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,
From Suburban Lawns to Suburban John, Punk Lives On
May 21, 2025
In typical CalArtian fashion, the trajectory of alumnus William Ranson’s decades-long musical career has been nothing short of unconventional, but he can trace its beginnings
Scenes from CalArts Graduation 2025
May 20, 2025
On Friday, May 16, the CalArts community, friends, and family saw Graduation Courtyard live up to its name as it hosted the class of 2025’s
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
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
CalArts Jazz Featured on WGBO 88.3
March 31, 2025
April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), and the Newark/New York-based public radio station WGBO 88.3 kicked off its celebration early on March 31 by featuring
Anaís Azul Wraps Up Reef Residency, Kicks off Tour with Album Launch at The Reef
March 11, 2025
Composer, vocalist, and CalArts alum Anaís Azul (Music MFA 22) presents an immersive evening of experimental Andean music and storytelling at the launch of her
CalArtians Present Benefit Concerts for Fire Relief
January 30, 2025
In response to the fires that have devastated Southern California this month, CalArtians will host and perform at two relief benefit concerts happening this Friday,
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
Music Faculty Paul Berkolds Receives the Highest Civilian Honor from Latvia
December 19, 2024
In November, Paul Berkolds, co-director of the VoiceArts Program, was awarded the Trīszvaigžņu ordenis (Order of the Three Stars) by Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs for
Junson Park Wins AI Music Award from the University of the Arts London
December 4, 2024
In November, the Music-RAI Research Project, funded by the University of the Arts London (UAL), announced the recipients of its prestigious AI Music Award. Among
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