‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Wins Three Emmy Awards
September 16, 2025
The HBO Max documentary Pee-wee as Himself earned three Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special during the 77th Primetime Emmy
Category: Critical Studies
Stephen Prina’s ‘A Lick and a Promise’ Opens at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
September 12, 2025
Post-conceptual artist and composer Stephen Prina’s (Art MFA 80) survey A Lick and a Promise debuts on Friday, Sept. 12 at
Taylor Swift Dazzles in Bob Mackie’s Timeless Showgirl Costume
September 12, 2025
Chouinardian Bob Mackie, the legendary costume designer known for his era-defining creations for Cher, Tina Turner, Diana Ross and even
Four CalArtian Films Showcased at San Francisco’s Crossroads Film Festival
September 10, 2025
The short films of four CalArtian alums and faculty, many of which play with memory and archival photos, were showcased
CalArtians Debut New Films at TIFF and NYFF
September 9, 2025
Several CalArts alums have new work premiering at major fall film festivals, including two world premieres at the Toronto International
Alum Annalee Traylor Premieres ‘this thing is real’ at Atlanta’s Goat Farm
September 5, 2025
Choreographer and performer Annalee Traylor (Dance MFA 23) premieres her evening-length contemporary dance theater work, this thing is real, this
Celebrating the October Revolution in Jazz 60th Anniversary
September 27, 2024
The October Revolution in Jazz 60th Anniversary (ORJ 60) is a five-day event that celebrates the interdisciplinary and transformative power of free improvisation and collectivity.
Gabrielle Civil Reads from ‘In & Out of Place’ this Weekend
September 18, 2024
This week Texas Review Press releases In & Out of Place, the latest performance memoir by Black feminist performance artist, poet, and Creative Writing faculty
Big Tent: CalArts Reef Residents Present Group Show
September 12, 2024
On Saturday, Sept. 14, CalArts celebrates the opening of Big Tent, a group exhibition of CalArts Reef Residents and their collaborators. Organized by residency program
CalArts Alum Johanna Hedva Receives 2024 Disability Futures Fellowship
July 30, 2024
The Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation have unveiled the recipients of the 2024 Disability Futures Fellowship, an initiative administered by United States Artists. The
Scenes from CalArts Graduation 2024
May 13, 2024
The sunny spring day of Friday, May 10 saw a burst of sculptural flora sprouting on the stage of Graduation Courtyard. Designed around a botanical
Writing Now Reading Series Presents Deborah Taffa, Raquel Gutiérrez, and Layli Long Soldier
March 20, 2024
CalArts hosts esteemed writers Deborah Taffa, Raquel Gutiérrez, and Layli Long Soldier this week as special guests of the Writing Now Reading Series, presented by
CalArtian-Edited Art Book Positions Artists as First Responders to Injustice
March 4, 2024
Artists, activists, and academics challenge monoculture by cataloging myriad voices in a demographically shifting America in FUTURE/PRESENT: Arts in a Changing America, a new art
The Industry’s Star Choir by Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade Screens at Hammer Museum
January 24, 2024
On Wednesday, Jan. 24, the Hammer Museum presents Star Choir, a film chronicling the live premiere of the eponymous opera by artists Malik Gaines (Critical
2024 Katie Jacobson Writer in Residence Spotlight: Don Mee Choi
January 17, 2024
This week, CalArts welcomes MacArthur Fellow and National Book Award winner Don Mee Choi (Art BFA 84, MFA 86) as its 2024 Katie Jacobson Writer
2024 Theorist in Residence Denise Ferreira da Silva’s Public Programs at CalArts and REDCAT
January 16, 2024
Artist and writer Denise Ferreira da Silva, the Samuel Rudin Professor in the Humanities at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures at New York
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