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.
Sharon Lockhart and Ariel Osterweis to Host a Talent Show at REDCAT
April 10, 2023
If you can’t find talent at CalArts, you can’t find it anywhere! On April 14, REDCAT hosts Talent Show, a series of wacky acts by
Shirley Tse Named Outstanding Educator by the International Sculpture Center
March 27, 2023
Earlier this month, artist and CalArts faculty Shirley Tse was named the recipient of the International Sculpture Center’s (ISC) 2023 Outstanding Educator Award. Based in
Norris Duckett III on Artistic Journey and Bringing Krump to 2028 LA Olympics
March 23, 2023
From photography to krump, Norris Duckett III (Art MFA 19), known in the dance community by his krump name “Cosmic,” has been bridging the gap
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
Carrie Mae Weems Named 2023 Hasselblad Award Laureate
March 14, 2023
CalArts alum Carrie Mae Weems (Art BFA 81) was named the recipient of the 2023 Hasselbad Award, the annual international photography prize described as the
Charles Gaines to Take the REDCAT Stage for Art21 Film Screening
March 13, 2023
On Saturday, March 18, REDCAT will partner with nonprofit Art21 to present the recently premiered film, Charles Gaines: Systems & Structures. After the screening, renowned
Now on View: Christopher Johst’s Lord, Honey, You’re a Ghost
February 16, 2023
Thursday night is CalArts’ traditional Gallery Night, where openings abound for art shows—and theater, dance, and music performances take over many of the spaces around
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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