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CalArts Alumni Take Home Oscars

The 90th annual Academy Awards brought several successes for California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) alumni who took home awards for their work on “Coco,” “Dear Basketball” and “The Silent Child.”

The first of these winners included 2006 graduate Adrian Molina who received an Oscar in the Animated Feature Film category for his work on Disney/Pixar’s “Coco.”

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CalArts Makes Hollywood Reporter Top Costume Design Schools List

The Hollywood Reporter has listed California Insitute of the Arts in its 2018 guide to the 10 best schools for learning costume design.

Published Feb. 19, The Hollywood Reporter’s guide said this about CalArts: “Long before it became California Institute of the Arts in 1961 by the hand of Walt Disney, Chouinard Art Institute birthed the […]

Doc by Rising CalArts Filmmaker to Make U.S. Premiere

“Las Nubes,” a new documentary by CalArts’ School of Film/Video instructor Juan Pablo González, will premiere at this year’s Neighboring Scenes film festival sponsored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, on Saturday, March 3 at 1:30 p.m.

González’ film tells the story of a man who, affected by violence and broken family relationships, embarks on […]

6 CalArtians Among Artists Selected for ‘Made in L.A. 2018’

UCLA’s Hammer Museum has announced the 32 artists including six CalArts alumni who will participate in “Made in L.A. 2018,” the fourth edition of the museum’s biennial exhibition, which will run June 3 to Sept. 2 at the Westwood museum.

The exhibition continues to highlight the practices of artists working throughout Los Angeles […]

CalArts Alumnus Takes Home Grammy for Producer of the Year

The 60th Annual Grammy Award winners were announced on Sunday with CalArts alumnus Greg Kurstin (Music BFA 92) winning the Producer of the Year, Non-Classical category, (awarded during the pre-telecast, the Grammy Premiere Ceremony). He becomes the first producer to win it two years in a row since Babyface won it three years running from […]

CalArts Alumna’s Project Premieres at Sundance

The 2018 Sundance Film Festival kicked off last week, and CalArts Film/Video alum Christine Beebe (MFA 05) was at the festival to help premiere her latest project, Hal, directed by Amy Scott.

Beebe, now an LA-based independent filmmaker, was one of the producers of the documentary feature about Hal Ashby, an unsung hero of the New […]