The CalArts community mourns the loss of School of Theater faculty emerita Fran Bennett, who passed away over the weekend at age 84. She served the CalArts community for 36 years as Linklater Voice faculty, as well as Head of Acting/Director of Performance from 1996-2003. She retired from...

As the CalArts 2021 MFA postgraduate project re:connections wraps the exhibition segment at Tin Flats in Los Angeles, the cohort releases two new publications: an exhibition catalog and book. The exhibition catalog is a 24-page saddle-stitched publication designed by Aimée Dopa (Art...

A new restoration of The Bloody Child (1996) by independent filmmaker and CalArts faculty Nina Menkes has its worldwide premiere at the 2021 New York Film Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 28, and on Friday, Oct. 1. Released by Arbelos Films, The Bloody Child was restored by the Academy Film Archive...

John Tejada and Ulrich Krieger, faculty of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, released the EP Silversonic last month on Tejada’s own Palatte Recordings. The new four-track collaboration features interpretations of an original tune from Tejada, an electronic music...

After nearly two years apart, 2021 MFA graduates of the School of Art present their postgraduate exhibition re:connections, running from Aug. 5-31 at Tin Flats in Los Angeles. The exhibition includes works from the most recent graduates of the programs in Art, Art and Technology, and...

School of Theater faculty and director of Duende CalArts Marissa Chibás offers new perspectives on contemporary actor training in her latest book Mythic Imagination and the Actor: Exercises, Inspiration, and Guidance for the 21st Century Actor, published by Routledge Press. The 120-page book,...

The nominees for the 73rd Emmy Awards were unveiled this morning, via livestream on the Emmys’ website. The announcement was made by actor and CalArts Theater faculty Ron Cephas Jones and his daughter, Jasmine Cephas Jones. As in previous years, CalArtians are well-represented in numerous...

Chad Hamill hopes to  amplify the voices of Indigenous people and create a fruitful pathway for more Native artists to get a contemporary arts education at CalArts.

The return of live audiences to the REDCAT stage kicks off on Thursday, July 8, with the premiere of Rosanna Gamson/World Wide’s latest theatrical dance piece, Sugar Houses. Originally slated to debut in March 2020, Sugar Houses had...

The Television Academy announced on Wednesday, June 30 that actors Ron Cephas Jones and Jasmine Cephas Jones, his daughter, will host the 73rd Emmy Award nominations event virtually on Tuesday, July 13, at 8:30 a.m. PDT. Long before Ron Cephas Jones wowed TV audiences for his...