1961 - CalArts grad (MFA '92) and marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob SquarePants, born in Oklahoma; developed prototype for Spongebob while studying at CalArts in 1989. Estimated net worth in 2012: $90 million [ story]
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Monday, Jul 22, 2019
Veronica Alvarez, Ed.D., began her tenure last week as CalArts’ new director of the Community Arts Partnership Program, or CAP, which offers free after-school and school-based arts programs for youth ages 4-18.
With a background in the classics, teaching, community building, arts education and...
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Friday, Jul 19, 2019
CalArtians are nominated for the 71st Emmy Awards in numerous categories this year, including Acting, Picture Editing, Lighting Design, Production Design, Sound Editing and Animation.
Award-winning actor Don Cheadle (Theater BFA 86) stars in “Black Monday,” a comedic chronicle of the 31st...
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Tuesday, Jun 18, 2019
According to a recent report by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), homelessness in LA County has climbed 12 percent over the past year, in a dramatic reversal from a four percent decline the previous year. Homelessness has been a persistent issue in California, stymied by the lack of...
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This weekend, The Power Plant, a leading contemporary visual art gallery in Toronto, Canada, opens If you end up with the story you started with, then you’re not listening along the way, by artist Mario Pfeifer (Film/Video 09).
The trilogy of video installations marks the Berlin-based artist’s...
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Thursday, Jun 13, 2019
Benjamin Richter and Carmina Escobar, faculty of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, will perform in Ghost Ensemble’s upcoming concert Apophenia Wolf on Saturday, June 15, in New York City.
The musical collective Ghost Ensemble, of which Richter is the artistic director, presents seven entrancing...
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Monday, Jun 10, 2019
On Sunday, theater luminaries were recognized at the 73rd annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Six CalArtians, including Mara Isaacs, Todd Sickafoose and Bob Mackie, joined a roster of distinguished winners.
Mythologically-inspired production Hadestown, was the night’s big...
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Monday, May 20, 2019
For the second year in a row, CalArts President Ravi S. Rajan has been recognized in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2019 LA500, LABJ’s annual list of LA County’s 500 most influential business leaders.
The LA500, published Monday, May 20, celebrates its fourth edition with a survey of LA’s...
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Thursday, May 16, 2019
The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) presents the West Coast solo debut of James Benning: Quilts, Cigarettes & Dirt (Portraits of America), which runs from Thursday, May 16 to Sunday, July 14.
Curated by MCASB Executive Director and Chief Curator Abaseh Mirvali, the exhibition offers...
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Monday, May 13, 2019
The Center for Integrated Media at CalArts is now presenting “Project Scream,” the latest initiative by CIM’s online project space viralnet-v4.net.
Viralnet is a nonprofit curatorial initiative, archive and “imaginary studio” focused on media theory and social critique, as well as work...
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Reporter Anderson Cooper’s profile of artist Mark Bradford, a CalArts graduate who addresses socio-political themes in his abstract works, aired on CBS’ “60 Minutes” Sunday night.
The transcript follows, with Cooper’s voiceover narration in italics.
Introduction: Mark Bradford...
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