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.
CalArtians Selected for Sixth Made in L.A. Biennial
May 23, 2023
CalArtians are among the 39 artists and collectives selected for the sixth Made in L.A. Biennial exhibition, running from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2023,
Video Work, Photography by Sharon Lockhart on View in New C3A Exhibition
May 22, 2023
A multichannel video work and photography series by School of Art faculty Sharon Lockhart are included in the major exhibition, Remedios: Where New Land Might
Brian Evenson Named 2023 Berlin Prize Fellow
May 15, 2023
On Monday, May 15, the American Academy in Berlin announced the recipients of the prestigious 2023-2024 Berlin Prizes, among whom writer and School of Critical
The Academy Museum Screens Films by Harry Gamboa Jr.
May 14, 2023
On Monday, May 15, the Academy Museum in Los Angeles presents a program of early video works directed by artist, writer, and longtime School of
CalArtians Nominated for 2023 Tony Awards
May 3, 2023
On Tuesday, May 2, the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing announced the nominees for the 76th Tony Awards, with a CalArts alum and
Katie Gately’s New Album Fawn / Brute Explores the Duality of Childhood: Innocence and Angst
May 2, 2023
In her new album Fawn / Brute, School of Film/Video adjunct sound faculty Katie Gately uses her multilayered vocal collage to trace the journey from
Creative Writing MFAs Host 2023 Next Words Reading Series and Showcase
April 21, 2023
The 2023 cohort of the School of Critical Studies’ MFA Creative Writing Program will showcase its diverse range of writing in the 2023 edition of
Scenes from CalArts Accepted Student Day 2023
April 17, 2023
On Saturday, April 15, CalArts welcomed newly accepted students, friends, and families to campus for a day of information sessions and informal meet-and-greets. Gone were
Tom Lawson Discusses SoCal Art of the ’80s and ’90s at Laguna Art Museum
April 14, 2023
On Saturday, April 15, School of Art faculty and former dean Tom Lawson joins an artist panel (and pizza party) at the Laguna Art Museum
CalArtians Perform at 2023 HEAR NOW Music Festival
April 13, 2023
CalArts alums, current students, and faculty perform at the 2023 HEAR NOW Music Festival, running Thursday, April 13 through Sunday, April 16 in the Main
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