School of Critical Studies

Congrats to the 2018 Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grantees! $725K total will be awarded to 21 writers to support articles, blogs, books, and short-form writing. As a natural extension of our grants to artist-centered organizations and museums, “critical writing on...

The launch of Sublevel Issue 2: The Speculative takes place tonight (Friday, Oct. 12) at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA). The event features a poetry reading by Will Alexander, a screening of works by visual artist Nicole Miller, and a conversation between Miller and...

All WHAP! lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. and take place off-campus at the West Hollywood Public Library.

This fall, writer, photographer and former CalArts Critical Studies faculty Janet Sternburg presents her first solo U.S. museum show at USC’s Fisher Museum of Art. Opening on Tuesday, Sept. 18, the exhibition – titled LIMBUS – will present a selection of older and newer works demonstrating the...

The new season features a compelling range of performances and screenings from international and Los Angeles-based artists—including a number of CalArtians.

A public program at Art + Practice (A+P) in Los Angeles tonight (Wednesday, Aug. 22) features black feminist performance artist and writer Gabrielle Civil, who begins teaching MFA Creative Writing courses and BFA Critical Studies courses at CalArts' School of Critical Studies this fall. Civil...

Jell-O—the brand name most associated with the gelatin-based treat—has a whopper of a backstory. And it's Allie Rowbottom's (Critical Studies MFA 11) story to tell. The CalArts alum's debut book, Jell-O Girls, was released by Little, Brown in late July. Rowbottom weaves together the history of...