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Founding director of the CalArts animation program and its experimental animation program Jules Engel, left, with students./CalArts For 50 years, it’s been a safe place for storytellers – musicians, ...

CalArts and the United Nations are animated about the fight for gender parity. As part of the UN Women’s HeForShe initiative, the CalArts animation school and the global human rights organization are ...

The Calarts Producers’ Show is an annual curated selection of student work from the school’s iconic character animation department and the screening is attended by a wide swath of industry ...

Six short films from California students at USC, LMU, CalArts and Biola. A snail recounts lost love in USC short “Lovebugs.” Inspired by her grandmother's tradition, a lonely woman throws a party in ...

John Lasseter, who became a doctor for the second time last week, delivered the commencement speech to this year’s graduating CalArts class. Lasseter’s speech is a cross between a revival meeting and ...

This code has popped up in every Pixar movie — often more than once. It's an absolute staple of the studio's Easter egg-laying tradition. But A113 — an homage to the CalArts animation classroom where ...