Group of students sitting in an inflatable pool on the lawn. Students and guests attended the 2022 Character Animation Open Show, held in the Lulu von Hagen Courtyard. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez.

Photo Gallery: The Comeback, CalArts Style

The campus and community roared back to life in 2022

July 23, 2022

After being off-campus for most of 2020 and 2021, students, faculty, and staff slowly returned to in-person performances, art-making, and social gatherings during the fall 2021 semester. As the year progressed, a semblance of normalcy returned, and by April and May of 2022, CalArts buzzed with activity once again, with students creating work with fervor around every corner of campus and beyond.

View the photo gallery below for a small sampling of the artistry.

Click on each image for its description.

Array of dancers, wearing patchwork leotards, holding the same upright pose.A dancer wearing body paint poses as artists, seated, observe and draw.Three drag performers on a stage.Students sit in the blue-lit hallway to watch performers in the open elevator.A group of people sit on stage in a cube formed by strings of green lightsA group of people on stage, one sitting while others standA group of women on stage posing with arms upA person with a camera films another looking into an electrical panelA group of actors clustered on stage carrying a book eachStudents seated on the lawn watching a performance in the Wild Beast.a nighttime shot of CalArts with lights and people milling aboutTwo students work on screen print shirts.A costumed student points dramatically.Students walk around and observe a gallery filled with graphic design posters.View of the pool cabanas.Person wearing wings poses on a runway in the Main Gallery.Blue and pink lights on students clapping and cheering behind a barricade.inGroup of students sitting in an inflatable pool on the lawn.Four students standing outdoors smile for the camera.Group of people wearing masks work around a table.