Catch ‘Playing the Protagonist’ at Los Angeles International Film Festival
This Friday, Playing the Protagonist, a new short film written, produced, and led by alum Justin Henriksen (Acting MFA 25)
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This Friday, Playing the Protagonist, a new short film written, produced, and led by alum Justin Henriksen (Acting MFA 25)
CalArts was recently ranked second in the nation by Art & Object in its 2026 list of the Top 15
CalArts has once again been named one of the nation’s best film schools, ranking 12th on TheWrap‘s annual list of
CalArts alum Eva Aguila (Theater BFA 05) is one of four artists reimagining the layered histories of the historic Rowland
CalArts mourns the passing of one of our original faculty members and pioneering artist Alison Knowles, who died on Oct.
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

On Saturday, Sept. 14, CalArts celebrates the opening of Big Tent, a group exhibition of CalArts Reef Residents and their collaborators. Organized by residency program

On view through March 24, the 2023 Taipei Biennial: Small World brings together more than 50 international and local artists and musicians, transforming the Taipei

CalArts School of Art Faculty Emeritus Charles Gaines’ groundbreaking 1993 exhibition Theater of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism is revisited in Hauser & Wirth’s

Boney Manilli, a dark musical comedy written and directed by CalArts alum Edgar Arceneaux (Art MFA 01), runs Thursday, Oct. 5 through Saturday, Oct. 7
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