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Other name | CalArts |
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Former name |
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| Type | Private art school |
| Established | 1883 |
| Founders | Emily Valentine, Nelbert Chouinard, Walt Disney, Roy O. Disney, Lulu May von Hagen |
| Accreditation | WASC[1] |
| Endowment | $213.8 million (2022)[2] |
| President | Ravi Rajan |
Academic staff | 400 (fall 2019) |
Administrative staff | 262 (fall 2019) |
| Students | 1,353 (fall 2023) |
| Undergraduates | 1,025 (fall 2019) |
| Postgraduates | 492 (fall 2019) |
| 6 (fall 2019) | |
| Address | 24700 McBean Pkwy , , , United States 34°23′34″N 118°34′02″W / 34.3928°N 118.5673°W |
| Campus | Suburban, 60 acres (24 ha) |
| Website | calarts |
The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art school in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of both the visual and performing arts. It offers Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees through its six schools: Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater.[3]
The school was first envisioned by many benefactors in the early 1960s including Nelbert Chouinard, Walt Disney, Lulu Von Hagen, and Thornton Ladd.[4][5] CalArts students develop their own work, over which they retain control and copyright, in a workshop atmosphere.
- ^ "California Institute of the Arts". Western Association of Schools Colleges. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ As of June 30, 2022.Annual Report (Report).
- ^ "Academics". CalArts. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ Rushkoff, Douglas (1995). Media Virus: Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture. Ballantine Books. p. 102. ISBN 0-345-39774-6.
- ^ "Timeline". CalArts. 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.