School of Art

On Tuesday, March 2, the Visualizing Abolition series from UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts & Sciences presents writer, artist, and CalArts Art faculty Ashley Hunt in conversation with members of the Underground Scholars Initiative: MJ Hart, Joshua Solis, Alberto Lule, Ryan Flaco Rising,...

Kenneth Yuen (pictured) with Casey Baden founded Full Service Creative. | Courtesy Full Service Creative. “We want to solve artists’ problems,” explains Kenneth Yuen (Art MFA 20), who with Casey Baden (Art MFA 20) recently co-founded Full Service Creative. Having...

Artist and CalArts faculty Cauleen Smith’s film, video, and sculpture exhibition Give It Or Leave It is currently installed at LACMA, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, the museum is closed. One of the only ways the public has been able to experience Smith’s show is through the...

This month, the Criterion Channel is featuring a collection of short films by CalArts alum and Ghanaian American filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu (Art, Film/Video MFA 08). A Criterion Channel exclusive interview with the artist was also recently made available as part of the collection.  Among...

On Jan. 31, HBO released The Lady and the Dale, a documentary miniseries directed by CalArts alum Zackary Drucker (Art MFA 07) and Nick Cammilleri. The four-episode series features, “an intoxicating blend of historical footage, candid interviews, and animation that deftly captures Liz...

The Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (KMFA) in Taiwan presents Black Box, an exhibition of works by prominent multimedia artist Tony Oursler (Art BFA 79). The exhibition, which is being billed as his first major retrospective in Asia, according to Ocula Magazine, opened on Jan. 23 and runs through...

On Jan. 8, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) unveiled The Care We Create, a massive public mural created by ACLU SoCal’s inaugural artist-in-residence Audrey Chan (Art MFA 07). The 5,500-square foot artwork covers the front of the ACLU...