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 sets us apart …

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 schools. …

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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 your life’s work.

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 sustain your …

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 changes to …

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, and where you can …

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 nearly 50 …

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 Portal, …