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Academics

The CalArts Way

Learn about our approach to the full development of the creative abilities of visual and performing artists.

How We Work

Programs of Study

Explore our unique undergraduate and graduate degree programs and specializations from our six world-renowned Schools. 

Find a Program

CalArts Schools

  • Art
  • Critical Studies
  • Dance
  • Film/Video
  • Music
  • Theater
  • Extended Studies

Academic Resources

  • Academic Calendar
  • Library
  • Academic Catalog
  • Registrar
  • Academic Support
  • Provost's Office
  • Performance and Exhibition Spaces

Beyond Campus

  • REDCAT
  • Community Arts Partnership (CAP)
  • Center for New Performance (CNP)
  • Reef Residency

Admissions & Aid

Why CalArts?

Start your CalArts journey by learning more about our vibrant community.

What sets us apart

Admissions

  • Application Process
  • Admission Requirements
  • International Applicants
  • Transfer Applicants
  • Veterans
  • Accepted Students
  • FAQs

Tuition

  • Tuition and Fees
  • Payment Options
  • Payment and Refund Deadlines

Financial Aid

  • Financial Aid Basics
  • Aid for Undergraduate Students
  • Aid for Graduate Students
  • Aid for International Students

Visits and Events

  • Campus Tours and Information Sessions
  • Open Houses
  • Regional Events
  • Meet Our Counselors

Life at CalArts

Career Services

Explore our holistic approach to creative career development with workshops, advising, and networking opportunities.

Patty Disney Center for Life and Work

Campus Life

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  • Housing
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  • City of Santa Clarita
  • Connecting to LA
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  • Graduation 2025

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  • Maisa Imamović

    Aesthetics and Politics MA 24

    Maisa Imamović is a writer, web designer/developer, and educator interested in building hybrid publishing formats and collectively built interfaces. In her research, she critically studies the role of a single user and user behaviors generated by code. Maisa has written code in collaboration with artists and collectives including Hackers&Designers, Ali Eslami, Marlies van Hak, VEIN Agency, and was published in Kajet, Simulacrum, Forum, TAAK, Real Review, NXS World, Metropolis M. She is a part of two self-organized collectives: RIP SPACE in Los Angeles and time.is.capital in Amsterdam. Her first book was published by the Institute of Network Cultures in 2022. She is an adjunct professor at USC Media Arts + Practice, UCLA Design Media, ArtCenter Interaction Design, and CalArts Integrated Media. She is currently writing her forthcoming book with Set Margins and is supported by Mondriaan Fonds. 

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  • Luna Izpisua Rodriguez

    Art MFA 24

    Luna Izpisua Rodriguez (b.1994) is a Romani-Spanish-American artist whose practice spans performance, sculpture, video, and text. She holds an MFA in Art and Theater Directing (Cal Arts), an ME in Industrial Engineering (UC Berkeley), and a BS in Chemistry (UC Berkeley). Her work has been awarded by the Princess Grace Foundation, the CalArts Interdisciplinary Grant, and the Fung Fellowship.

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  • Alex Sherman

    Film and Video MFA 24

    Alex Sherman is an artist and curator. Driven by investigation and gesture, Alex’s work hinges on the concept of time. She also studies failure, precarity, and absurdity. Alex has exhibited at warehouses, rooftops, classrooms, parks, living rooms, studios, local theaters, and the San Sebastián Film Festival

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    Alex Sherman, Reef Resident, CalArts
  • Rowland Smith III

    Creative Writing MFA 24

    Rowland Smith III (They/Them) is an award-winning immersive storyteller based in Los Angeles, California. Having earned both a B.F.A. in Acting and a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2022, they then went on to earn an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the California Institute of the Arts in 2024. Hybridizing prose and narrative screenplay, Rowland’s writing weaves together elements of Korean folklore and western dramatic literature to capture dreams melting into reality. Their work may be found online, at trans.monster, and fiftywordstories.com, or in physical collections such as De/Cathect, UMBC Bartleby 2021-2022, or Strip Mall Magazine Fall 2024, among others.

    Outside of writing, Rowland may be found running a tabletop adventure, at your nearest AMC theater, or as a runner on your next film shoot.

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  • Emiko Wilks

    Photography and Media MFA 24

    Emiko Wilks (b. New Mexico) is a video artist and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Her work – highly influenced by her Jewish Japanese identity – explores questions of family history, race, and sexuality. She graduated from CalArts with an MFA in Photography and Media in 2024.

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  • Xiao Zhang

    Film and Video MFA 24

    Xiao Zhang is a moving image artist whose works center on personal poetics derived from cross-generational memory, body politics, and mythological materials. Through a variety of forms including experimental film, video installation, photography, and mixed media, her works explore how images are connected through time and presented in space, addressing fundamentally sculptural concerns. Zhang employs techniques using celluloid film,  projection optic, photographic chemicals, and motorized machinery to manipulate, modify, and reinterpret the tools of cinema—image, sound, and space.

    Zhang is from China and currently resides in Los Angeles. She received her MFA in Film and Video at California Institute of the Arts and BFA at Beijing Film Academy. Her works have been shown at venues such as the BFI London Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, REDCAT, Beijing International Short Film Festival, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, CROSSROADS, EXIS Experimental Film & Video Festival, among others.

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