LAPQ Releases Video for Lullaby 5 by Nicholas Deyoe September 4, 2020 The Los Angeles Percussion Quartet (LAPQ), a chamber music ensemble dedicated to commissioning new works for percussion, released a new video for Lullaby 5 by CalArts faculty Nicholas Deyoe on Friday, Sept. 4. The quartet, which includes CalArts Music alums Justin DeHart (MFA 04), Nick Terry... Read More
Inside Out & Upside Down: REDCAT Presents CalArts Poster Archive, Talks September 2, 2020 REDCAT celebrates 50 years of CalArts graphic design in Inside Out & Upside Down: Posters from CalArts 1970-2019, organized by CalArts alumni Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton (Art MFA 07) and Silas Munro (Art MFA 08). The exhibition—which is accompanied by two new publications, a virtual... Read More
Time is Out of Joint: 2020 MFA Graduates Construct a New Normal August 26, 2020 Thesis exhibitions by School of Art 2020 MFA graduates were abruptly upended when campus went into lockdown in spring 2020, barring them from their typical studio spaces. Students have combatted these limitations in Time is Out of Joint, a series of three successive exhibitions running Thursday,... Read More
CalArts Among The Hollywood Reporter’s Top 25 American Film Schools of 2020 August 24, 2020 The Hollywood Reporter (THR) recently released its 2020 list of Top 25 American Film Schools, which features CalArts’ School of Film/Video ranking eighth. The annual list typically comes as a result of facility evaluations and interviews with deans and faculty from campuses across the... Read More
Numbers and Trees: Hauser & Wirth Presents Charles Gaines’ New Digital Exhibition August 20, 2020 Contemporary art gallery Hauser & Wirth presents Charles Gaines. Numbers and Trees: Palm Canyon, Palm Trees Series 3, an online exhibition of 10 new works by School of Art faculty Charles Gaines. Numbers and Trees is a continuation of Gaines’ critically admired exhibition Charles... Read More
Watch the CalArts Summer Stream Concert Recording August 18, 2020 On Wednesday, July 29, faculty from The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts live-streamed a concert from their respective living rooms and studios to welcome new and returning students. The six-part program featured a diverse range of sounds, styles, and instruments, from classical guitar... Read More
Brian Evenson Wins Shirley Jackson Award for Song for the Unraveling of the World August 6, 2020 Writer and School of Critical Studies faculty Brian Evenson has been named the winner of a 2019 Shirley Jackson Award for his short horror fiction book Song for the Unraveling of the World (Coffee House Press, 2019). Named for mystery and horror writer Shirley Jackson, the awards are annually... Read More
CalArts Music Faculty Present Summer Stream Concert July 28, 2020 To welcome and connect with new and returning students, The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts presents a virtual concert on Tuesday, July 29, at 6 pm PT. Faculty members will perform live music from their respective studios and living rooms on twitch.tv/calartsmusic. A Q&A session with... Read More
CalArtians in Race for 2020 Emmy Awards July 28, 2020 CalArtians earned more than a dozen nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards when they were announced via livestream Tuesday morning (July 28). Read More
CalArtians Featured in Slanted Magazine’s Los Angeles Issue July 15, 2020 Slanted, a German biannual print magazine, dedicates each issue to the art and design of a particular city or country. For its summer/autumn 2020 release, edited and curated by graphic designer and educator Ian Lynam (Art MFA 04), Los Angeles gets its day in the sun. This 256-page issue... Read More