Local news for the Santa Clarita arts community.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
COC Art Gallery Starts 2018 with ‘Budding Artists’ Exhibit
The College of the Canyons Art Gallery will begin the new year with “Budding Artists,” an exhibit featuring artwork created by the children enrolled in the college’s Center for Early Childhood Education (CECE), opening on [...]
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 [...]