All the World’s a Studio: Production as Composition December 17, 2020 CalArts faculty, musician, and sound engineer Emily Evans didn’t miss a beat when the COVID pandemic sent faculty hustling to redesign classes for remote learning. Evans leaned into the challenge and her past experience to introduce Production as Composition for BFA3s, 4s, and MFAs. The... Read More
CalArtians Included in the NYT’s ’25 Most Influential Works of American Protest Art’ December 14, 2020 Read More
CalArtians Among Automata LA’s Fall/Winter Artists in Residence December 10, 2020 Downtown Los Angeles-based experimental performance venue Automata has announced its latest edition of artist residencies. The fall/winter 2020-21 residencies feature six resident artists, five of whom are CalArtians: Benni Quintero (Film/Video BFA 20), Ramona Apthorp (Art BFA 19), Susan Simpson... Read More
CalArtians Win 2021 Creative Capital Awards December 9, 2020 Announcing the 2021 Creative Capital Awards! In this award cycle, we provide 35 selected projects, represented by these 42 artists, with $50,000 in project funding and career development services. https://t.co/Ikeejpmq9r pic.twitter.com/rviINyeSpc — Creative Capital (@creativecap)... Read More
Slow Show: From CalArts to West Africa December 8, 2020 Following its first French edition at Luma Arles and Lafayette Anticipations Paris in 2019, Slow Show, conceived and led by The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance Dean Dimitri Chamblas, travels for the first time to Africa. The performance takes place as part of the Dialogues de Corps... Read More
First-Ever Virtual CalArts Winter Dance Concert Set for This Weekend December 2, 2020 On Friday and Saturday (Dec. 4-5), The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts presents its annual Winter Dance Concert featuring an ambitious, multitrack, online experience. In partnership with REDCAT, CalArts Dance faculty and students have put together an immersive and imaginative... Read More
Charles Gaines Joins NAD’s 2020 Class of National Academicians November 23, 2020 Esteemed conceptual artist and School of Art faculty Charles Gaines has been inducted into the National Academy of Design’s (NAD) newest class of National Academicians. Gaines is among the 15 artists and architects selected for the 2020 roster, who will serve as ambassadors of American art... Read More
Drive-In Dance Concert by CalArts Faculty Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge November 13, 2020 The Betweens by CalArts School of Dance faculty Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge brings live dance back to Los Angeles. Commissioned by L.A. Dance Project (LADP), The Betweens is a drive-in dance experience performed in the space surrounding LADP’s downtown Los Angeles studios. The... Read More
New Works by Critical Studies Dean Amanda Beech November 12, 2020 On Nov. 8, the short film, Vacuum In Front Of You, co-created by Dean of the CalArts School of Critical Studies Amanda Beech and Diann Bauer was released to the public as part of the art project Tegel: Speculations and Propositions. In 2011, project curators Jaspar Joseph-Lester,... Read More