https://24700.calarts.edu NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:21:01 +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/2026/06/09/taylor-mac-addresses-calarts-class-of-2026/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/06/09/taylor-mac-addresses-calarts-class-of-2026/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:34:14 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114650 “You do not have to ask permission to participate in the creativity of your own survival.” That was one of commencement speaker Taylor Mac’s inspiring messages to the 372 graduates at last month’s 2026 CalArts Graduation. In a 15-minute address, Mac—who uses “judy” as a gender pronoun—found the perfect audience to discuss the artist’s journey […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/06/09/taylor-mac-addresses-calarts-class-of-2026/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/06/08/obama-presidential-center-opens-with-new-works-by-calarts-alumni-mark-bradford-and-carrie-mae-weems/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/06/08/obama-presidential-center-opens-with-new-works-by-calarts-alumni-mark-bradford-and-carrie-mae-weems/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:01:05 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114634 When the Obama Presidential Center opens to the public on June 19 on Chicago’s South Side, visitors will encounter major new works by CalArts alumni Mark Bradford (Art BFA 95, MFA 97) and Carrie Mae Weems (Art BFA 81), two of several artists commissioned to create works and installations across the campus. “The arts have […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/06/08/obama-presidential-center-opens-with-new-works-by-calarts-alumni-mark-bradford-and-carrie-mae-weems/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/26/calarts-alum-karolina-kwasniak-selected-for-willem-dafoe-led-theater-residency-in-venice-italy/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/26/calarts-alum-karolina-kwasniak-selected-for-willem-dafoe-led-theater-residency-in-venice-italy/#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 01:36:13 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114576 Karolina Kwaśniak (Theater MFA 24) was recently selected as one of a small group of actors from around the world to participate in Biennale College Teatro 2026, a four-week residency focused on experimentation and collaboration. Led by four-time Academy Award-nominated actor Willem Dafoe, who serves as artistic director of the Theatre Department at La Biennale […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/26/calarts-alum-karolina-kwasniak-selected-for-willem-dafoe-led-theater-residency-in-venice-italy/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/21/calarts-alum-jessica-felleman-discusses-debut-ya-novel-last-kiss-of-summer/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/21/calarts-alum-jessica-felleman-discusses-debut-ya-novel-last-kiss-of-summer/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 15:30:00 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114592 CalArts alum Jessica Felleman (Critical Studies MFA 13) recently released her debut novel, Last Kiss of Summer, a young adult romance centered on Sera Watkins and Luke Tisdale, two teens connected since infancy through a heart transplant procedure that forever intertwines their lives. Set against the backdrop of a Cape Cod summer, the novel follows […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/21/calarts-alum-jessica-felleman-discusses-debut-ya-novel-last-kiss-of-summer/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/20/ariel-osterweis-serves-as-dramaturg-producer-for-wandering-at-marian-goodman-gallery/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/20/ariel-osterweis-serves-as-dramaturg-producer-for-wandering-at-marian-goodman-gallery/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 15:30:00 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114610 Marian Goodman Gallery, visual artist Julie Mehretu, and John Jasperse Projects present Wandering, a series of live dance performances running May 20-23 in New York City. CalArts School of Dance faculty Ariel Osterweis served as dramaturg/producer. The performances take place across six articulated gallery spaces on three floors of Marian Goodman’s Tribeca headquarters, with seven […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/20/ariel-osterweis-serves-as-dramaturg-producer-for-wandering-at-marian-goodman-gallery/feed/ 0 https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/19/new-exhibit-celebrating-50-years-of-punk-co-curated-by-calarts-faculty-michael-worthington-opens-at-the-skirball/ https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/19/new-exhibit-celebrating-50-years-of-punk-co-curated-by-calarts-faculty-michael-worthington-opens-at-the-skirball/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 23:53:55 +0000 https://24700.calarts.edu/?p=114603 A new exhibition co-curated by CalArts faculty Michael Worthington opens this month at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, exploring the visual culture, politics, and community-building spirit of punk through the lens of Jewish artists, musicians, and creatives who helped shape the movement. Outsiders, Outcasts, Rebels + Weirdos: Punk Culture 1976–86 opens Wednesday, May […]]]> https://24700.calarts.edu/2026/05/19/new-exhibit-celebrating-50-years-of-punk-co-curated-by-calarts-faculty-michael-worthington-opens-at-the-skirball/feed/ 0 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