APPLY NOW FOR THE BEUTNER FAMILY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS
Beutner Family Award for Excellence in the Arts APPLICATION PDF Austin Beutner, Chair of the CalArts Board of Trustees, and his wife Virginia made a gift of $1 million to help twenty extraordinary CalArts students complete their studies and make strong entrances to professional life.  The primary consideration for this award is the applicants’ excellence in pursuit [...]

Teatr Zar | Triptych
Dec 1-3: Years in the making, Teatr Zar’s “Triptych” is an intimate, haunting experience. The Wroclaw-based troupe employs a revolutionary theatrical method emphasizing ritual movement, ancient sacred songs and visceral acting techniques that dissolve the separation between actors and spectators. In three discrete sections—“Gospels of Childhood,” “Caesarean Section” and “Anhelli”—these ingredients meld into potent stories of [...]

6th Annual Artivist Film Festival at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood
Join us DECEMBER 1-5, 2009 for the 6th Annual Artivist Film Festival at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.  ”ARTIVIST” is the first international film festival dedicated to addressing Human Rights, Children’s Advocacy, Environmental Preservation, and Animal Advocacy. Filmmakers from around the world unite at the annual Artivist to address the importance of Art and Advocacy [...]

Lighting Student Daphne Mir makes a splash at LDI
Daphne Mir appears here at the LDI2009 tweetup. Adam Frank, MFA1 lighting, and communications assistant, Ian Garrett also made it to Orlando for the biggest annual lighting show!

Help Mississippi Damned
MFA Management  Student Alessandra Brown has been working as Producer’s Assistant at Morgan’s Mark since May. All summer they’ve been spreading the word about their movie Mississippi Damned (MD), starring CalArts Alum Simbi Khali-Williams, on the film festival circuit. This summer MD has won 10 awards on the film festival circuit and now they are getting ready [...]