It was such a great feeling to be a greenhorn at CalArts, knowing that I had the faculty behind me—and the whole student body, too, trying to help me understand who I was as an artist. The faculty nurtured the type of dancer that I was, and that I am. Most of our current seven members are grads from the CalArts Writing As far as I know this is the only composer-performer doctorate program that exists.
As a composer, pianist and a conductor, I was presented with the opportunity to exercise all, merging the ideas of analysis, synthesis I came out of my undergrad at Harvard knowing that, if nothing else, I could stay in the studio all night, work myself into a corner, and throw myself at building something.
Alan S. Tofighi is an Interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Southern California. I was also working as a motion graphic designer. When I decided it was time to pursue The two most important things about the Writing Program for me were the mentorship—being pushed by, and being championed by, faculty—both while I was at CalArts and after I graduated. We had daily workshops; a handful of When I entered CalArts I thought I was only interested in performing, but two amazing teachers and mentors, David Roitstein and Lauren Pratt, widened my scope of possibilities.
When I came to CalArts I had limiting preconceptions about how to achieve the kinds of dramatic effects I wanted in my films. I looked at the CalArts website and found the student work incredibly By the time I enrolled at CalArts, I had performed for 15 years, and was focused on my choreography and teaching. CalArts gave me the time, space and support—with my mentors, faculty and my peers—pushing me forward saying, "Yes, you are capable and ready to do other things.
I wanted to do different types of work and learn to incorporate a personal voice into what I was making. Excerpts from Miwa Matreyek's alumni story video. When I started CalArts I thought I was just going to make a bunch of short films and graduate and work in the animation industry. I really give credit to CalArts for being this incubator of creativity that led me onto a My sound art springs from my concept of the voice, which is my primordial instrument.
I relate to the world I started working with photography when I was 12 or I used photography and Photoshop as a way to create scenes and stories with found images, working with landscapes, animals, and beautiful colors.
After visiting CalArts, it was initially the community that attracted me. I majored in I wanted the opportunity to expand my horizons because by the time I visited CalArts, I knew how to do small theater. Like most music students, my background was in classical music. But when I got here, I realized that the art world is much larger than I had imagined. In my second year I attended the From pneumatic sculptures, to operatic performances, to videos about My mother was a pianist and my first piano teacher.
I sang as a child, took a break right around adolescence when my voice dropped, and I began singing again in rock bands when I was 15 or After some classical training I realized how much I enjoyed singing classical music, and at CalArts, With an explorative philosophy that allows you to concentrate on self-directed concerns within your practice, our residency provides the time and resources to strengthen personal investigations and deepen existing inquiries into the conception, production and reception of your work.
To supplement ample independent studio time over the five-week period, you will attend a series of dynamic lectures from diverse creative practitioners working at the intersection of art, technology and media; engage in discussions that grapple with contemporary contexts of making; and benefit from studio visits with guest critics as well as your residency cohort.
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