Local news for the Santa Clarita arts community.
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 [...]
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. SCVNews.com: CalArts Grad Adrian Molina Wins [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Arts Commission Recognizes Local Artist and Educator Dianne Foderaro
Each month the Arts Commission recognizes individuals or groups who have made a significant contribution to the artistic and cultural life of the Santa Clarita Valley. This month they recognized Dianne Foderaro for her work [...]
Filming this week in Santa Clarita, Dec. 4-10, 2017
Film and TV productions bring revenue and jobs to the Santa Clarita Valley. On any given day, you might encounter a film crew. These productions are filming around Santa Clarita during the week of –Dec. [...]
CalArtians in 2nd Edition of ‘Contemporary Plays by Women of Color’
Two decades ago, the first edition of the anthology “Contemporary Plays by Women of Color” was published, paving the way for work by female writers and writers of color to be more widely produced and [...]
CalArts Grad Greg Kurstin Up for Two 2017 Grammy Awards
CalArts alumnus Greg Kurstin (Music BFA 92) earned two nominations in the 60th Annual Grammy Awards announced on Tuesday. Kurstin is nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media (“Never Give Up” from the “Lion” [...]
CalArts Alum Wins ‘Best Student Film’ at 2017 SF Dance Film Festival
Award-winning Deaf culture advocate, producer, choreographer and dancer Antoine Hunter (Dance 02) won an award at the 2017 San Francisco Dance Film Festival last month. Hunter co-choreographed and performed in Qiying Lin’s short film, “Dance [...]
Detroit-based Artist Collaborates with CalArtians on Music Video
Tempe Hale (Film/Video MFA 14) and Ambar Navarro (Film/Video BFA 15), both graduates of CalArts Experimental Animation Program, premiered their new music video for Detroit-based artist Stef Chura on DIY Magazine. The melancholic track, “Speeding [...]
CalArtian Solo Show Underway at MaRS
Artist and animator, Eric Leiser (Film/Video BFA ) currently has a solo show at the Museum as Retail Space (MaRS) Gallery in Los Angeles. The exhibition, Time Crystals, which opened Nov. 11 and runs through [...]
New CalArts Dance Dean Takes Dance from the Theater to the Streets
With a desire to share the global reach and expansive impact of art, Dimitri Chamblas, California Institute of the Arts’ (CalArts) new dean of the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, is bringing his choreography [...]