School of Art

Curator and interim associate dean of the School of Art Michael Ned Holte organizes how we are in time and space: Nancy Buchanan, Marcia Hafif, Barbara T. Smith, a major group exhibition running from Jan. 28–Jun. 12 at the Armory Center For the Arts in Pasadena, California.  how we are in...

The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City announced on Tuesday, Jan. 25, the 63 artists and collectives that will participate in the upcoming Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept. Several CalArtians are included in the 80th iteration of a series...

Jeannene Przyblyski, former CalArts provost and School of Art faculty, has passed away after a long illness. Przyblyski joined the Institute in 2012 after serving as vice president and dean of academic affairs at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). In announcing her as the new provost,...

On Monday, Jan. 24, the School of Art’s Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series (PBVALS) presents a virtual conversation with visual artist James “Yaya” Hough and 2021 MacArthur Fellow, curator, and art historian Dr. Nicole Fleetwood.  Through their visual, curatorial, and art historical...

Ilana Coleman (Film/Video MFA 17), Deborah Goffe (Dance MFA 01), and Clara Philbrick (Art BFA 17) are among the recipients of the 2022 Creative Capital Awards. Announcing the 2022 Creative Capital Awards! 50 projects, the work of 59 individual artists working across all disciplines, will...

Los Angeles-based visual artist Luciano Perna (Art BFA 84, MFA 86), lauded by the Los Angeles Times for his “quirky sculptures and varied photographs [that] play with the elasticity of matter and time,” passed away on Dec. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. He was 63. Read More

The Broad contemporary art museum in downtown Los Angeles is showcasing nearly 60 pieces from its collection in the exhibit Since Unveiling, which runs through April 2022. Among the artists featured is John Baldessari, the late American conceptual artist known for his work with found...