CalArts Admissions

We're proud to announce that once again CalArts School of Film/Video students have been named Filmmaker Magazine's 25 new faces of Independent Film. CalArts trains holistic filmmakers to make their own work. Check out why so many of our students, alumnx, faculty, and staff have been at the forefront of their medium.

Are you interested in pushing the boundaries of cinematic arts? Applications are now open!

CalArtians Among Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film 2018 Filmmaker Magazine recently unveiled its annual roundup of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film, and CalArtians Hannah Peterson (Film/Video MFA 2018) and Richard Van (Film/Video MFA 2018) were included on …

Check out this CalArtian in the New Yorker!

Zadie Smith on Henry Taylor’s Promiscuous Painting The California artist’s subjects are drawn from wildly divergent walks of life—the famous and the down-and-out, the sane and the mad, the rich and the poor.

Thank you to the New York Times for a wonderful write-up about a collaboration between the CalArts Center for New Performance and the Huntington! If you’re in Southern California, consider checking it out. The cast of 20 includes CalArts students and alumni, and members of the Shanghai Kunqu Troupe.

Sharing a Site-Specific Secret A romantic garden. A Chinese opera. And a select audience, wandering under Californian stars.

Congratulations to the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance for landing in the top 10 of Onstage’s rankings of The Top 25 College Dance Programs for 2018-2019! The CalArts dance program is the only west coast program in the top 10, so come for the strong foundation in ballet and contemporary dance styles and stay for the great location and weather.

The Top 25 College Dance Programs for 2018-19 Today, we kick off our annual rankings with programs in dance. Over the years we've seen careers in dance take off in a number of ways. Broadway is no longer the only destination. Programs are preparing dancers for a number of different types of performance settings and jobs.  So here is o

Thank you Variety for the amazing write up! The Character Animation Producers' Show is one of the many ways our students showcase their work while connecting with industry professionals.

CalArts Showcase Offers a Window Into Animation’s Next Generation In certain ways, the May 2 CalArts Character Animation Producers’ Show resembled any number of other year-end showcases of undergrad work held by art schools nationwide. Students gathered to cheer …

Calling all aspiring animators in high school!

Discover Animation is an intensive experience that gives young artists from around the world, age 14-17, an opportunity to explore the fundamentals of animation by participating in this two-week program on the legendary CalArts campus.

Application Priority Deadline: April 30, 2018

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Keep up the good work School of Theater!! (Top 10 Costume Design Schools by The Hollywood Reporter)

CalArts - Top 10 Costume Design Schools Revealed

On the occasion of the premiere of Disney/PIXAR’s 'Coco' in France, French television program '50 Minutes Inside' produced a segment on CalArts and the alumni who helped create the animated feature. 'Coco' is co-directed by alumnus and first-time feature director Adrian Molina and veteran director Lee Unkrich. Other Calartians on the Coco crew include Storyboard Artist Ana Ramirez and Story Supervisor Jason Katz. '50 Minutes' visited the CalArts campus to explore its history and current reality and toured PIXAR headquarters.

French TV Program '50 Minutes Inside' Profiles CalArts and 'Coco' [English Subtitles] On the occasion of the premiere of Disney/PIXAR’s 'Coco' in France, French television program '50 Minutes Inside' produced a segment on CalArts and the alumn...

CalArts President Ravi Rajan is encouraging our students to participate in the National School Walkout on March 14th. ​As an institute that values student expression and aims to create citizen artists who will affect change in the world, CalArts Admissions greatly values our applicants and students rights' to call for change by exercising their First Amendment rights. ​Any disciplinary action that our applicants face from peaceful participation in a protest will in no way affect their admission decision.

Cartoon Network Provides New Scholarship to CalArts Animation Students Cartoon Network has a long and successful history with graduates of the prestigious animation school at CalArts: Genndy Tartakovsky (“Dexter’s Laboratory,” “Samurai Jack,” “Star Wars: Clone Wars”),…

Future Calartians of the real OC! The CalArts Center for New Performance will be in your backyard with the West Coast Premiere of The Hendrix Project. Join us on February 1-3, 2018 at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA. Follow the link for tickets.

CalArts Center for New Performance - » The Hendrix ProjectCalArts Center for New Performance Featuring Samantha Barrow, Morgan Camper, Hannah Cruz, Jasmine Gatewood, Heaven Gonzalez, Ariyan Kassam, Liam O’Donnell, Dante Rossi, Henita Telo, Max Udell, Ieva Vizgirdaite, and Christopher Wentworth.

Congratulations to the CalArts Graphic Design Program!

#3 Nationally (Top 1% of schools considered)
#3 Nationally among Private Colleges (Top 1% of schools considered)
#1 on the West Coast (Top 2% of schools considered)
#1 in California

Top 50 Graphic Design Schools and Colleges in the U.S. – 2018 Rankings | Animation Career Review 2018 rankings of the top 50 graphic design schools in the US.