School of Art

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...

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...

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...

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...

The David Kordansky Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by LA-based artist Lauren Halsey (Art BFA 12), running from Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 to Saturday, March 14, 2020. The show will be Halsey’s first at the David Kordansky Gallery, displaying what the artist refers to as a “taxidermy”...

Starting on Wednesday, Jan. 22, Arts in a Changing America: ArtChangeUS presents REMAP:LA, a week-long activation across Los Angeles. A five-year initiative housed at CalArts, ArtChangeUS works to reframe the national arts conversation by embracing the cultural assets of demographic...

If you’re headed to the Beyond Fest screening of the 1993 cult classic film Freaked at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood on Friday (Jan. 17), leave some time to check out the work of CalArts alum David Daniels (Film/Video MFA 85). The Portland, Ore.-based artist created the album cover art for...