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
Category: Critical Studies
‘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
CalArts Faculty Muriel Leung Wins Lammy Award for Bisexual Fiction
October 14, 2025
Muriel Leung, faculty in the School of Critical Studies’ MFA Creative Writing program, was recognized by Lambda Literary earlier this month with a Lammy Award
Susan Kinsolving’s Debut Novel ‘The Head’s Tale’ Available Now
June 30, 2025
Susan Kinsolving (née Baumann), a member of CalArts’ first MFA class in 1972, released her debut novel The Head’s Tale in April. Set in a
CalArts Reef Residents to Host Open Studios June 7
June 6, 2025
On Saturday, June 7, the CalArts Reef Residency will host Open Studios, featuring work by the CalArts alumni from the schools of Art, Film/Video, and
Scenes from CalArts Graduation 2025
May 20, 2025
On Friday, May 16, the CalArts community, friends, and family saw Graduation Courtyard live up to its name as it hosted the class of 2025’s
Creators Across Campus Exhibit at CalArts Expo 2025
May 13, 2025
The creativity of the CalArts community will be on full display at 2025 CalArts Expo, an immersive artistic experience happening across campus today, Tuesday, May
The 2025 Next Words Reading Series Promises Poetry, Prose, and Mischief
May 1, 2025
Students in the 2025 MFA Creative Writing cohort celebrate the culmination of their studies with the annual capstone reading program, the Next Words Reading Series,
From Scripted Spaces to Cinematic Illusions: Norman Klein Joins Back-to-Back LA Filmforum Programs
April 25, 2025
Critic, urban and media historian, and School of Critical Studies faculty Norman Klein joins the post-screening conversations of back-to-back Los Angeles Filmforum programs this Sunday,
Experiments in Listening: CalArts, USC, and ‘boundary 2’ Host Two-Day Conference
January 23, 2025
In 1951, German philosopher and musicologist Theodor W. Adorno penned his seminal essay “Cultural Criticism and Society,” which opened with a curious callout: “To anyone
Chris Santiago Named 2025 NEA Creative Writing Fellow
January 15, 2025
Award-winning poet and Creative Writing faculty Chris Santiago joins the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) roster of 2025 Creative Writing Fellows. NEA’s Creative Writing
CalArtians Join Screening and Panel at Phase Gallery
November 15, 2024
Concurrent with its ongoing exhibition Parallel Worlds, Phase Gallery in Los Angeles presents screenings and a panel featuring several CalArtians this Saturday, Nov. 16 from
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