School of Art

Artist, writer, educator and CalArts alum Audrey Chan (Art MFA 07) has been named the first-ever resident artist by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU SoCal).  “Art has long played a vital role in advocacy for change and justice,” said ACLU SoCal...

On Wednesday, May 27, Kirby Dick (Art BFA 76) and Amy Ziering’s investigative documentary On the Record becomes available to stream on HBO Max.  Directed and produced by Dick and Ziering, On the Record follows Drew Dixon, a former hip-hop executive who produced hit records for artists like...

On Friday, May 22, the Herb Alpert Foundation announced the recipients of the 2020 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA). Administered by CalArts since 1994, the awards recognize five mid-career artists pushing the boundaries of Dance, Film/Video, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts. Each honoree...

Teaching art and making art have been Gene Gill’s passions for most of his life. With a knack for drawing as a young boy, Gill grew up in Memphis, Tenn., and enrolled at Chouinard Art Institute in 1958 after four years in the Navy. He joined the military so that he could take advantage of the...

CalArtians have often provoked and inspired audiences at Frieze New York, one of the most anticipated art fairs each year. Due to the cruel realities of a global pandemic, plans for this year’s fair proceeded only through the sheer determination and creativity of artists, collaborators, and...

A new video by the Los Angeles contemporary art museum The Broad celebrates the impact of late longtime faculty CalArts members James Tenney and John Baldessari (Chouinard 59) on Los Angeles’ art landscape. Organized by faculty Madeline Falcone (Music MFA 13), the video explores...

Artist-centered publisher X Artists’ Books has released Mad Clot on a Holy Bone: Memories of a Psychic Theater, the first published collection of the work of Asher Hartman (Art MFA 03) and his Gawdafful National Theater Company.  In Mad Clot on a Holy Bone, Hartman mixes “historical...