Issue 12
Winter/Spring
December was a banner month for museum director and CalArts alum Adriano Pedrosa (Art-Critical Studies MFA 95). The board of La Biennale di Venezia and its President Roberto Cicutto named Pedrosa—currently the artistic director of Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) in Brazil—as curator of the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di…
Composer and CalArts Faculty Emeritus Barry Schrader (Music MFA 71) released his latest album Lost Analog in October 2022. The album’s title not only references his 1977 album Lost Atlantis, but also holds a more literal meaning. “All of the works are analog electronic music, and parts of them are, indeed, lost,” Schrader writes in…
In January, United States Artists (USA)—a Chicago-based national arts funding organization—announced its 2023 Fellows from 10 creative disciplines. CalArts alums Antoine Hunter aka Purple Fire Crow (Dance 02) and Kite (Music BFA 14) were among the 45 fellows who will receive $50,000 unrestricted cash awards. The USA Fellowship honors artists from all stages of their…
Author Janet Sarbanes, faculty member in the School of Critical Studies, writes open letters to artists, academics, and activists (“Dear A”) in her newest book, Letters on the Autonomy Project (Punctum Books). The subject matter is prescient given the rise of authoritarianism—and loss of autonomy—while at the same time we see renewed struggle against social,…
This past February, the 50th Annual Annie Awards honored author, historian, filmmaker, and School of Film/Video faculty Mindy Johnson with one of their highest distinctions: the June Foray Award. Named for voice actor June Foray, who helped found both ASIFA-Hollywood (the International Animated Film Society) and the Annie Awards, the accolade—one of the Annie’s five…
Throughout the spring semester, CalArts’ School of Art welcomed scholar Nana Adusei-Poku, artist and CalArts alum Alicia Piller (Art MFA 19), and artist-writer-musician Devin Kenny as inaugural visiting critics in the Rosalind Harris Visiting Critic Program, part of the Charles Gaines Faculty Chair initiative. Each visiting critic participated in an on-campus residency that included free…
A-Block, the wing of CalArts’ Main Building that has been the stomping grounds for decades of storied animation artists—including such highly accomplished filmmakers as Tim Burton, Lauren Faust, Jorge Gutierrez, Pete Docter, John Lasseter, and Brenda Chapman—was struck by a unique tragedy on June 5, 2021. It was on a quiet Saturday when a decades-old…
