CalArts Events

Shaping Inheritance brings together all eight Charles Gaines Fellows across four fellowship cohorts for the first time, exploring how contemporary artists inherit—and transform—the systems that shape our lives. 

The LA Writers’ Workshop Play Reading Series presents  brand-new play readings from local playwrights—Bernardo Cubría, Keiko Green, Christina Pumariega, and Erika Sheffer—at REDCAT. This culminates a year-long commission and workshop process with Center Theatre Group (CTG). Read more...

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...

As a new school year kicks off, staying healthy is the best way to keep your creative momentum going. Protecting yourself against preventable illnesses means fewer missed studio sessions, rehearsal hours, and campus events—keeping you and our entire community thriving all semester long!

Walt Disney Imagineering invites undergraduates and graduates students to showcase their skills and talents through the Imaginations Design Competition!

The 2026 Experiments in Electronic Sound offers a platform for musicians and artists whose works blur the boundaries between composition, improvisation, and sound art. The festival follows a rich tradition at CalArts for embracing alternative ways of thinking, being, and creating in relation to electronic sound. By presenting a series of concerts, the Herb Alpert School of Music invites the broader community to come together and share their work.

Join the Mix Theater for a screening of films from the BFA1 class in the Program in Film/Video! This is a great opportunity for new students to connect with the community—to share their artwork with faculty and friends in a nonjudgmental theater space.

Inspired by the tradition of the salon, members of the Class of 2026 will share their research as a catalyst for lively discussion, inviting attendees to engage in thoughtful dialogue and the exchange of ideas.

Playing with Fire: An Ecosexual Emergency is a documentary by Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens that imagines the Earth as a lover. When lightning ignites the redwood forest surrounding their home in Boulder Creek, longtime partners Beth and Annie are forced to evacuate and their lives are forever transformed. Read more...

Aria for the Elements is a visual score woven from a pareidolic experience of browsing through an iPhone photo library. Broken into sections referencing earth, water, air, and fire, the collage of clips generates an homage to the elemental force and mysticism we can access within everyday life. Read more...

Come watch a theatre production of The Visit at Pasadena Playhouse!

Experimental Animation Visiting Artists series presents Jamin Warren!

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

Experience a live taping of sitcom Happy’s Place.

Institute vans depart campus at 2:45pm

Create or update a resume and/or curriculum vitae (CV).