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
Category: REDCAT
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.
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
Dance, Theater, and Activism Collide in Lemi Ponifasio’s Amor a la Muerte
April 4, 2023
Pioneering Samoan director, designer, and choreographer Lemi Ponifasio brings dance, theater, and activism to the stage with Amor a la muerte (Love to Death), an
Charles Gaines to Take the REDCAT Stage for Art21 Film Screening
March 13, 2023
On Saturday, March 18, REDCAT will partner with nonprofit Art21 to present the recently premiered film, Charles Gaines: Systems & Structures. After the screening, renowned
Three Ways to Honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022
October 6, 2022
Monday, Oct. 10 marks Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the US, a celebration of the rich and varied histories and cultures of Native Americans. This weekend,
CNP Presents World Premiere of Scene with Cranes at REDCAT
September 28, 2022
CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) kicks off its 20th anniversary season with the world premiere of its latest work Scene with Cranes, an “exquisitely
ICA LA Celebrates Two Decades of My Barbarian
September 19, 2022
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) celebrates two decades of Los Angeles-based collective My Barbarian—composed of Malik Gaines (Critical Studies MFA 99), Jade
Matt Connolly Named Andy Warhol Foundation Curatorial Research Fellow
June 29, 2022
This morning, when The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts announced their roster of Spring 2022 Grantees, CalArts visiting faculty Matt Connolly was listed
REDCAT Season Wraps Up with Kaneza Schaal’s KLII
June 22, 2022
REDCAT concludes its current season with KLII, an innovative theater work by 2021 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts recipient Kaneza Schaal, running Thursday, June
The Most Beautiful Home…Maybe: Fantastical Performance Addresses Housing Crisis
May 17, 2022
Theater and advocacy collide in Mark-n-Sparks’ The Most Beautiful Home…Maybe, a new play addressing the national housing crisis, running Thursday, May 19–Saturday, May 21 at
Maggie Nelson Named 2022 Theorist in Residence
January 14, 2022
CalArts’ MA Aesthetics and Politics Program has named writer, poet, and scholar Maggie Nelson as its 2022 Theorist-in-Residence. The Theorist in Residence initiative invites theorists
The Herb Alpert School of Music Presents Futures of Music at REDCAT
January 14, 2022
On Saturday, Jan. 15, The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts invites viewers to reimagine musical performance and pedagogy in Futures of Music, a
CalArts Instagram
[instagram-feed feed=1]