CalArts Events

“barrunto” is a word used in Puerto Rico to refer to a bodily unrest, an omen or a forecast sensed via signals present in the environment (such as when rain is forecast through aches and pains or when ants emerge anticipating an earthquake). Read more...

Grammy-nominated jazz musician Ravi Coltrane joins CalArts as the 2025 Charlie Haden Artist in Residence.

First year DMA recital by Primoz Sukic. The event will feature original works for solo electric guitar and electronics, and group pieces in collaboration with students and faculty from the Herb Alpert School of Music. Poster designed by Rodrigo Vasquez Callo (MFA1 graphic design)

Please welcome back Marina Rosenfeld for the 2024 Herb Alpert Award residency.

Greta Gaard is a Professor of English and Women/Gender/Sexuality Studies at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. Presented by CalArts MA Program in Aesthetics and Politics, this speaker series explores feminist intersections with ecopolitical issues such as extractivism, Indigenous sovereignty, colonialism, war, and multispecies relations. Read more...

Six industrial light sculptures performed in symphony, incorporating low-pressure sodium vapor monochromatic light. Strobe warning.

Made possible with support from the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation andthe Office of the Provost.

Art students will be selling prints, stickers, bags and clothing.

Music followed by a reception with DJ, food and drinks.

Bassoon recital honoring Soviet-Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina, who passed away in March at the age of 93. Featuring her concerto for bassoon and low strings.

In Jacklean (in rehearsal) choreographer Mariana Valencia and musician Jazmin “Jazzy” Romero improvise dance, sound, and text to propose that the rehearsal process can be the performance. Read more...

Amina Cain and Jess Arndt are writing some of the more vivid, playful and unsettling prose in North American fiction these days.

Spring Dance is an evening of student works, choreographed and performed by BFA 1-3s and MFA 1 students. Photo by Cheryl Mann Productions.

Caryl Churchill's Love and Information is a kaleidoscopic view into the ways we try to understand the world, ourselves, each other, and our relationships.

GRAMMY-nominated orchestral collective Wild Up presents Arthur Russell’s minimalist disco masterwork 24 to 24 Music as part of the To the Fullest festival. Read more...