School of Art

Last month, Harry Gamboa Jr., artist and co-director of the Photo and Media program at CaArts, served as a juror for The National Portrait Gallery’s triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. ArtForum describes the competition as one that “aims to reflect the contemporary state of...

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The arts collective NAVEL presents its latest program 0.1% from Thursday, Nov. 7 to Monday, Nov. 11, at the NAVEL space in downtown Los Angeles. Co-founded in 2018 by CalArtian Amanda Vincelli (Art MFA 17), who also serves as the organization’s program director, the organization serves as a test...

Charmaine Bee (Art MFA 17) and Ignacio Perez Meruane (Art MFA 09) are featured in a thematic contemporary exhibition RAW: Craft, Commodity, and Capitalism, running until Jan. 5, 2020, at Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles. The exhibition features works from nine contemporary artists working...

On Oct. 26, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) on Grand Avenue in Los Angeles opened Open House, the latest solo exhibition by CalArts alum Gala Porras-Kim (Art MFA 09). Open House features a range of “ephemeral, transitional, malleable” artworks to showcase the roles museums play in...

The theme of this year’s CalArts Halloween Party is Twisted Candyland. The legendary event, which takes place on campus on Nov. 1, is entirely student-produced and features elaborate stage design, decorations and a full lineup of live musical performances and activities. One of the longstanding...

On Tuesday Oct. 29, tune in for a livestream of The Other Space, a stop-motion film from Blake Derksen (Film/Video BFA 19). The four-minute film was inspired by Derksen’s adolescent battle with cancer, and has already drawn attention from individuals and organizations who are collectively...