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CalArts Provost Emeritus Beverly O'Neill passed away on Sunday, July 16, after a long illness. O'Neill, along with her filmmaker husband Pat O'Neill and several other artists and scholars, founded the Los Angeles Independent Film Oasis, an experimental nonprofit screening organization...

MXLA 2017: The Creative Economy Forum was held on June 26-27 at REDCAT and was sponsored by CalArts, the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles, ProMéxico and the Los Angeles Times. CalArts President Ravi S. Rajan spoke to KCAL-9 about the forum. 

Washington, DC - Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has introduced legislation to ease student loan debt for professionals employed in the arts. The American Arts Revival Act extends federal public service loan forgiveness to cultural workers, museum professionals,...

The final installment of the Next Words Reading Series is at REDCAT on Sunday, May 7. Graduating members of the MFA Creative Writing Program at CalArts read from their bold and varied works. 

The CalArts Graphic Design Program presents its End of Year Shows, featuring work of its BFA and MFA designers. 

The annual CalArts MFA Open Studios takes place on Sunday, April 23, on the CalArts campus in Valencia. 

CalArts School of Film/Video annual Showcase—a screening series featuring student works from all four programs—commences on April 22.

Artists from CalArts and Academia Nacional de Artes San Alejandro in La Habana (Havana), Cuba, continued their collaboration on their exhibition series, El Acercamiento/The Approach, in Cuba this week. 

CalArts President Steven D. Lavine joined more than 100 other college and university presidents from public and private institutions in signing an open letter to uphold and continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The leaders cite the “moral...