When four-time Tony-nominated actor Condola Rashad (Theater BFA 08) returned to campus last summer for a collaborative project with the CalArts Center for New Performance, she wasn’t prepping for her next Broadway role or avant-garde production. Rather, she and her team set up basecamp in the Coffeehouse Theater to shoot videos for Rashad’s EP Space…

While Charles Gaines’ extraordinary work as a conceptual artist has been an ever-expanding force on the art world in recent years, his long-standing efforts as an educator have also made an indelible impact. Gaines’ unwavering determination and his dedication to his students have had an outsized influence on countless artists. Now, thanks to a series…

CalArts alum and It’s a Wrapper Studios founder Lyndon Barrois Sr. (Film/Video MFA 95) has come full circle. His childhood hobby of making miniature HotWheels drivers out of gum wrappers led to a successful Hollywood career in animation. Now, he’s back to meticulously shaping foil and paper to tell poignant stories. On a cool October…

When the coronavirus pandemic erupted in March, textile artist Molly Surazhsky (Art BFA 19) wasted no time piecing together fabric scraps into urgently needed masks. The work in her Los Angeles studio came naturally to Surazhsky, whose Ukrainian family roots in tailoring stretch back generations. She donated some of her face coverings to Mutual Aid…

It seems like Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton (Art MFA 07) has always been destined to work with words, art, and books. However, it wasn’t until five years ago that the CalArts alumna came to the realization that all the twists and turns she had been taking in her life were pieces of a puzzle that would end…