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
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‘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
Sundance Festival Announces 2024 Short Film Program
December 14, 2023
Update: On Jan. 23, the Sundance Film Festival announced that the Short Film Jury Award in Animation was awarded to CalArts alum Phoebe Jane Hart
CalArtians Nominated for Children’s and Family Emmy Awards
December 12, 2023
Last month, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees for its second annual Children’s and Family Emmy Awards, with CalArtians
Sundance 2024 Announces Feature Film Program
December 11, 2023
Last week, the Sundance Institute announced the 91 projects selected for the feature films, episodic, and new frontier programs for the 40th edition of its
Sanjay Patel Reimagines Hindu Deities with New Series Ghee Happy
November 27, 2023
Preschool can be a rollercoaster ride of learning and growth—even more so when you’re a young Hindu deity discovering your supernatural powers. Such is the
CalArtian-Founded Studio’s Installation on View at Venice 2023 Architecture Biennial
November 15, 2023
Metropolitan Architectural Practice (MAP), a San Francisco-based transdisciplinary architecture and design practice helmed by CalArts alum Christiane Robbins (Film/Video MFA 88) and Katherine Lambert, is
Academy Museum Screens Films by Maureen Selwood
November 13, 2023
This Friday, Nov. 17, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles presents Maureen Selwood: Animating the Interior, a screening of films by School
From Short to Series: Scavengers Reign, Written by Sean Buckelew, is Now on Max
November 9, 2023
Adapted from a 2016 short animated film by Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner, and produced by Green Street Pictures, Scavengers Reign has expanded into a
At the Procreate Dreams Launch, CalArtians Glimpse New Animated Possibilities
November 8, 2023
In September, a group of CalArtians flew across the pond to try out a new mobile animation application—and catch a glimpse of exciting new possibilities
Alexandra Cuesta’s Latest Documentary to Screen at IDFA 2023, LA Filmforum
November 7, 2023
Alexandra Cuesta (Film/Video MFA 08) takes viewers on a journey through the diverse landscapes of Ecuador in her latest experimental documentary Manu: A Visual Album.
CalArts Ranks #7 in TheWrap’s Best Film Schools of 2023
November 3, 2023
California Institute of the Arts earns the number seven spot in this year’s top 50 film schools in the US, per entertainment and media business
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