News and Events

Here's a quick peek at move-in day and the start of orientation for new students at CalArts. 

Emmett Till, a young black man, was lynched in Mississippi on Aug. 28, 1955, at the age of 14 after being accused of offending a white woman. The Carolyn Bryant Project, created by Nataki Garrett and Andrea LeBlanc, examines the woman at the heart of Till's tragic...

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...