CalArts Events

Opening Reception: September 12, 6-8 PM RSVP

Flesh Witness brings together contemporary artists whose work examines global histories and ongoing conditions of militarism across Asia and the Pacific. Read more...

Sign up for Site-Specific Movement Training & Performance Research Series offered by choreographer MFA 2 Choreographer Yun Lee! 

Join choreographer Eva Feng (MFA ‘27) in her workshop, Open Container: Contact Improvisation as Relational Intelligence. It is an attempt to answer the long-lasting questions: how do we work and be together? How to create environments that allow the growth of humanity? Read more....

The Chapter House, The Broad, and REDCAT co-present Sage-Based Drag Night, an interactive, queen-centric comedy and drag show. Read more...

Dive into the drama of Hamlet’s quest for revenge and royal intrigue live on stage: a captivating night with this classic tragedy performed live and in person.

Institute vans depart at 6:15pm

Visiting artist Hitomi Oba joins for the Jazz Forum class!

Experimental Animation Visiting Artists series presents Lyndon J Barrois, Sr!

A Community of Artists: The Lives and Afterlives of CalArts series presents Charles Gaines and Gala-Porras Kim in conversation: re legacies of conceptual art and pedagogy.

Assembly as Becoming explores how a film can be made without hierarchy. Through weekly collaboration, Channing, Kate, Manu, and Zigi bring together their creative explorations in an exhibition of coexisting perspectives, rhythms, and unresolved questions. 

The 23rd annual New Original Works continues with a program of works by by Brenda Barrios, Cody Perkins / Algorythm.Code, and SUUVI. Read more...

This semester, CalArts is having its first ever D.R.E.A.M.S. Pitch Competition, an opportunity for our students to join a cohort in which several distinct teams will develop and pitch an original creative project to professionals working in location-based entertainment (LBE), immersive experiences, themed entertainment, and related industries.

At the center of the program is Diaspora, a saxophone concerto by Los Angeles-based composer Billy Childs that confronts history and identity.

Directed by Tara Wood, this docuseries’ first episode is a love letter to CalArts’ creative influence, featuring CalArts alumni and visionary filmmaker Tim Burton (Film/Video 79), with insight from those who know him best.

Come watch the screening of Black Fire at the Academy Museum!

Grotesque, greedy, and gloriously unhinged, King Ubu follows Père Ubu as he blunders his way to power, leaving chaos, cruelty, and a whole lot of nonsense in his wake. Alfred Jarry’s absurdist satire turns ambition and authority into a ridiculous, anarchic playground.