While the foundation of a CalArts education is rooted in rigorous artmaking, critical thinking, and faculty mentorship, there’s a little magic that happens in our multidisciplinary environment that …

CalArts offers comprehensive degree programs in the visual, performing, media, and literary arts. Programs are optimized for a new kind of artist: One who goes beyond mere aesthetics and …

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Rigorous critique, fluent discourse, and cross-genre collaboration are hallmarks of CalArts’ graduate programs, where you’ll build the creative network and individual practice to sustain …

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Founded in 1961 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy, CalArts offers comprehensive degree programs across the full range of the visual, performing, media, and literary arts through its six …

CalArts offered programs in art, design, film, music, theater, and dance. While it became a fiercely countercultural version of Disney’s utopian concept, the Institute immediately became a …

Far from just a place to study art rigorously, CalArts is a place where you’ll live art and continuously redefine it—where passion meets profession, where creativity knows no bounds, …

Innovation across an unrivaled diversity of styles is a hallmark of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, where musicians are empowered to expand the boundaries of received practice …

CalArts has a long and rich tradition of attracting and welcoming the most talented international students in the world. One out of every four students at CalArts is international, representing …