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An accomplished administrator, professor, and curator, Lam will assume the role on July 15, 2022. 

California Institute of the Arts President Ravi Rajan has signed the Association of Independent Colleges of Art + Design's strong statement rebuking the recent, horrific bomb threats agianst the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Unviersitys (HBCUs). The statement, AICAD...

Twenty-seven high school seniors have learned they will be attending college on full-tuition art scholarships totaling $5.2 million as participants in the new Posse Arts Program

“As creators and listeners, we are not only bearers of the personal and cultural memory that shapes our work and experience, we are thinkers and self-reflective beings who understand our role in constituting music's reality. Futures of Music can not predict or even anticipate; we want...

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) has named writer, poet, and scholar Maggie Nelson as its 2022 Theorist in Residence. Organized by the MA Aesthetics and Politics Program in the School of Critical Studies, CalArts’ Theorist in Residence initiative invites theorists focusing on...

Michael Elgarico has been appointed Vice President of Enrollment at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). He is a highly experienced leader with a 20-year record of team building and enrollment success across institutions of higher education. He will join CalArts on Jan. 31, 2022. 

ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Honors Higher Education Institutions, Educators and Students Who Increased Student Voter Engagement During the 2020 Elections. 

At CalArts, Chen is responsible for strategic planning and CalArts' technology portfolio, including infrastructure, support, and central and administrative IT services.

Moody’s Investor Service, a credit rating agency responsible for setting the market standard for bond evaluations, has assigned California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) a first-time issuer rating of Baa1 and to its inaugural Revenue Bond Series 2021.