News and Events

The National Association of College & University Business Officers will hold their annual conference in Long Beach on July 21-24. As part of their preparation, NACUBO’s national magazine, Business Officer, interviewed executives from schools in the area, including CalArts’s CFO...

The New York Times' bestselling writer Roxane Gay has been named the CalArts Creative Writing Program's 2018 Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence. 

CalArts Admissions greatly values our applicants and students rights' to call for change by exercising their First Amendment rights. ​Any disciplinary action that our applicants face from peaceful participation in a protest will in no way affect their admission decision. ​

The Women’s March and the March for Our Lives organizations have planned a nationwide school walkout at 10 am on March 14, 2018. CalArts President Ravi Rajan encourages everyone who wants to participate to join him in the walkout to demand real change on gun violence.

For the premiere of Disney/PIXAR’s 'Coco' in France, French television program '50 Minutes Inside' produced a segment on CalArts and the alumni who helped create the animated feature.

On Monday, Feb. 12 from 3-4 pm, CalArts hosts a special presentation by Elizabeth Nyamayaro, Global Head of UN Women HeForShe Movement, an initiative for the advancement of women. 

Congratulations to CalArts alumnus Greg Kurstin, who, for the second year in a row, won Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical at the 2018 GRAMMYs. Kurstin was recognized for his recent work on projects such as the Foo Fighters' 'Concrete And Gold' and Beck's 'Dear Life.' He is also...

Earlier this week, we honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose sense of justice, forgiveness, solidarity, courage, compassion, dignity, humility, and service to others reflect values CalArtians hold very close to their hearts. 

He might have just had a long day of rehearsals prepping for a performance at the Paris Internationale art fair, yet Dimitri Chamblas is energized as he talks about his new role. The 42-year-old took over this year as dean of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at the California Institute of...