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,
CalArts’ Alum Ryan Bancroft Discusses his Start in Classical Music on KCRW’s ‘Press Play’
August 6, 2024
Before CalArts alum Ryan Bancroft (Music BFA 11, MFA 13) returns to the Hollywood Bowl stage Tuesday night (Aug. 6) to conduct the LA Philharmonic,
Alum Olivia Fries-Farr and other CalArtians Perform at Genghis Cohen
June 26, 2024
CalArts alum Olivia Fries-Farr (Music BFA 23) has organized a live concert featuring all-CalArtian acts— Ubiquitous, Jolee Go, June Youngblood, and Emrykul—this Saturday, June 29,
The Dog Star Orchestra’s 2024 Festival Opens
June 21, 2024
The Dog Star Orchestra, an experimental music ensemble and annual festival, opens its 2024 summer festival—its 20th edition—with a concert titled Converse at Automata in
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
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:
Festivities at CalArts Community Weekend Features Art, and World Music and Dance
April 24, 2024
CalArts’ Community Weekend kicks off on Friday, April 26 and runs through Sunday, April 28. Open to the public, the weekend features free concerts and
CalArts’ Experimental Pop Showcase Returns to the Iconic Troubadour
April 12, 2024
The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts presents the return of its annual Experimental Pop Showcase, set to take place at the Troubadour, Los
Charles Gaines’ Manifestos 4: The Dred and Harriet Scott Decision Live at REDCAT
April 9, 2024
Art Faculty Emeritus Charles Gaines is a conceptual artist who employs formulas, structures, and grids to create paintings, photographs, drawings, videos, and other media. In
Resonance Collective Presents 4 for 20 with Daniel Corral
April 4, 2024
On Saturday, April 13, the Resonance Collective, led by CalArts alum Fahad Siadat (Music DMA 18), presents 4 for 20 with Daniel Corral (Music MFA
Julia Holter Embraces the Corporeal in New Album
March 28, 2024
Ever-shifting orchestration envelops shards of meditative lyrical fragments in Something in the Room She Moves, the sixth studio album by composer, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Julia
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