CalArts Entertainment Group

Welcome to CalArts Entertainment Group!

Launched in 2011, the CalArts Entertainment Group/CEG is a professional networking consortium for alumni working in the entertainment industry. Through a series of programs, workshops and speakers, CEG will highlight Calartians' leadership in film, theater and television and support alumni professional development and collaboration.

If you are a CalArts alumnus/a and would like to volunteer with CEG, please email us at alumni@calarts.edu.

April 24, 2013: CalArts Entertainment Group Presents: Careers in Los Angeles Live Theater

Theatre Theater
5041 W Pico Blvd Los Angeles 90019
7:00PM

Panel discussion featuring CalArts alumni, followed by a networking reception for theater professionals.

Featured panelists include:

Terence McFarland, Moderator, BFA Film/Video 00, MFA Interschool 03
CEO, LA STAGE Alliance

Sean Branney, Acting MFA 91
Co-Founder, Theatre Banshee

Caroline Chang, MFA Writing 09
Production Coordinator, Native Voices at the Autry National Center

E.M. “Martin” Gimenez, Sound Design MFA 09
Co-Founder, Opera del Espacio; Artistic Associate, The Industry

Adam Hunter, Acting BFA 07
Co-Founder, Poor Dog Group

Tane Kawasaki, MFA Acting 02
Co-Founder, Filament Theatre Company

Jessica Kubzansky, Theater Directing MFA 94
Co-Artistic Director, The Theatre @ Boston Court

David Mack, Acting MFA 08
General Manager, The Industry; Managing Director, WVTC

Katharine Noon, Acting MFA 90
Artistic Director, Ghost Road Company

May 8, 2012: A Conversation with Don Cheadle

Photo: SHOWTIME

7:00 pm: Program
8:30 pm: Networking Reception
Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater/REDCAT
631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Parking is available at REDCAT for $9.
General admission is $10. Students are free with ID.
Refreshments included. Tickets are available from the REDCAT box office at www.redcat.org or 213-237-2800.

Don Cheadle (BFA Acting ’86) has continued to challenge audiences with compelling performances in film and television, earning him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in Hotel Rwanda, a Best Supporting Actor Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics for Devil in a Blue Dress and a Best Supporting Actor BAFTA nomination for Crash.

In addition to his acting, Cheadle has been committed to international humanitarian causes, co-founding Not On Our Watch to end genocide in Darfur. In 2007, he received a Summit Peace Award by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and a BET Humanitarian award for his work in Darfur and Rwanda. In 2010, he was named Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations. He has been a supporter of the International Rescue Committee relief organization and the Enough Project, working to end crimes against humanity.

At this intersection of art and politics, Cheadle has explored both narrative and documentary storytelling to engage audiences in critical social discourse – from the ravages of the Vietnam War in Hamburger Hill, to racial injustice in A Lesson Before Dying and Rosewood, to genocide in Darfur Now. Currently, he is appearing in Showtime’s House of Lies and developing a new project he has co-written.

October 29, 2009: An Evening with Henry Selick

7:30pm
ArcLight Hollywood
6360 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

October 1, 2009: An Evening with Guy Eckstine

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Los Angeles Public Library
Central Branch -- Meeting Room A
630 W. 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071

A distinguished music industry A&R and new media executive, record producer, musician and composer, Guy Eckstine has produced and executive produced over 40 records, including four Grammy Award winners. A former student of John Bergamo's percussion program at CalArts, Guy began his music career as a session musician playing drums for Quincy Jones, Michael McDonald, Eddy Grant and Herbie Hancock, among others. Also, he is a founding member of the avant-progressive rock band SOMA.

Currently, Guy is a partner at Iconique Music Group, Inc., an A&R/creative direction, artist management and solicitation company based in New York, NY, which represents Justyna Kelley, The Pimps of Joytime, Incognito, Pete Belasco, Feels Like Friday and Phoam Technologies. Previously, he served as creative manager at Virgin Music, director of A&R at Columbia Records and vice president of A&R at Verve Records. Also, he was senior vice president of creative development at MP3.com and the co-founder of MIAATV.com.

In addition to his executive duties, Guy keeps the creative juices flowing by independently producing records as president of Guy Eckstine Productions, including the chart-topping Billboard Jazz release, Brian Culbertson’s Nice and Slow and Cyrus Chestnut’s A Charlie Brown Christmas.