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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 1995 through 1997. Last year’s award came courtesy of his work on Adele’s hit album, 25.

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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 Hollywood Cinema era.

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CalArtians’ ‘Boxx Baby,’ ‘Coco,’ ‘Dear Basketball’ Earn Oscar Nominations

Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were Tuesday morning, and four CalArts alumni are among the nominees this year — three in the Best Animated Feature Film category and one in the Animated Short Film category.

On the venerated list is Disney/Pixar’s “Coco,” the Día de los Muertos-themed film co-directed and co-written by CalArts alumnus Adrian Molina (Film/Video BFA 07).

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CalArtians’ ‘Boxx Baby,’ ‘Coco,’ ‘Dear Basketball’ Earn Oscar Nominations

CalArts Alumni Nominated for 2018 Oscars

Several California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) alumni are nominated for an Academy Award for their work on animated films and animated shorts this year.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 90^th annual awards show during a live stream Tuesday.

Three of these alumni are nominated in the “Animated Feature Film” category.

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CalArts Alum’s Film “Coco” Earns Oscar Nomination

Disney/Pixar’s “Coco” earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film, a film which CalArts alumnus Adrian Molina co-wrote and co-directed along with Lee Unkrich.

The news came early Tuesday morning as the 90th Academy Awards nominations were announced live from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

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CalArtians Among United States Artists’ New Fellowship Class

Several CalArtians are among the Chicago-based United States Artists‘ annual fellowship class of 45 artists and collaboratives who will each receive an unrestricted $50,000 grant for their respective art practices.

The new fellows, selected from nine disciplines and from throughout the U.S. and announced Tuesday, include CalArts alumni, faculty and guest artists.

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CalArtians Among United States Artists’ New Fellowship Class

Machine Project Print Sale, Wrap Party

Machine Project, the alternative artist-run space founded by CalArts alum Mark Allen (Art MFA 99), will host its final event — a celebratory goodbye party and commemorative print sale — in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, January 13 from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The print sale includes Machine Project’s entire catalog of limited-edition artist prints.

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Machine Project Print Sale, Wrap Party

CalArts Grad Adrian Molina Wins Golden Globe for ‘Coco’

Filmmaker and 2007 California Insitute of the Arts graduate Adrian Molina won a Golden Globe Sunday night as co-director of “Coco,” which earned the “Best Animated Feature Film” award.

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CalArts Grad Adrian Molina Wins Golden Globe for ‘Coco’

Slamdance Lineup Features 11 Films by CalArtians

The Slamdance Film Festival, which runs parallel to the larger Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, from Jan. 19-25, presents a lineup including 11 films from current CalArts students, faculty and alumni from the School of Film & Video.

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Slamdance Lineup Features 11 Films by CalArtians

County Arts Commission Unveils Findings from K-12 Arts Ed Profile

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission has released findings from an 18-month survey of arts education in K-12 public schools.

The Arts Ed Profile was administered to all 2,277 schools across LA County, including 81 districts, four charter school networks as well as a few individual charter schools.

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