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 …

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 …

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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 …

Rigorous critique, dynamic discourse, and cross-genre collaboration are hallmarks of the graduate programs at CalArts, where you’ll build the network and develop an individual practice to …

Along with the general application, each school has its own specific admissions criteria, including portfolio or audition requirements. Please read the details closely, y ou cannot make any …

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, …

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 …

Organizations that have recently recruited our students and alums and/or hosted CalArts interns are InRage Entertainment, REDCAT, Revry, Netflix, Illumination, Wiggle World, Open the …