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
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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
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,
Creators Across Campus Exhibit at CalArts Expo 2025
May 13, 2025
The creativity of the CalArts community will be on full display at 2025 CalArts Expo, an immersive artistic experience happening across campus today, Tuesday, May
Ann Telnaes Wins Second Pulitzer Prize
May 6, 2025
Yesterday (May 5), editorial cartoonist and former School of Film/Video faculty Ann Telnaes (Film/Video BFA 85) was awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting
From Scripted Spaces to Cinematic Illusions: Norman Klein Joins Back-to-Back LA Filmforum Programs
April 25, 2025
Critic, urban and media historian, and School of Critical Studies faculty Norman Klein joins the post-screening conversations of back-to-back Los Angeles Filmforum programs this Sunday,
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
CalArts Retains No. 1 Spot in Animation Career Review’s 2025 Rankings
March 26, 2025
For the fifth year in a row, CalArts animation programs (Character Animation and Experimental Animation) have collectively earned the top spot in all eligible categories
Mike Ott Unmasks Terror in New Psych Thriller ‘McVeigh’
March 17, 2025
Director and CalArts alum Mike Ott (Film/Video BFA 03, MFA 05) reckons with the legacy of a national tragedy in McVeigh, painting a stark portrait
‘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
Julian Castronovo’s Debut Feature Screens at MoMA’s Doc Fortnight 2025
February 15, 2025
From Feb. 20 to March 7, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City marks 24 years of showcasing innovative filmmaking and storytelling
‘The Wild Robot’ Sweeps the 2025 Annie Awards
February 11, 2025
This past Saturday night (Feb. 8), artists and creators from all corners of the animation world convened at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles to
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
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