CalArts Alum B. Wurtz Featured in ‘New York Times Magazine’
November 14, 2025
CalArts alum B. Wurtz (Art MFA 80) was recently profiled in The New York Times Magazine feature “The Artist Whose
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Catch ‘Playing the Protagonist’ at Los Angeles International Film Festival
November 12, 2025
This Friday, Playing the Protagonist, a new short film written, produced, and led by alum Justin Henriksen (Acting MFA 25)
CalArts Ranks #2 in Art & Object’s 2026 List of Best Art Schools
November 11, 2025
CalArts was recently ranked second in the nation by Art & Object in its 2026 list of the Top 15
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
‘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.
Naotaka Hiro’s ‘Two Worlds’ on View at The Box in Los Angeles
June 28, 2024
Acclaimed artist and CalArts alum Naotaka Hiro (Film/Video MFA 00) explores the roots of his artistic process in his latest exhibition titled Two Worlds at
COLA 2024 Features New Work by CalArtians
May 30, 2024
On Saturday, May 18, the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery will unveil COLA 2024, an exhibition showcasing the work of this year’s recipients of the
Scenes from CalArts Graduation 2024
May 13, 2024
The sunny spring day of Friday, May 10 saw a burst of sculptural flora sprouting on the stage of Graduation Courtyard. Designed around a botanical
Variety Names CalArts a 2024 ‘Film School Titan’
May 8, 2024
Entertainment trade publication Variety recently released its 2024 ranking of the top film schools in North America, with CalArts named a “Film School Titan”—placing it
Suzanne Méjean Pinney Cuts Two New PBS Programs
May 7, 2024
Among the Public Broadcasting Service’s (PBS) educational slate of news, arts, and music are two programs about the impact of arts education to new perspectives
2024 Character Animation Producers’ Show Returns to the Academy Museum
May 2, 2024
On Tuesday night, members of the CalArts community, industry representatives, and friends and family journeyed to LA’s Miracle Mile neighborhood to celebrate Character Animation students’
2024 Winners of the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts Announced
May 2, 2024
This morning (May 2), 10 risk-taking, mid-career artists were announced as the recipients of the 2024 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA). They are:
Filmmaker Arom Choi Selected for CJ & TIFF K-Story Fund
April 25, 2024
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), in partnership with the CJ Cultural Foundation and the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), has officially announced the selection of
Two Film/Video Faculty Named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
April 11, 2024
On Thursday, April 11, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the 2024 class of Guggenheim Fellows. Among the “distinguished list of culture-creators working across 52
Passage of the Spiral by Natalia Lassalle-Morillo Premieres at REDCAT
April 8, 2024
On Thursday, April 11, CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) presents the world premiere of Passage of the Spiral (Pasadizo en Spiral) at REDCAT in
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