https://24700.calarts.edu NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS Fri, 15 May 2026 23:22:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://24700.calarts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/favicon-150x150.jpg https://24700.calarts.edu 32 32 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/15/la-metros-newly-opened-d-line-extension-includes-works-by-calarts-alumni-todd-gray-and-soo-kim/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/15/la-metros-newly-opened-d-line-extension-includes-works-by-calarts-alumni-todd-gray-and-soo-kim/#respond Fri, 15 May 2026 23:22:34 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114585 With the recent opening of Los Angeles Metro’s D Line Extension, subway riders can now travel between downtown Los Angeles and Beverly Hills while encountering a new collection of site-specific public artworks integrated directly into the stations themselves. The extension adds three underground stations along Wilshire Boulevard: Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax, and Wilshire/La Cienega—and continues LA […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/15/la-metros-newly-opened-d-line-extension-includes-works-by-calarts-alumni-todd-gray-and-soo-kim/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/13/calarts-alum-sarah-wang-releases-debut-novel-new-skin-this-week/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/13/calarts-alum-sarah-wang-releases-debut-novel-new-skin-this-week/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 17:21:33 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114569 This week, CalArts alum Sarah Wang (Critical Studies MFA 08) releases her debut novel, New Skin. In the novel, Wang explores the dark side of Los Angeles’ cosmetic surgery industry through the story of an enmeshed mother-daughter relationship. “I wanted to write about ugliness as a virtue and tell the story of two women who […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/13/calarts-alum-sarah-wang-releases-debut-novel-new-skin-this-week/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/11/inside-mayhem-2026-one-student-reflects-on-a-weekend-of-creative-chaos-at-calarts/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/11/inside-mayhem-2026-one-student-reflects-on-a-weekend-of-creative-chaos-at-calarts/#respond Mon, 11 May 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114534 From May 1–3, CalArts’ annual MAYhem festival brought “creative chaos” to the Valencia campus through a whirlwind of performances, exhibitions, screenings, conversations, and community gatherings. Across three days, students, alumni, faculty, and visitors moved between theater productions, open studios, concerts, artist markets, and more, experiencing the collaborative spirit that defines CalArts. One of the weekend’s […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/11/inside-mayhem-2026-one-student-reflects-on-a-weekend-of-creative-chaos-at-calarts/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/08/2026-producers-show-returns-to-the-directors-guild-of-america/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/08/2026-producers-show-returns-to-the-directors-guild-of-america/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 22:08:43 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114533 On Tuesday, May 5, the School of Film/Video’s Showcase week began in earnest with the screening of 18 films from the Character Animation Program during the annual Producers’ Show. Student filmmakers, surrounded by their families, friends, classmates, and industry representatives, watched their films screen at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) theater complex in Hollywood. […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/08/2026-producers-show-returns-to-the-directors-guild-of-america/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/07/calarts-alumni-tuan-andrew-nguyen-gala-porras-kim-to-participate-in-61st-venice-biennale/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/07/calarts-alumni-tuan-andrew-nguyen-gala-porras-kim-to-participate-in-61st-venice-biennale/#respond Thu, 07 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114502 CalArts alumni Tuan Andrew Nguyen (Art MFA 04) and Gala Porras-Kim (Art MFA 09) are among the artists from around the world participating in the central exhibition of the 61st Venice Biennale, one of the most closely watched events in contemporary art, opening Saturday, May 9, in Venice, Italy. Often described as the “Olympics of […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/07/calarts-alumni-tuan-andrew-nguyen-gala-porras-kim-to-participate-in-61st-venice-biennale/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/06/calarts-alum-kevin-adams-earns-tony-nomination/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/06/calarts-alum-kevin-adams-earns-tony-nomination/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 20:44:15 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114521 On Tuesday, May 5, the American Theatre Wing announced the nominations for the 79th Annual Tony Awards, honoring Broadway productions from the 2025-26 season. Among the nominees is CalArts alum Kevin Adams (Theater MFA 86). Adams, a four-time Tony Award winner, is nominated for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Chess, which received five […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/06/calarts-alum-kevin-adams-earns-tony-nomination/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/05/calarts-faculty-michael-pisaro-liu-and-sociologist-john-holloway-present-sitting-on-an-earthquake-dancing-on-a-volcano/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/05/calarts-faculty-michael-pisaro-liu-and-sociologist-john-holloway-present-sitting-on-an-earthquake-dancing-on-a-volcano/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 05:57:34 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114510 What does it mean to find harmony between silence and noise, or between the individual and the collective? Sitting on an Earthquake, Dancing on a Volcano, an hour-long collaboration between composer and CalArts Music faculty Michael Pisaro-Liu and sociologist John Holloway, takes up those questions in performances Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9, at […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/05/calarts-faculty-michael-pisaro-liu-and-sociologist-john-holloway-present-sitting-on-an-earthquake-dancing-on-a-volcano/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/04/29/calarts-alum-spencer-lenain-performs-with-sombr-at-coachella/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/04/29/calarts-alum-spencer-lenain-performs-with-sombr-at-coachella/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:30:00 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114467 CalArts Alum Spencer Lenain (Dance BFA 24) performed on one of the most high-profile stages in live music earlier this month, dancing in both of sombr’s sets at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. sombr (Shane Michael Bose), described by the New York Post as a “rapidly-rising rocker,” blends alternative pop and glam rock and […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/04/29/calarts-alum-spencer-lenain-performs-with-sombr-at-coachella/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/04/28/calarts-alum-katey-sagal-brings-choral-concert-khorus-harmonia-to-hollywood/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/04/28/calarts-alum-katey-sagal-brings-choral-concert-khorus-harmonia-to-hollywood/#respond Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114491 Actor, longtime singer-songwriter, and CalArts alum Katey Sagal (Theater 73) conceived Khorus Harmonia, a new limited-run choral concert now playing at the Hudson Theatres in Hollywood through this Saturday, May 2. Described as “music and feels in 66 minutes,” Khorus Harmonia features Sagal, with book and staging by her husband, Kurt Sutter, and choral arrangement […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/04/28/calarts-alum-katey-sagal-brings-choral-concert-khorus-harmonia-to-hollywood/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/04/28/moca-exhibition-explores-the-work-and-legacy-of-calarts-professor-michael-asher/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/04/28/moca-exhibition-explores-the-work-and-legacy-of-calarts-professor-michael-asher/#respond Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:30:00 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114451 A new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) explores the work and legacy of pioneering conceptual artist and longtime CalArts faculty member Michael Asher (1943–2012), whose decades of teaching at the Institute shaped generations of artists. On view through Sunday, Aug. 2 at MOCA Grand Avenue, Michael Asher presents a focused survey of […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/04/28/moca-exhibition-explores-the-work-and-legacy-of-calarts-professor-michael-asher/feed/ 0