Clockwise from top left: Sam Durant, photo: Yvonne Venegas; Courtney J. Martin, photo: Argenis Apolinario; Franklin Sirmans, photo: courtesy the speaker; Eungie Joo, photo: Heinz Peter Knes On Thursday, May 27 at 5 pm PDT, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents...

On Friday, May 29, the Colburn School in downtown L.A. presents Modern and Popular Music Jukebox, a virtual concert featuring CalArts student and multi-instrumentalist Maya Paredes (Music BFA 23). Paredes’ show marks the final installment of the school’s Next Up Series’...

Contemporary art gallery ROSEGALLERY in Santa Monica, Calif. presents Into the Blue, a new group exhibition featuring works by School of Art faculty Jo Ann Callis and School of Film/Video faculty Maureen Selwood with her daughter Megan Cotts. The gallery holds an opening in-person reception...

Calibraska Arts Initiative, founded by former School of Film/Video faculty Erica Larsen-Dockray (Film/Video BFA 09, MFA 12), returns for its 2021 edition in a hybrid format, running from June 7 through July 30. Calibraska was established in 2013 to build “community, culture, and...

On May 7, the nonprofit UK label Touched Music released John Tejada presents Future Stars 2, a compilation album featuring original works by CalArts students in electronic music producer and composer Tejada’s Advanced Electronic Music Production Spring 2021 class.  The 17-track...

The CalArts School of Theater Festival 2021: Beyond the Stage kicks off Tuesday (May 4) and runs through May 14. The school-wide event presents a number of original, contemporary, and classic work developed by students, faculty, and guest artists across multiple theater disciplines....

School of Art visiting faculty Mercedes Dorame is among the cohort of five Los Angeles artists and technologists in LACMA x Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives, a collaboration between the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and Snap Inc. LACMA and Snap Inc., which have collaborated on...

The MFA Creative Writing Program in the School of Critical Studies presents “Experiments in Dissonance: A Symposium of Interdisciplinary Writing,” running from Friday, April 9 to Saturday, April 10.  This year’s symposium takes place virtually and in partnership with...

The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation announced its newest class of Guggenheim Fellows, with several CalArtians among this year’s recipients: Karen Lofgren, Melissa Thorne, School of Art faculty Cauleen Smith and Michael Jang.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City heralds the change in season with the spring edition of its performing arts series Works & Process, featuring CalArtian musicians on two April dates. With cooperation from the New York Department of Health and a collaboration with...