CalArts Events

Opening Reception: March 15 at 7 PM

Borrowing its title from Arthur Russell’s 1986 album, this exhibition reconsiders the legacies of two maverick artists Arthur Russell and Julius Eastman, focusing on their intersections, shared spaces, and continued echoes today. Read more...

There will be a performance piece on 4/27 which will create a drawing in the central space and a reception on 5/1 at 7pm.

A concert of harmonically lush and rhetorically inventive music for Baroque strings, winds, and keyboards. 

Student Union forum for student priorities and impact reports (round table conversations).

Amina Cain and Jess Arndt are writing some of the more vivid, playful and unsettling prose in North American fiction these days.

Trivia night hosted by Student Union Communications Committee.

Spring Dance is an evening of student works, choreographed and performed by BFA 1-3s and MFA 1 students. Photo by Cheryl Mann Productions.

Caryl Churchill's Love and Information is a kaleidoscopic view into the ways we try to understand the world, ourselves, each other, and our relationships.

Written by: Georg Buchner, Translated by: Robert Auletta and Directed by: Hunter Mahmoud Abal

GRAMMY-nominated orchestral collective Wild Up presents Arthur Russell’s minimalist disco masterwork 24 to 24 Music as part of the To the Fullest festival. Read more...

Join our community and come enjoy the World Music and Dance Festival! Happening for two days only May 2-3, the 2025 festival features music from Iran, Bali, Indonesia, India, Ghana and more!This year's festival long standing faculty I Nyoman Wenten and Nanik Wenten and honoring the late Aashish Khan, this will be a special year not to be missed! 

Meet the artistic vanguard at our annual School of Art MFA Open Studios. Performances, conversations, and screenings will be organized throughout the day!

The CalArts Artisan Pop-Up Market is your go-to for unique handcrafted finds! Shop creations from our student and alumni artists, as well as local SCV makers—art, jewelry, prints, and more! Complimentary 360 Photo booth for attendees! Free and open to the public to shop. $0-$50 to sell at the market.

Experience the extraordinary work of the School of Theater's student artists, designers, and technicians in live performance, film, interactive media, installation, experience design, and themed entertainment.

Join us for the 2025 CalArts Character Animation Producers' Show, featuring a selection of films made by students in the Character Animation program this academic year, juried by the faculty.