CalArts Website Wins 2025 Circle of Excellence Gold Award from CASE
For its innovative new website, CalArts has earned a 2025 Circle of Excellence Gold Award from the Council for Advancement
24700 is CalArts‘ online space dedicated to sharing news and work of the larger CalArts community from around the world. 24700 captures stories of the exploration of new forms and expressions in the arts by our students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
For its innovative new website, CalArts has earned a 2025 Circle of Excellence Gold Award from the Council for Advancement
Artist and CalArts alum Jemima Wyman (Art MFA 07) debuts new work as part of COLA 2025, the 28th edition
Two recent CalArts graduates have been selected for the 2025–26 Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) Teaching
Susan Kinsolving (née Baumann), a member of CalArts’ first MFA class in 1972, released her debut novel The Head’s Tale
The 21st annual Dog Star Festival comes to a close this weekend with four days of free performances at Automata,
CalArts was recently named in The Hollywood Reporter’s inaugural Top Animation Schools list for 2025. With programs in Character Animation (BFA) and Experimental
Originally developed and commissioned by CalArts Center for New Performance and multiple iterations at CalArts, REDCAT, and other venues, Dahlak Brathwaite: Try/Step/Trip is at The
Yusuke Watanabe (Film/Video BFA 22) debuts his illustrations in A Fish Called Andromeda, a new children’s book written by Cynthia C. Huijgens. Published by Idle
Molly Surazhsky (Art BFA 19) combines self-portraiture and performance art in Miss Americhka, her first solo exhibition with Lowell Ryan Projects. Running from Jan. 7
Editor’s Note: The name of the trailblazing animator has been revealed: Bessie Mae Kelley, whose works are now credited as the earliest known hand-drawn animated
Vocalist and composer Odeya Nini (Music MFA 11) released her new solo vocal album ODE on Populist Records earlier this fall, celebrating the release with
Playwright, screenwriter, and CalArts alum Amy Tofte‘s (Theater MFA 11) new book Icons and Instincts: Choreographing And Directing Entertainment’s Biggest Stars is a memoir of
Nominations for the inaugural Children’s & Family Emmy Awards were recently announced, featuring CalArts alums and faculty among the contenders. These new awards are an
School of Film/Video faculty Nina Menkes’ acclaimed documentary Brainwashed: Sex – Camera – Power has been selected to screen at multiple film festivals including Viennale,
Running now through Sunday, Nov. 27 at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, The Inheritance features School of Theater alums Eddie Lopez (BFA 07) and
Taking on the iconic role written for Lily Tomlin, Cecily Strong (Theater BFA 06) performs in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the
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24700 is CalArts‘ online space dedicated to sharing news and work of the larger CalArts community from around the world. The news site captures stories of the exploration of new forms and expressions in the arts by our students, faculty, staff, and alumni.