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
Category: Faculty
Animator James Baxter Gives Live Demo During Friday Night Talk
October 27, 2025
On Friday, Sept. 25, the Character Animation Program’s Friday Night Talks series welcomed legendary animator James Baxter to the Bijou
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
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
VoiceArts Students Envision Opera as Resistance in ‘DIVA EX MACHINA’
April 23, 2025
Not a tribute, but a takeover: Performers are empowered to reclaim their stories in DIVA EX MACHINA, an experimental student-led production created by the spring
CalArtians Named in 100th Class of Guggenheim Fellows
April 15, 2025
On Tuesday, April 15, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation celebrated its centennial with the announcement of the 2025 class of Guggenheim Fellows. Joining the
Healthcare by Design Class Creates Award-Winning Podcast for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients
March 19, 2025
Healthcare by Design is an Experience Design School of Theater class where theme park attractions are supplanted by experiences—of patients—with design and technology addressing current
‘KAOS Theory’: Community Drives Design in Ben Caldwell Retrospective at Art + Practice
March 5, 2025
A decades-long commitment to experimentation and community-based design comes into focus in KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Media Arts of Ben Caldwell, a multimedia retrospective showcasing
Documentaries by CalArtians to Screen at Berlinale 2025 Forum Special
February 7, 2025
Long considered one of the more noteworthy events on the global filmmaking calendar, the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) returns for the 75th edition, taking
CalArtians Featured in ‘Stage Raw’s’ Top 10 LA Theater Productions of 2024
February 5, 2025
Steven Leigh Morris, founding editor of Stage Raw, curated his list of the 10 best Los Angeles theater productions of 2024. Among them were three
CalArtians Selected for Hammer Museum’s ‘Made in L.A. 2025’
January 30, 2025
On Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Hammer Museum at UCLA announced the 27 artists participating in Made in L.A. 2025, the seventh edition of its acclaimed
CalArtians Nominated for 2025 Annie Awards
January 29, 2025
Last month, ASIFA-Hollywood announced the nominees for the 52nd annual Annie Awards. As in years past, CalArtians are among those recognized for excellence and contributions
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
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