On Monday, June 28, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the Children’s & Animation and Lifestyle categories for the 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, with several series created by CalArts alums among the nominees. These nominees will be...

London-based film studies scholar and critic Erika Balsom explores “one of the great works of the American avant-garde” in Ten Skies (Fireflies Press). The book is named for School of Film/Video faculty James Benning’s 2004 film of the same name, succinctly described as...

Poet, librettist, and former CalArts faculty Douglas Kearney (Critical Studies MFA 04) was recently named the recipient of OPERA America’s inaugural Campbell Opera Librettist Prize. The prize, conceived and funded by librettist and lyricist Mark Campbell, is billed as the first to...

Netflix delivers a crash course in American civics with its upcoming short-form animated childrens’ series We the People, created by Chris Nee (Doc McStuffins) and executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama and Kenya Barris (Black-ish). The short form series features CalArtians Jorge...

Saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis’ (Music MFA 10) and the Red Lily Quintet’s latest album Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms) has been featured by The New York Times, describing this latest collection as “some of the loveliest compositions of his career, built around overlapping...

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...