School of Critical Studies

The Theorist in Residence initiative invites theorists focusing on media, urban, or global studies to spend up to two weeks at CalArts to teach workshops, faculty seminars, and give a public lecture.

Director, writer, and CalArts trustee Rodrigo García, whose films include Albert Nobbs and Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, has penned his first book, A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son’s Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha as a tribute to his parents. Márquez...

Dan DiPiero (Music MFA 12, Critical Studies MA 13) is the author of the forthcoming book Contingent Encounters: Improvisation in Music and Everyday Life, which compares work in musicology, cultural studies, critical improvisation studies, and DiPiero’s own performing experience to question how...

Starting Friday, Oct. 29, The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York celebrates the 20th anniversary of Los Angeles-based collective My Barbarian—composed of Malik Gaines (Critical Studies MFA 99), Jade Gordon, and Alexandro Segade—in a three-part survey: an exhibition, a live performance...

So excited to announce “Artist As Innovator: Demo Day,” a 3-day #virtualevent showcasing 7 #solution-driven projects on Friday–Sunday, October 22–24, 2021! #CreatorEconomy #SocialSculpture #VentureCapital #Artist #InnovatorTickets are on sale at https://t.co/DA2GrvLGz8...

CalArtians were among the recipients of the second annual Future Art Awards and inaugural Future Art Writers Awards, both issued by MOZAIK Philanthropy for creative explorations of the 2021 theme “reimagining democracy.” The Future Art Awards were launched in 2020 as part of MOZAIK’s...

On Oct. 9, the body is a blade (that sharpens by cutting), an exhibition curated by CalArts alums Vinhay Keo (Art MFA 20) and Evelyn Hang Yin (Art MFA 20), opens at Fellows of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.  The exhibition title is a quote from the poem “Headfirst” by acclaimed author...