School of Critical Studies

CalArts student Marley Townsend (Film/Video BFA 20) will compete in the 2019 Biodesign Challenge (BDC) on June 20-21 in New York City. The Biodesign Challenge, first held in 2016, offers high school and university students around the globe the opportunity to advance the field of biotechnology....

School of Critical Studies faculty member Brian Evenson received a Publisher’s Weekly’s starred advanced review for his newly released book Song for the Unraveling of the World. Established in 1872, Publisher’s Weekly is a weekly trade news magazine for publishers, booksellers, literary agents...

“They bring to this position over twenty years of community and university teaching experience, innovative scholarship, and engaged writing practices across form and genre,” said Tisa Bryant, Director of the Creative Writing Program.

From now until mid-August, Jessica Wawra (Kesselring) is in residence at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, taking over the gallery's Book & Printed Matter Lab with her exhibition Extensions of Horror.  Wawra (Kesselring) is currently pursuing an MA in Aesthetics & Politics from the CalArts School of...

Congratulations to the CalArts class of 2019!

On Thursday (May 16) the graduating class of CalArts MFA Creative Writing program presents their final Next Words reading at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT). Next Words is a series of readings that takes place during the final months of the school year and is organized by...

CalArtians Rosa Boshier (Critical Studies MFA 18) and Alyssa Manansala (Critical Studies MFA 18) present the reading REFILL: Exercises in Decolonial Ekphrasis on Sunday (April 28) at The REEF studios in Los Angeles. Boshier and Manasala will host the reading as part of the OBJECTS I CARRY: REEF...