California Institute of the Arts

For the very first time, a collection of student portfolios and other related work from the Character Animation and Experimental Animation Programs are available to view in one location online: https://filmvideo.calarts.edu/animation-student-portfolios

As part of Black History Month, the Black Arts Collective at CalArts is hosting a Zoom panel discussion with Lyndon Barrois, Don Cheadle, Tina Perry, and Charmain Jefferson today, at 5 pm PST.

We’re getting #CalArts thurs.night started at 4 pm today, kicking off with Interrobang! Join us there for a live discussion, then sweep the other stages for music, video, gift ideas, and more. This week's exhibition features artists including Eric Lennartson, Jennie Park, Sam Wells, and Brent Charles White. If you miss dancing, check out our pre-DJ community hang at 7:15 pm, followed by DJ John Tejada at 8 pm. And if you’re in a collaging mood, stop by the workshop for the C...alArts Collage Association (CACA) at 7:30 pm. thurs.night.calarts.edu

The international all-womxn collective It’s Us: Ophelia is currently running an online digital theatrical experience through the end of February. 'So, Count Mine.' features nine original short films that explore the cycles and manifestations of shame through three surreal characters. Read more on 24700: https://blog.calarts.edu//its-us-ophelia-presents-virtual/

It’s #VoteEarlyDay! If you haven’t already, take 30 seconds to find an early vote location near you. Then, get out and make sure your voice is heard in this election. Head to voteearlyday.org to find out how. Share your pictures on all social media by tagging @calarts, your school's handles, and using the hashtags #calartsvotes and #citizenartists.

Happening now: Check out live concerts and recent performances from SPLICE Festival, an organization run by #CalArts DMA student Sam Wells, and produced by Roxane Chenault, School of Music staff. Roxane is also performing! https://facebook.com/SPLICEorg/?ref=page_internal

CalArts launching the #CalArtsVotes Campaign in collaboration with Vote Early Day. Take a selfie with your I Voted Sticker, (if your state allows) with your ballot, in line to vote, or share some of the art you’ve been making to bring your whole self to the ballot! If you can’t vote, share your solidarity! Make a sticker and share a selfie, or make art advocating for what you wish people would vote for. Share your pictures on all social media by tagging @calarts, your school's handles, and using the hashtags #calartsvotes and #citizenartists. calarts.edu/calartsvotes

Join us for our virtual Open House on Saturday, Oct. 24! Connect directly with CalArts Faculty, Students and Staff from across the Institute, through live sessions that will be held throughout the day. This is an amazing opportunity to ask questions and find out what creating at #CalArts is all about. https://apply.calarts.edu/portal/allevents

On Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 5 pm PT, learn how to be an effective arts voter! Los Angeles Performance Practice is hosting a voter education event with #CalArts alum Cordelia Istel, Director of Organizing Arts for LA. Learn about issues likely to impact the creative sector, including local elections and city, county, and statewide ballot initiatives. Register for free here: https://performancepractice.la/voting-for-the-arts/

Enjoy a sneak peek of Perfidia, a new book from Sky Hopinka, which examines collective memory and the everyday impacts of colonial violence upon Indigenous peoples. Hopinka is a 2020 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts winner and will be in residence at #CalArts in 2021. https://hyperallergic.com//sky-hopinka-perfidia-excerpt-w/

One of the highlights from today's lineup for #CalArtsWeekend2020 includes a look at REDCAT - Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater's 'Inside Out & Upside Down: Posters from CalArts 1970-2019' exhibition. Get the inside scoop from Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton (Graphic Design MFA 07), Silas Munro (Graphic Design MFA 08), and Michael Worthington, CalArts Graphic Design Faculty, as well as Carmen Amengual, REDCAT Exhibitions Manager. The event takes place at 11 am PT, and is free! Check out the schedule for all of today's events here: https://calarts.edu/about/alumni/calarts-weekend

Tonight at 5:30 pm, the #CalArts Hip Hop Lab presents new performances created just for #CalArtsWeekend2020 by students, alumnx, and faculty! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/calarts-weekend-2020-tickets-1

There are so many amazing events planned today for #CalArtsWeekend2020! Some highlights include a Welcome Reception with #CalArts President Ravi Rajan, and Provost Tracie Costantino; a CalArts Dance Virtual Open House Dance Concert; and a full program of student and alumni performances hosted by KCIA, CalArts’ radio station. Check out everything that's happening during CalArts Weekend, and register for any event for free. https://calarts.edu/about/alumni/calarts-weekend

If you’re in L.A., keep your eyes out for the billboards by #CalArts alum @MollySurazshsky! Presented by @hunter_shaw_fine_art, ‘PPE People’s Power Enhancement’ is a series of public artworks being displayed across 10 billboards in Los Angeles this October. Each billboard features a different image that is meant to activate the public to engage in political action and social justice. Surazhsky collaborated with a number of CalArtians including CalArts alums @kernieflak...es and Barbara T. Smith, and CalArts faculty @harry_gamboa_jr. Surazhsky cast the campaign to represent a diverse spectrum of genders, ages, races and orientations, including an ex-Sandinista freedom fighter and his daughter, a local witch and her familiar, along with notable figures from LA’s community of artists and activists... Visually the campaign explores the relationship between advertising and propaganda, employing a pop sensibility to illuminate a link between fashion, politics and the body at a time of unprecedented social upheaval and corporate control of public - and private - spaces. Hunter Shaw Fine Art Exhibition Program.

Our annual fall festival, CalArts Weekend, kicks off this afternoon. You won't want to miss the one-of-a-kind performances, discussions, and activities that this extraordinary event has to offer! There is still have time to register. It's free and completely virtual. https://calarts.edu/about/alumni/calarts-weekend

#CalArts alum Catherine Opie joined Dread Scott, Shirin Neshat, Nikil Saval and Rujeko Hockley to choose ‘The 25 Most Influential Works of American Protest Art Since WWII.’ On the list are ‘Museum Tags: Second Movement (Overture) (1993)’ by #CalArts alum Daniel Joseph Martinez, and ‘Untitled’ (1991) by former faculty Felix Gonzalez-Torres. https://www.nytimes.com//most-influential-protest-art.html