News and Events

Black Clock commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Psychedelic Era with  Issue #20.

The Herb Alpert Foundation and California Institute of the Arts will award the 21st Annual Herb Alpert Award in the Arts to five exceptional mid–career artists, presented at a lunch hosted by the Herb Alpert Foundation in Santa Monica on May 1st 2015.

CalArts MFA Creative Writing Program hosts &Now, a biennial literary festival, on CalArts campus.

CalArts student Kozue Matsumoto performs with guest composer and alumna Rita Ueda.

Directed by ASsociate Dean of CalArts School of Theater Nataki Garrett-Meyers, "In the Red and Brown Water" explores decisions of life love and self.

Elizabeth Power Robison is appointed CalArts' new Vice President of Advancement.

CalArts students give backto their host community of Santa Clarita by donating their time to host workshops for children and perform routine repair and maintenance. 

East of Borneo, the art journal housed in the CalArts School of Art, launches a project by Allan Sakula about the development and evolution of downtown Los Angeles.

The cummulative domestic and international box office grosses for CalArts Alumni who have directed animated features increased to over $31 billion in 2014.

Fourteen films, twelve experimental animated films and two live-action films, by faculty, students and alumni of California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) were selected for the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival.