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Presented by the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Pioneering World Music Program, Festival Features Indonesian, Persian, Indian, and African Music, Dance, and more.

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) puts young artist-entrepreneurs to the test at a marathon pitch competition running from 9 am to 4 pm on April 8. 

El Acercamiento/The Approach, the brainchild of School of Theater faculty Evelyn Serrano, goes back to Havana, Cuba for the second year with an art exhibit, showcasing work from CalArts and Cuban artists.

Sublevel is a new online literary magazine devoted to the nexus of literature, poetics, art, criticism, philosophy, culture, and politics. Based in the MFA Creative Writing Program at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Sublevel reflects the dynamism of contemporary Los Angeles as a...

Junot Díaz has been selected as California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) 2017 Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence. Díaz, who was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, will work with students in CalArts’ MFA...

On Tuesday, Zootopia and Moana, both co-directed by alumni of California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), received Academy Award nominations for Best Animated Feature. The two films add to the extraordinary box office grosses generated by graduates of the CalArts Character and Experimental...

President's Statement on CalArts as a Sanctuary Campus  

Rajan follows 29-year tenure of CalArts President Steven Lavine.

Offering rigorous undergraduate and graduate degree programs through six schools—Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater—CalArts has championed creative excellence, critical reflection, and the development of new forms and expressions.  As successive...

Held at CAP Council member Susan Disney Lord's restaurant The Bel-Air, the benefit raised more than $60,000. At the event, CalArts President Steven Lavine was honored for his dedication and service to the Institute and CAP.