School of Art

School of Art visiting faculty Mercedes Dorame is among the cohort of five Los Angeles artists and technologists in LACMA x Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives, a collaboration between the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and Snap Inc. LACMA and Snap Inc., which have collaborated on...

Programmed by Jennie Park (Art, Creative Writing MFA 22) and Fabian Vasquez Euresti (Film/Video MFA 10), the Feeler Gauge Festival opened virtually earlier this month, featuring 32 films by CalArts BFA, MFA, and alumni filmmakers from across the Institute.  The overarching concept of the...

The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation announced its newest class of Guggenheim Fellows, with several CalArtians among this year’s recipients: Karen Lofgren, Melissa Thorne, School of Art faculty Cauleen Smith and Michael Jang.

After three decades as dean of CalArts’ School of Art, Tom Lawson steps down from the position at the end of the Fall 2021 semester. CalArts Provost Tracie Costantino shared the news with the CalArts community today, also noting that Lawson is not leaving the Institute, but will continue as a...

The Graphic Design Program’s annual T-Shirt Show is online this year, making it possible to snag your favorite design from the comfort of your home (free shipping included). The show features 10 different t-shirts created by Graphic Design students and alumni, several of which aptly...

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has acquired La Brownskin, a portrait by CalArtian Shizu Saldamando (Art MFA 05). La Brownskin is a colored pencil portrait of Sebastian Hernandez, also known as Brownskin Hazel, a multidisciplinary artist known in LA’s creative community. The...

On March 5, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an honor society of the country’s 300 leading architects, artists, composers, and writers, announced 29 new members and four honorary members, including painter and CalArts alum Mark Bradford (Art BFA 95, MFA 97). Also among its newly...