CalArts Overview Book

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COVER: A performance of excerpts from /peh-LO-Tah/, with an environment created by shadow theater artist and School of Theater alum Christine Marie. As Artist in Residence, Marie was invited by CalArts’ Center for New Performance (CNP) to develop her vision for the set design.

THIS PAGE: Dancers Kevin Zambrano and Chenhui Mao performing in The Gate, part of the CalArts Winter Dance Concert.

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THIS PAGE: School of Art MFA student Alicia Piller working on a new installation in her studio. All graduate Art students are given individual studios to which they have 24/7 access.

OPPOSITE TOP: MFA Performer-Composer Chris Ryan Williams recording original compositions for the CalArts annual Jazz session at Capitol Records. Every spring since 1990, CalArts music students have the rare opportunity to record compositions by fellow students with the best recording engineers in the world. OPPOSITE BOTTOM: School of Music MFA student Katherine Eikam performs her graduate recital in the Wild Beast. The variable-use, indoor-outdoor music pavilion houses a flexible performance and rehearsal space.

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OPPOSITE TOP: MFA Creative Writing student Robert Merritt reads at the Museum of Jurassic Technology, a space founded by CalArtians. OPPOSITE BOTTOM: Students from the School of Film/Video learn with the latest equipment in Advanced Cinematography Techniques.

THIS PAGE: Everything Around You and Yourself in the Middle of It, an MFA Integrated Media thesis by Jackie Aldern and Trey Gilmore.

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The School of Theater’s production of Hamlet, directed by MFA student Scarlett Kim.

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OUR STUDENT-CENTERED EDUCATIONAL MODEL MEANS THAT WE’RE ALWAYS TRACKING THE EVOLVING INTERESTS OF OUR STUDENTS—WHAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO EXPRESS BUT MAYBE DON’T YET RECOGNIZE AS SUCH—AND WE HELP THEM FIND THE LANGUAGE AND RESOURCES FOR IT.

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From day one, students at CalArts, which was designed as a radical alternative to standard-issue educational models, find their creative potential unleashed through an atmosphere that’s experimental and collaborative. Through rigorous critiques to talking fluently about process to cross-genre collaborations, you and your fellow student artists will grow together as thinkers and as makers.

You’ll stretch the limits of your creative abilities and encourage each other to make the world anew. These conversations, these collaborations, these relationships—they will last a lifetime.

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OPPOSITE TOP: Graphic Design MFA project, Time Flies, by designers Emma Berliner, Jisoo Han, Xuanyi Lin, and Paul Wheatley. OPPOSITE BOTTOM: Character Animation students draw caricatures of their fellow CalArtians at Gallery Night, held every Thursday. The evening is an opportunity for students to see what artists across the Institute are up to.

THIS PAGE: Every May, in addition to the traditional outdoor graduation ceremony, there is live music and dancing in CalArts’ Main Gallery to celebrate all the graduating CalArtians.

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STUDENT POPULATION ENROLLMENT (Fall 2021)

GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION

1,438

71.2 % 28.8 %

66.7 %

(BY THE NUMBERS)

33.3 % 0.6 %

Total Enrollment

Undergraduate Students (959) BFA, Certificate Average age 21 Graduate Students (479) MFA, MA, DMA, Adv. Cert Average age 28 Exchange Students (9)

U. S. Students (1,085)

Int'l Students (435)

from 42 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico

from 56 countries

U S ETHNIC DIVERSITY American Indian or Alaska Native

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Asian

White

African American

Two or more races

Hispanic or Latino

Undeclared

0.4 % 0.1 % 8%

36 %

4.3 % 5.6 % 12.5

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4.2 %

35% STUDENTS OF COLOR

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54.8 % Female

34.8 % Male

10.4 %

Other gender or undisclosed STUDENT : FACULTY RATIO

DISTRIBUTION BY SCHOOL

21.4 % 3.4 % 5.5 % 7:1 Art

Critical Studies

Dance

CLASS SIZES

27.7 % 21.8 % 20.1 % 92.8 % Film/Video

Music

Theater

2-20 students, excluding individual lessons and independent studies

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A LEGACY Walt Disney’s original vision—all the arts colliding under one roof—served as the catalyst for what today is considered one of the most radical experiments in arts education. An open-ended, experiencebased pedagogy is the foundation of CalArts— disciplines exploding and expanded upon, art imitating life, the personal as political as art. From its inception, CalArts set out to be something more than just a school— a truly interconnected community of artists.

In the half century since its founding, a generation of the Institute’s alumni have set the leading edge of contemporary visual and performing arts practice—from conceptualism to feminist art and design through the Pixar revolution, from interdisciplinary performance to the latest experiments in interactive media, hybrid arts, and immersive experiences to social justice and public practice. Today, the utopian experiment has grown into a world-

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renowned institution—a place where the history of the avant-garde meets the futuristic landscape of 21st century creative practice.

The act of creativity is at the forefront of reshaping the world, and many of our current students and alumni surface and resurface as potent examples of how art can change the world. You will be among them. You will make our history.

The history of CalArts is legendary. What defines it is the people—our students and faculty—from celebrated former faculty Jules Engel and Wadada Leo Smith expanding the minds of young artists to community-building-as-art like the Womanhouse feminist collective.

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THIS PAGE: Dancer Emara Neymour-Jackson performing in Camping, held at Centre National de la Danse in Paris, France.

OPPOSITE PAGE: Car Plays, a series of short, intimate performance pieces in and around cars as part of the New Works Festival (NWF). The yearly NWF is a student-run event that fosters cross-disciplinary collaboration and risk-taking.

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IMPACT

2018–2019, 2021–2022

900 + events on campus, from gallery exhibitions to music, dance, and theater performances to film screenings and readings

7:1 student to faculty ratio 35 % students of color 32 student clubs/organizations, including 7 student identity groups $

25.7 MILLION

in Institute scholarship to 95% of degree-seeking students

17 full-tuition scholarships 145

CalArts alumni and students participated in the More than CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP) as teaching artists

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CalArts has hosted more than visiting artists on campus, from curator Erin Christovale to rapper and songwriter Kurtis Blow

6 in-house publications and 1 radio station: KCIA 800

students attended individual advising appointments, More than coursework, employer events, and career-related workshops offered by the Patty Disney Center for Life and Work

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Alumni Council awarded seed grants for new works celebrating collaboration, experimentation, and diversity

17 student exchange programs The alumni network is

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20,000 strong and growing

TOP LEFT: School of Theater students participate in a workshop with CNP Artist in Residence, Phantom Limb Company. Aligned with the general ethos of CalArts, these workshops focus on the collaborative nature of theatrical production and design. TOP RIGHT: MFA students performing at a Composition and Experimental Sound Practices concert in Roy O. Disney Music Hall. For all CalArts music artists, making work and presenting it in concert or site-specific context is key, with the spirit of collaboration producing a rich environment for experimentation.

BOTTOM: MFA Art and Technology students work side by side and exchange ideas in a studio class. As with all métiers, students in the program are encouraged to innovate and engage with multiple disciplines and diverse practices.

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CALARTS.EDU TOM LEESER Art and Technology Faculty

WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE A SET OF FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTUAL SKILLS THAT ARE FUTURE-PROOF, WHEREAS THE PHYSICAL TECHNOLOGY IS NOT FUTUREPROOF. IT’S ALWAYS CHANGING, ALWAYS IN FLUX. WE WANT STUDENTS TO GRADUATE READY TO EXPAND ON THE FOUNDATION THEY BUILD HERE—TO CONTINUE LEARNING, TO CONTINUE BUILDING. AND THAT IS A LIFE QUESTION.

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THIS PAGE: MFA Performer-Composer student Chris Ryan Williams performs his recital of Mehahn, an interdisciplinary installation he curated, featuring CalArts students from the Film/Video, Dance, and Music schools.

OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: An installation by BFA Art student Matthew Wilkinson in the A402 Gallery. OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM: CNP’s production of Fantômas: Revenge of the Image, directed by School of Theater Dean Travis Preston.

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20 T R AV I S P R ESTO N Dean, Theater

AT CALARTS WE ARE ALL WORKING PROFESSIONALS WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY LEVEL OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ACROSS A VARIETY OF MEDIA. OURS IS A TRULY GLOBAL NETWORK OF ARTISTS AT THE FOREFRONT OF CREATIVE INNOVATION. AND THIS COMMUNITY WILL BE YOUR HOME LONG AFTER YOU GRADUATE.

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On its 50th anniversary, founding CalArts faculty Alison Knowles’ landmark House of Dust project was reborn as Reframing the House of Dust. The yearlong initiative invited CalArts students across métiers, faculty, and visiting scholars to explore and respond to the project. It served as a site for readings, performances, and installations, and as a focal point for courses on Fluxus, experimental architecture, and local housing issues.

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THIS PAGE TOP: The Hendrix Project, a School of Theater production, directed by guest artist and former CalArts faculty Roger Guenveur Smith. THIS PAGE BOTTOM: Thursday Night Gallery Opening.

OPPOSITE PAGE: An Experimental Sound Practices concert in the Roy O. Disney Concert Hall, featuring sonic explorations with mobile technology.

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At CalArts, you will quickly discover a culture of risk-taking and experimentation. You will learn to question the status quo and its underlying structures. Through consideration of historical, social, and political contexts, and alongside skill-building, you will develop your own unique approach to artmaking and graduate with the confidence to shape a dynamic future.

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Ron Athey Sean Baker Alessandra Belloni Ray Brassier Réka Bucsi Anna Bulbrook Boris Charmatz Nels Cline Sarah Davachi Rikki Ducornet Miguel Gutierrez Lily Hoang Fanny Howe Chris Kraus Young Joon Kwak Pamela M. Lee James Mangold Lucrecia Martel Benjamin Millepied Ali Shaheed Muhammad John Musker Reza Negarestani Patrick Osborne Laura Poitras Rubberlegz Tino Sehgal Steven Shaviro Jim Shaw Kerry Tribe Saya Woolfalk

RECENT VISITORS INCLUDE:

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OPPOSITE TOP: Visiting Artist Claudio Caldini instructs School of Film/Video students on proper camera setup. OPPOSITE BOTTOM: Philosopher Judith Butler speaks with CalArts students after a talk she gave as Theorist in Residence, an initiative of the MA Aesthetics and Politics Program.

THIS PAGE: Guest artist Francisco Laranjo and faculty Colin Frazer speak with Graphic Design students as part of the School of Art Visiting Designers workshop, Design As Criticism.

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THE PROGRAMS ART BFA, MFA

SCHOOL OF ART

THE HERB ALPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC

PHOTOGRAPHY AND MEDIA BFA, MFA

PERFORMER-COMPOSER BFA, MFA, DMA

ART AND TECHNOLOGY MFA

COMPOSITION AND EXPERIMENTAL SOUND PRACTICES BFA, MFA

GRAPHIC DESIGN BFA, MFA

JAZZ BFA, MFA

SCHOOL OF CRITICAL STUDIES CREATIVE WRITING MFA AESTHETICS AND POLITICS MA

THE SHARON DISNEY LUND SCHOOL OF DANCE

INSTRUMENTALARTS: Winds BFA, MFA Brass BFA, MFA Percussion BFA, MFA Guitar BFA, MFA Harp BFA, MFA Piano/Keyboard BFA, MFA Collaborative Keyboard MFA Strings BFA, MFA VOICEARTS BFA, MFA

PROGRAM IN DANCE BFA

WORLD MUSIC:

PROGRAM IN CHOREOGRAPHY MFA

EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION BFA, MFA

World Music Performance BFA African Music and Dance MFA Balinese and Javanese Music and Dance MFA North Indian Music MFA World Percussion MFA MUSIC TECHNOLOGY: Interaction, Intelligence, & Design BFA, MFA

FILM DIRECTING MFA

EXPERIMENTAL POP BFA

SCHOOL OF FILM/VIDEO FILM AND VIDEO BFA, MFA CHARACTER ANIMATION BFA

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SCHOOL OF THEATER Performance: ACTING BFA, MFA DIRECTING MFA Experience Design and Production: EXPERIENCE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION BFA with specializations in: Scene Design Costume Design Experience Design Lighting Design Sound Design Stage Management Technical Direction EXPERIENCE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION MFA with specializations in: Interactive Media for Performance Costume Design Lighting Design Producing Scene Design Sound Design Stage Management Technical Direction

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INTERDISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES INTERSCHOOL DEGREES Available by application to a small number of artists whose advanced work warrants study in two programs in different CalArts Schools.

INTEGRATED MEDIA CONCENTRATION Offered by many graduate programs, the concentration is designed for artists who wish to combine their core exploration of interdisciplinary practices, participatory media, and interactive technologies.

MINORS BFA Digital Arts Music Theory Critical Studies: Creative Writing Humanities Social Sciences Cultural Studies Science and Math

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BFA GENERAL STUDIES If you’re a CalArts undergraduate, you’ll be required to complete a set of general education courses to help build up the broad knowledge base and the analytical, critical reasoning, and communication skills essential for sustainable careers in the arts. The curriculum works to spark independent thinking, intellectual exploration, experimentation, and critical speculation among you and your fellow student artists across the spectrum of disciplines.

SELECTED GENERAL STUDIES COURSES: What Makes It Art? Letters & Conversations Artspeak 1 Feminist Text(ile) Practices Global Queer Cinema Buying and Selling of L.A. Infrastructure & Climate Memory, Media, & the City Imagined Asias: Race & Media Parallel Worlds Dust Tracks: Black Women, Mobility, & Cinema Latin/x/o/a/@:i.d.& entities Number, Numeral, Shape, and Structure Art, Critique, Power Biology of Human Disease Thinking Machines Biodiversity and Conservation Pedagogy: Teaching Artistry Decolonizing Justice Intro to Programming I Jazz History Intro to Critical Dance American Drama Now

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THE CLASSES AND CURRICULUM ARE ONLY PART OF THE EXPERIENCE. THE OTHER PART IS THIS IN-DEPTH, INTIMATE CONVERSATION YOU HAVE WITH YOUR FACULTY MENTOR OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR STUDIES. THAT RELATIONSHIP IS 10 PERCENT ADMINISTRATIVE AND 90 PERCENT A COMPREHENSIVE AESTHETIC INVESTIGATION OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY.

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BE AT HOME Designed around the needs of the student artist, the CalArts campus will ensure your artistic and academic life flourishes. Our naturally collaborative atmosphere allows for creative and personal freedom, and our vitality arises from both diversity of thought and shared experiences.

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STUDENT AFFAIRS The qualities that make CalArts such an ideal place in which to realize creativity—an appreciation of difference—is reflected in our community at large. We embrace multiplicity of world views, experiences, and backgrounds.

The environment is safe and supportive, overseen by a dedicated staff in Student Affairs, whose job it is to empower you both as an artist and as a person.

CAMPUS CalArts is located on 60 acres in Valencia, overlooking the Santa Clarita Valley, just 30 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.

In the center of the secluded campus lies the main building, a bustling activity hub—where students attend classes, share meals and ideas, and absorb the intensity of all the arts colliding under one roof. On the hillsides surrounding this complex are The Wild Beast Music Pavilion, residence halls, and various buildings containing multiple studios, production, and performances spaces. To keep the flow of creativity going, students have 24/7 access to studios, shops, labs, editing suites, and other production facilities during the academic year. Outdoor recreation facilities include a swimming pool; tennis, basketball, and volleyball courts; and a soccer field.

Just off-campus are the surrounding communities of Santa Clarita, Newhall, Valencia, and Stevenson Ranch—part of the expansive metropolis of Los Angeles.

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DINING The main dining destination is Steve’s Café—an open-air space designed for communal eating, socializing, studying, group activities, and casual meetings with your fellow students and faculty. The rotating menu accommodates a diversity of tastes, reflecting our community.

Tatum Lounge is our dynamic coffeehouse, featuring snacks and sandwiches alongside the typical coffee and tea selections. The space also functions as a meeting place, a gallery, and, several nights of the week, as a live performance space for student musicians and performers.

THIS PAGE: Students take a break outside Tatum Lounge, an informal gathering place featuring a daytime coffee bar staffed by students.

OPPOSITE LEFT: New students enjoy a BBQ put on by the Students’ Union during Orientation Week. OPPOSITE RIGHT: CalArts students do yoga by the pool outside Chouinard. The Office of Student Affairs, dedicated to supporting the whole student body, offers a variety of wellness activities and services.

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RESIDENCE LIFE Living on campus allows a seamless transition from home to art school. Undergraduates reside in Chouinard, a dormitory-style complex containing Mom’s Café, a game room, and a large swimming pool. Ahmanson Hall offers apartment-style housing in five- or six-bedroom suites. Resident Assistants, returning fellow CalArts students, are on site to help you with any housing issues and to ensure a safe, clean environment. The office also offers guidance and roommate matching services if you prefer to live off-campus.

LOS ANGELES CalArts is located on the doorstep of Los Angeles—the 21st century hub for global innovation. Long established as a media center, the area has come into its own in recent years as a world-class arts incubator and destination.

At CalArts, the boundaries between the studio, the city, and the world are porous. You will seamlessly move between the classroom experience and the outside world. CalArts alumni are engaged in every corner of Los Angeles, from the more traditional pathways of working in galleries, in advertising, in film and media, to contemporary pathways driving the present creative economies, such as interaction design, VR, immersive experiences, and public performance—where the actual street becomes a theatrical stage, or designed environments become portals into other, more real worlds.

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OPPOSITE TOP: Dancer Kristin Tims performs in a piece choreographed by School of Dance faculty Dimitri Chamblas at the Los Angeles gallery Hauser & Wirth.

OPPOSITE BOTTOM: School of Art faculty Harry Gamboa Jr. leads the class, Public Persona, in downtown Los Angeles.

THIS PAGE: Dissolving Sights: An Exhibition of Projection Art held at Automata in Chinatown was organized and curated by School of Theater faculty Janie Geiser and featured experimental projection work by CalArtians.

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WE LOOK FOR AN ECLECTIC GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO EACH HAVE A STRONG VOICE AND ARTISTIC PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AS WELL AS FROM THE FACULTY. THE PROGRAMS CULTIVATE AN OPEN, LAB-LIKE EXPERIENCE IN WHICH STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORK AND INFLUENCE ONE ANOTHER, EVEN WHEN THEY’RE ALL WORKING IN THEIR OWN DIRECTIONS. BE AT HOME

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OPPOSITE TOP: School of Film/Video students set up a shot in the Institute’s Permanent Set. OPPOSITE MIDDLE: Aesthetics and Politics student Ani Tatintsyan speaking at WHAP!—the West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics lecture series.

OPPOSITE BOTTOM: BFA Musical Arts/Experimental Pop student Zoe Nicole performing her work at the annual Soundstream showcase at the Troubadour rock club in West Hollywood.

CALARTS.EDU student Rachel Park. THIS PAGE BOTTOM: MFA Program in Art installation in a student’s studio.

THIS PAGE TOP: Leakages and Anticoagulants, directed by MFA School of Theater

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THIS PAGE TOP: Alejandra Moreno Gonzalez performs at her grad recital in the Wild Beast Music Pavilion. THIS PAGE BOTTOM: School of Art Thursday Night Gallery opening.

OPPOSITE PAGE: VoiceArts students in a performance of Rusalka.

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CREATE THE FUTURE At CalArts, you will be part of a community that creates new pathways of success and innovation.

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CAREER SERVICES Whether you’re looking for a unique internship, the job of your dreams, or postgraduate creative opportunities in your field, a variety of services and initiatives offered at CalArts will help bridge your arts education to a career.

The CalArts Patty Disney Center for Life and Work provides a variety of resources and services for students and alumnx to help our community members, as artists, chart their paths to success and sustain themselves as creative leaders in the world. The Center empowers artists to reach their creative potential by providing workshops, information sessions, an industry speaker series, an annual Career and Opportunity Festival, and a robust internship program. The Center for Life & Work administers the Incubator Program, a yearlong entrepreneurship pathway designed to give current CalArts students the leadership, marketing, and management skills needed to start and run their own creative companies and freelancing careers. The Center helps students sustain their art practices for the long term by strategizing multiple tracks of employment and unconventional thinking about managing art, life, and work.

The Office cultivates relationships with recruiters and practicing professionals and develops internship, employment, and recruitment partnerships. It also offers boot camps on topics such as entrepreneurship and proposal writing, as well as how to generate a mission statement and showcase your work in the best possible light.

The Center for New Performance, the professional theatrical producing arm of CalArts, offers opportunities for you to work shoulder to shoulder with celebrated artists,

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creating a unique platform to help expand your portfolio.

The Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) CalArts Educational Initiative allows you to work directly with a professional WDI mentor to develop themed entertainment projects.

The Portfolio Review is an annual exhibition of work completed by graduating and continuing Theater students. Arts professionals are invited to campus to experience the extraordinary work of our students in the fields of live performance, interactive media, installation, immersive and experience design, and social practice.

Animation Portfolio Day is a yearly opportunity for Animation students to display their work to major studios and have conversations with representatives.

Presented in Los Angeles and New York, the Actors Showcase is an annual program of graduating actor performances for theater, film, and television industry professionals.

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Scarlett Kim. PREVIOUS SPREAD RIGHT: Reflecting the Institute’s experimental spirit, the CalArts Expo highlights the latest projects from student and faculty that integrate cutting-edge engineering and computer science with visual and performing arts.

SPREAD MIDDLE: School of Theater production of Hamlet, directed by MFA student

PREVIOUS SPREAD LEFT: MFA School of Art student Molly Shea’s first-year show. PREVIOUS

THIS PAGE: An all-CalArtian audience in the Bijou Theater screening the animated film Coco, co-written and directed by Film/Video alum Adrian Molina. The Academy Award–winning film employed a number of CalArts animators and filmmakers. OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: The Not Normal Show, an exhibition featuring the work of BFA and MFA students in the elective course, Graphic Design and Politics.

OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM: Dancers Sam Beckett and Mia Givens in a site-specific solo performed at REDCAT.

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CALARTIANS WORK AT: Apple Art Equity ArtCenter College of Design Cartoon Network Department of State DreamWorks Facebook Getty Museum Google Hammer Museum Hauser & Wirth Higher Ground Productions Kadenze LACMA LA Philharmonic Los Angeles Opera The Metropolitan Museum of Art MOCA Natural History Museum Netflix Nike Otis College of Art & Design Pixar UCLA USC The Walt Disney Company Warner Bros Animation Whitney Museum Yale Zyga

THEY BEGIN COLLECTIVES AND BUSINESSES LIKE: Best Friends Learning Gang Betalevel Brand New School Center for New Music Coaxial Entropy Magazine Family Los Angeles Bookstore Griffith Park Storytelling Series IBEX Puppetry Les Femmes Underground Machine Project Museum of Jurassic Technology Poor Dog Group Post Commodity San Diego Underground Film Festival Scoops Ice Cream Speakeasy Society

THEY ARE AWARDED WITH: Academy Award Bessie Award Emmy Award Golden Globe Award Guggenheim Fellowship Independent Spirit Award L A Biennial Mohn Award L A Drama Critics Circle Award MacArthur Genius Fellowship NAACP Image Award National Design Award Pulitzer Prize Screen Actors Guild Award Stan Brakhage Award TED Fellowship Tony Award Whiting Writers Award Yale Drama Prize

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CALARTIANS MAKE THE FUTURE, ARE THE FUTURE: LUCIANA ACHUGAR JOHN LUTHER ADAMS KEVIN ADAMS ANDREW AHN RYAN BANCROFT BRAD BIRD MARK BRADFORD ALISON BRIE CHRIS BUCK TIM BURTON CASSILS RAVEN CHACON DON CHEADLE DON MEE CHOI ERIC KM CLARK RAVI COLTRANE ELIZA COUPE JOHN D’AMICO COLIN DICKEY PETE DOCTER LAGANJA ESTRANJA LAUREN FAUST THE FORMALIST QUARTET JONATHAN FREDRICKSON GNARWHALLABY DANA GOURRIER HILARY GREENBAUM VIRGINIA GRISE LIZ GLYNN GUILLERMO GÓMEZ-PEÑA

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VIRGINIA GRISE AURORA GUERRERO JORGE GUTIERREZ LAUREN HALSEY ED HARRIS JACQUES HEIM STEPHEN HILLENBURG ELIZA HITTMAN JULIA HOLTER BILL IRWIN ELIZABETH ITO LARS JAN MICHAEL JUNG DOUGLAS KEARNEY MIKE KELLEY ALONZO KING ANNE-MARIE KINNEY ALICE KÖNITZ GRACE KRILANOVICH GOLDEN KRISHNA JESSICA KUBZANSKY JAMES LAPINE KIRSTEN LEPORE JAMES BRANDON LEWIS CHRISTINE MARIE GEOFF MCFETRIDGE DALLAS MCMURRAY MARCO MORANTE JONATHAN NOTARO CATHERINE OPIE

MIKE OTT LAURA OWENS LARI PITTMAN J.G. QUINTEL CONDOLA RASHAD ELLEN REID PAUL REUBENS DANIEL ROSENBOOM LEON ROTHENBERG DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF HENRY SELICK ANDREW STANTON CECILY STRONG DAWN STOPPIELLO DEBORAH STRATMAN GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY ANN TELNAES KAARI UPSON MOMO WANG YUANYUAN WANG PENDLETON WARD CARRIE MAE WEEMS JAMES WELLING DAVID WILSON

THIS PAGE: The Annual World Music and Dance Festival held at the Wild Beast Concert Hall. The event brings to campus musical traditions from around the world.

OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: Dancers Terrance Wayne, Kayla Aguila, Nadia Muhammad, and Tetiana Sklyarova perform in The Quarter System, part of the CalArts Spring Dance Concert. OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM: School of Theater production of Kiss written by Guillermo Calderón, directed by MFA student Monty Cole.

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ADMISSIONS If you are interested in applying to CalArts, begin at calarts.edu/admissions. From there, the admissions process is described in detail at calarts.edu/apply, which also links to the application, portfolio, and audition instructions.

ACCREDITATION California Institute of the Arts is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission.

CalArts is also an accredited institution member of the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD).

See wscuc.org to learn more about the WASC accreditation process. For information about NASD, see nasd.arts-accredit.org.

For CalArts consumer information, including our Nondiscrimination Policy, visit calarts.edu/consumer-information.

CREDITS Published by the CalArts Office of Enrollment Management Design Team: Creative Director: Stuart Smith (Art MFA 02) Designers: Jacob Sphall (Art MFA 18) and Christina Huang (Art MFA 19) Editorial: Vanessa Roveto, Taya Zoormandan Photography: Rafael Hernandez (Art BFA 11) Contributing Photographers: Courtney Coles (Art MFA 19), Hao Feng, Kevin Frilet, Elizabeth Noriega, Angel Origgi

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