CalArtians in ‘Prompt & Circumstance’ at Good Mother Gallery
September 30, 2025
Good Mother Gallery presents the third annual edition of The MFAs of LA, a group exhibition showcasing the work of
Category: Critical Studies
Blue Echo, a CalArts-World Resources Institute Collaboration, Opens Sept. 27
September 26, 2025
A new exhibition created in partnership with the global research organization, World Resources Institute (WRI), and artists from CalArts opens
Mary Corse to Be Honored at LACMA’s 14th Art+Film Gala
September 24, 2025
This November, pioneering artist and Chouinard Art Institute alum Mary Corse (Chouinard 68) will be honored at the Los Angeles
Composer Hil Jaeger: Crafting Cirque du Soleil’s Brand Anthem Was a ‘Dream Commercial Project’
September 22, 2025
Composer Hil Jaeger (Music BFA 15) said creating the new sound logo and brand anthem for Cirque du Soleil was
Multimedia Artist Lisa Banta Chosen for 2025-26 Alice C. Cole Fellowship
September 20, 2025
Multimedia artist Lisa Banta (Art MFA 23) has been named as the 2025–26 Alice C. Cole ’42 Fellow. The fellowship, which
Directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans Discuss ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ at CalArts
September 18, 2025
Last week, the Character Animation Program kicked off its 2025-26 Friday Night Talk series with a panel discussion featuring the
Adriano Pedrosa Named Curator of the 2024 Venice Biennale
December 16, 2022
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Janet Sarbanes on Radical Democracy and Radical Imaginary in Letters on the Autonomy Project
December 14, 2022
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ICA LA Celebrates Two Decades of My Barbarian
September 19, 2022
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) celebrates two decades of Los Angeles-based collective My Barbarian—composed of Malik Gaines (Critical Studies MFA 99), Jade
Erik Mondrian’s Synthesizing Pixels Selected for Supernova 2022
August 4, 2022
For the third year in a row, work by CalArts alum Erik Mondrian (Music, Critical Studies-IM MFA 19) has been selected by Supernova Digital Animation
New Exhibition Interrogates Mapmaking in Tense Renderings: the will and won’t of spatial logics
June 20, 2022
Editor’s note: The article has been updated to reflect the exhibition’s new closing date, and information about the closing reception in the event details. CalArts
After Two Years, CalArts Graduation Returns to Campus
May 16, 2022
The afternoon of Friday, May 13 saw the lawn of Graduation Courtyard dotted with chairs and picnic blankets, and the galleries of the main building
CalArts Board of Trustees Confer Emeritus Status Upon Faculty
May 6, 2022
At this spring’s CalArts Board of Trustees meeting, 14 much admired, acclaimed, and longtime faculty members were awarded emeritus status in recognition of their contributions
Atsuko Okatsuka Performs at Netflix is a Joke Festival
April 29, 2022
L.A.’s venues will be rife with ribbing and laugher through Sunday, May 8 as the Netflix is a Joke Festival takes over the city. More
Video Work by Amanda Beech on View at 14th Havana Biennial
April 27, 2022
Map of the Bomb (2021), a video work by School of Critical Studies Dean Amanda Beech, is currently on view at the Habana Espacios Creativos
Welcome to Los Suelos: CalArtians Create Immersive Fictional Anthology
March 31, 2022
Josh Duke’s journey to Los Suelos started in fall 2020 with a question: What if The Twilight Zone were a place? Two years on, that
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