night Talks series welcomed legendary animator James Baxter to the Bijou
Odeya Nini Performs New Album ODE at Automata
March 20, 2023
Interdisciplinary composer and vocalist Odeya Nini (Music MFA 11) performs her most recent album ODE on Tuesday, March 21 at downtown Los Angeles-based experimental performance
2022 REEF Residents Featured on Beyond the Blue Wall and Launch Digital Archive
March 16, 2023
2022 REEF Artists-in-Residence Fía Benitez (Art MFA 21) and Simone Zapata (Critical Studies MFA 21) recently joined the CalArts podcast series Beyond the Blue Wall
CalArtians Direct Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
March 8, 2023
Jeff Rowe (Film/Video 11) makes his feature directorial debut with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, also co-directed by fellow CalArtian Kyler Spears (Film/Video 13).
Performances and Films by Cauleen Smith at the Hammer’s Billy Wilder Theater
March 7, 2023
Works by former School of Art faculty Cauleen Smith are highlighted in Cauleen Smith – In Space, In Time, a three-night series running from Thursday,
CalArtians Honored at 50th Annual Annie Awards
February 27, 2023
The Annie Awards returned to an in-person ceremony for its semicentennial this past weekend, bringing emerging talent and luminaries alike from all corners of the
CalArtians Receive Women in Animation Scholarships
February 22, 2023
CalArtians Michelle Cheng (Film/Video BFA 24) and Maggie McKelvey (Film/Video BFA 25) are among the 15 recipients of the 2022-2023 Women in Animation (WIA) Scholarship,
CalArts Center for New Performance Presents the World Premiere of Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side
February 21, 2023
The CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) presents the world premiere of Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side, Obie Award-winning playwright Adrienne Kennedy’s
CalArtians at Multiple LA Art Fairs this February
February 15, 2023
The City of Angels’ status as an international art capital is on full display this February, with art fairs new and old running concurrently or
About Time: American University Museum Presents Gail Rebhan Retrospective
February 8, 2023
Four decades of photographic work by Gail Rebhan (Art MFA 81) are on display in About Time, her first museum retrospective at the American University
CalArtians Bring Simone Forti’s Dance Constructions to Life at MOCA
February 2, 2023
Six decades of works by Italian-born postmodern artist Simone Forti are on display in a namesake exhibition, running now through Sunday, April 2 at the
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