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WATCH: Why Did Walmart Take Down This Art Video?

HuffingtonPost.com | Priscilla Frank | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Walmart, Women, Walmart Women, Video, Calarts, Walmart Online Videos, I Have a Headache, Ian Samuels, Walmart Competition, Women's Intimacy, Arts News

A promotional video made entirely by CalArts graduates was recently removed from Walmart's website -- and they say they have no idea why. The video wa...

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The Last Portrait of Artist Mike Kelley?

Gordy Grundy | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Tulsa Kinney, Fine Arts, Calarts, Artillery, Laurie Pike, Arts, Gordy Grundy, Tyler Hubby, Mike Kelley, Artillery Magazine, Slidepollajax, Mike Kelley Artillery, Mike Kelley Portrait, Mike Kelley Tyler Hubby, Arts News
Gordy Grundy

The recent passing of the artist, musician and LA art hero has given a simple photo shoot a grave and life-changing significance.

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PLAN ForYourArt: June 23-29

Bettina Korek | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Self Help Graphics and Art, William Leavitt, Eve Fowler, Mfa, Latino, Arts, Los Angeles Convention Center, Piero Golia, Beverly Hills, Moca, Los Angeles, Dwell on Design, Alex Segade, Calarts, Gagoian Gallery, La Art, La Around Town, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Piero Golia's Constellation Paintings derived from an incident in 2010 where a taxi-driver smashed his car directly into Golia's house following an argument over a fare.

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The Car Plays: Real Drive-In Theater in Downtown LA?

Wyatt Closs | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Redcat, Driving, Automobiles, Calarts, Off-Off-Broadway, Disney Hall, Los Angeles, Theater, Cars, Mulholland Drive, Plays, T Lynn Mikeska, Hipsters, Moving Arts, Jenn Swirtz, Silver Lake, Hollywood Hills Real Estate, RADAR LA, Disney, Hollywood, Los Angeles News
Wyatt Closs

Couldn't resist the pun in that headline, but in this case the stage is a car, so it works. In fact, the stage is 15 cars. Thats the number that sit i...

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Five Promising Artists Receive Grants From Alpert Foundation

Jay Weston | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Alpert Foundation, Lani Hall, Calarts, Herb Alpert, Arts, Arts Funding, Grants, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

Five exceptional artists have received grants from the Herb Alpert Foundation and California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). I recently had the pleasure of meeting each of these extraordinary young individuals.

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PLAN ForYourArt: February 10-16

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Keanu Reeves, Richard Hawkins, Jeffrey Deitch, Lacma, Arts, Community Action Center, Third Mind, A.K. Burns, Los Angeles, Dumplings, Leo Castelli, Machine Project, Art Catalogues, Ode to Happiness, Hammer Museum, Alexandra Grant, Annie Cohen-Solal, Redcat, Moca, Calarts, Eli Broad, A.L. Steiner, Alhambra, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

The Hammer museum is presenting the first American museum survey of artist Richard Hawkins.

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Plan ForYourArt July 1-7

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Art, Blum & Poe, Cinefamily, University of California Irvine, Chinatown, Photography, Hollywood Forever, Dennis Hopper, Culver City, Easy Rider, Moca, Calarts, Box Scheme, Los Angeles Filmforum, Laxart, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

On Friday, leading galleries in Chinatown open their doors for Box Scheme, the culminating exhibition of California Institute of the Arts' (CalArts) graduating MFA candidates.

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From Gods And Monsters and Quiet Riot to Tina Turner and Citizens Of The World: A Conversation With Spencer Proffer

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vans Warped Tour, Pasha, Tony Martell, Mario Van Peebles, Pricilla Presley, Flying Machines, Tina Turner, John Entwhistle, Nelson Mandela, The Who, Sds, Richard Nixon, Stevie Wonder, RCA Records, Brian May, Sedrik Samson, Spencer Proffer, Blink-182, Calarts, Citizens of the World, Kiss, Harry Winer, Bob Hope, Elvis Presley, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Caine, Bad Religion, Wings, Ronnie McDowell, No Doubt, Disney, The Hollies, Rise Against, Quiet Riot, Sidney Poitier, Gods and Monsters, Graceland, Jon Butcher, The Jordanaires, King Sunny Ade, Queen, Godsmack, Bon Jovi, Epic Records, Coachella, Allan Clarke, Ritchie Sambora, Mtv, Showtime, Kevin Dubrow, Billy Thorpe, Quincy Jones, Doc McGhee, Bill Condon, My Chemical Romance, Beyonce, Cedric the Entertainer, Vanilla Fudge, Jerry Offsay, Camp Pendleton, Ted Nugent, Cicely Tyson, Strawbs, All American Rejects, Michael Hagee, Tommy, Capitol Tower, Zoetrope, Stomp, Nofx, Live Nation, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Spencer Proffer is considered a leader in entertainment, pioneering media integrations before it was fashionable to do so.

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Ten Minutes with: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Director Thor Freudenthal

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nina Jacobson, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Greg Heffley, Rob Minkoff, Zachary Gordon, Berlin Academy of Art, Middle School, Ivan Reitman, Don Cheadle, Stuart Little, Sony Pictures ImageWorks, Thor Freudenthal, Color Force, CalArts, Rachael Harris, Entertainment News
Fabio Periera

Affable, approachable and sensitive to the needs of his performers, Thor Freudenthal got his start working in special effects on the Stuart Little mov...

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