World Premiere of Sponge Hollow at Automata

This weekend (Feb. 14-16), Automata presents Sponge Hollow, a live-action graphic novel created and performed by multidisciplinary artist zach dorn (Film/Video MFA 20). Sponge Hollow tells the story of dorn’s mother and the Florida swamp where he grew up, backed by live original music from...

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Cauleen Smith’s Mutualities Opens at the Whitney

Starting Feb. 17, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents Mutualities from multidisciplinary artist Cauleen Smith.  Smith creates work which calls upon poetry, science fiction, non-Western cosmologies and experimental film to engage with Afro-diasporic histories. In 2017, her...

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CalArtians at Multiple Art Fairs in Los Angeles This Month

February is a major month for art fairs in Los Angeles, with several shows occurring either concurrently or closely. Numerous CalArtians are among the artists represented at the February fairs, notably at Frieze Los Angeles, LA Art Show, Felix Art Fair, and Art Los Angeles Contemporary...

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Tom Lawson’s Attending to the Bats at AF Projects

Starting Saturday, AF Projects in Los Angeles presents Attending to the Bats, an exhibition of work from Tom Lawson, dean of the CalArts School of Art and editor of the online contemporary art magazine East of Borneo.  AF projects describes Lawson as an artist “invested in the politics of...

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CalArtians Present and Participate at Photo L.A. 2020

Photographers, photography enthusiasts and collectors alike convene at Photo L.A. 2020, which kicks off with an opening night preview on Thursday, Jan. 30, and runs Friday, Jan. 31 to Sunday, Feb. 2, at the historic Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Proceeds from the opening night tickets support...

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DisGender Euphoria: Nayland Blake Hosts International Gender Discard Party

Join an evening of music, dance and transformation at artist Nayland Blake’s (Art MFA 84) DisGender Euphoria, billed as the first “international, intergenerational gender discard party,” this Sunday (Jan. 26) from 8 pm to midnight at Zebulon in Los Angeles. The celebration marks the close of...

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