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May 20, 2021 will mark the 27th annual celebration of the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA) and the doubling of awardees, this year, from five to ten risk-taking, mid-career artists – experimenters - who are challenging and transforming art, their respective disciplines, and society....

With last night’s win for Soul (Pixar), the Best Animated Feature Oscar has now gone to alumni of the California Institute of the Arts’ (CalArts) renowned animation programs 12 times. Since the category was introduced at the Academy Awards 20 years ago, the...

CalArts Animators: Three 2020 Oscar Nominations, 13 Academy Awards, $50 Billion in Box Office Grosses Valencia, CA (March 15, 2021)—Since the category of Best Animated Feature was introduced at the Academy Awards 20 years ago, 13 of the winning films were directed, produced, or written...

A proven technology leader with a career-long history of high standards of performance, team-building, leadership, and delivering results, Chen will assume his new position on Nov. 23. 

Renowned artist and long-time faculty member Charles Gaines has provided an initial donation to establish a fellowship that will provide critical scholarship support for Black students in CalArts' MFA Art program.