CalArts Magazine Fall/Winter 2009 by California Institute of the Arts

The Magazine of California Institute of the Arts Fall/Winter 2009

Special Issue: The Impact of the Campaign for CalArts

Robust support for scholarships has given more exceptional artists access to the distinctive education CalArts offers. Qadriyyah Shamsid-Deen is working toward an interschool mfa degree from the Schools of Film/Video and Theater on a full scholarship provided by Jon and Lillian Lovelace.

Endowed chairs help CalArts recognize and retain key faculty members. Vinny Golia holds the Michel Colombier Performer-Composer Chair; Winds, Composition, Improvisation.

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Students

From College to Cultural Force: An Interview with Steven D. Lavine

Faculty

4 The Impact of Giving

28 Campaign Summary 29 Donor Honor Roll 31 Trustees and Campaign Council

Programs

This special issue of CalArts summarizes the Campaign for CalArts, which ended June 30, 2009.

CalArts is published twice during the academic year by the CalArts Office of Advancement. California Institute of the Arts Steven D. Lavine, President Arwen Duffy, Vice President, Advancement Bill Kramer, Executive Director of Development Armik Allen, Director of Advancement Services Wendy Shattuck, Executive Director of Public Affairs Editorial: Stuart I. Frolick, Freddie Sharmini and Susan Chapman Design: Scott Taylor Type in this issue includes Spektro Gothic and Spektro Roman by Andrea Tinnes (Art mfa 98). Photography: Scott Groller and Steven A. Gunther Telephone: 661 255-1050 E-mail: publicaffairs@calarts.edu

Facilities

A Message from Tim Disney and Austin Beutner

Dear CalArts Supporters: ten years ago, CalArts celebrated its 30th anniversary with the announcement that leadership gifts from The Walt Disney Company and the Roy E. Disney Family and Foundation would create the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (redcat) in the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex. These early commitments not only embodied the CalArts philosophy of artistic experimentation and cross-pollination in public programs, but also spurred an initiative to seek philanthropic investments throughout the Institute. With an ambitious goal of $125 million, the Campaign for CalArts had three critical priorities: 1 | growing the endowment, 2 | securing current programs, and 3 | supporting capital projects. Each priority was designed to help the Institute provide the best possible education for artists. Gifts of annual and endowed scholarship funds would ensure that students from a diverse range of backgrounds had access to CalArts and learned from one another. Investments in faculty would reward artistic excellence and help retain the best teaching artists to guide the next generation of artists. Gifts to the Community Arts Partnership (cap) would provide arts education programs to youth in underserved communities and CalArts students with teaching experience and training. Support of redcat would introduce diverse audiences, students and artists to the most influential developments in the arts from around the world, and give Los Angeles artists the creative support they need to achieve national and international stature. Thanks to the generosity of 3,316 individuals and organizations, all this—and more—has come to pass. The Campaign went beyond its original goal, raising more than $152 million and transforming CalArts in many important ways. CalArts approaches its 40th anniversary, renowned for the strength of its alumni and faculty and respected for the groundbreaking work it produces and presents. We offer our heartfelt gratitude to all members of CalArts’ community of donors. Your exemplary generosity, your steadfast commitment and your thoughtfulness in providing for our students— current and future—have had and will continue to have a profound impact on CalArts. The stories that follow illustrate a few of the ways that your gifts have helped our students, faculty and community. We hope you enjoy them and take pride in all that your giving has made possible.

With thanks, tim disney Trustee and Chair, Campaign for CalArts

austin beutner Chair, CalArts Board of Trustees

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From College to Cultural Force An Interview with Steven D. Lavine

Upon successful completion of the Campaign for CalArts in the summer of 2009, CalArts asked President Steven D. Lavine to look back at the most significant fundraising effort in the Institute’s 40-year history and assess its impact. In the following interview, he shares his thoughts and feelings about how the Campaign’s stunning results have changed CalArts. calarts | Let’s begin with the broad strokes. What does the influx of $152 million mean to the vision and mission of CalArts? steven d. lavine | The changes made possible by the Campaign have come upon us gradually, but cumulatively they are absolutely transformative. A colleague once said to me that CalArts “punches beyond its weight,” meaning that for a young institution we have had and continue to have an outsize influence. From the beginning, through its courage in hiring cutting-edge and often not-yet-recognized artists, and through its ability to attract and encourage smart, creatively independent students, CalArts has helped to shape our culture. From its pioneering role in conceptual art—recognized this past year in The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition The Pictures Generation: 1974–1984 —to its fostering of the generation of animators who created computer animation and founded Pixar, to its early embrace of digital and interactive tools in graphic design, screen-based artmaking and live performance, CalArts has often led the way. calarts | Haven’t many other institutions begun to invest in cutting-edge artists? sdl | They have, and I believe before the Campaign we were in danger of losing that unique creative leadership. The Campaign has, above all, given us the resources to compete head-to-head with any institution at any weight class. Through endowed chairs, overall salary improvement and faculty development funds, CalArts today is in a far better position to recruit the most gifted artist-teachers from around the world and then to retain them when other universities, discovering them here on our faculty, attempt to recruit them away. A hand-tailored education such as CalArts provides is inevitably expensive; the Campaign has helped us to ensure that the most gifted young artists can study here, whatever their financial resources. In the process, CalArts has become one of the most racially, ethnically, geographically and economically diverse arts colleges in the world, which is precisely what the complex make-up of the United States and the globalized evolution of artmaking now require. This work is never done, but we are light years ahead of where we were only 10 years ago.

Cumulative Giving to The Campaign for CalArts and Its Impact

Over the next 23 pages, gifts to the Campaign of more than $50,000 and their purposes are plotted in the order in which they were received.

Endowed Giving

Capital Giving

Annual Giving

5 calarts | You say that, thanks to the Campaign, CalArts can now go head-to-head with any institution, but can’t universities with endowments in the billions still pay higher salaries, give larger scholarships and build more lavish facilities? sdl | The issue isn’t one of dollars alone. The centrality CalArts gives to creative experimentation and the collegial interaction among faculty and students attracts artists who want to be here. And faculty here have to want to teach — we definitely don’t hire them for the reflected glory of their names alone. We have to offer salaries that make it possible for the right artists to stay without feeling like they are making irrational financial sacrifices. Before the Campaign, we lost exceptional artist-teachers almost every year. Since then we have been able to compete with both the Ivies and richer public institutions. Similarly, students who come to CalArts are often in the position of turning down bigger scholarships elsewhere, but new financial aid funds raised during the Campaign mean that we are in a better position to piece together financial aid packages that make it possible for students who really want to be here to enroll. calarts | Isn’t reducing student debt a constant challenge? sdl | The cost of higher education continues to rise and there is no end in sight to the need for more financial aid. We hate to see the still-rising level of debt with which students graduate. Campaign or no campaign, we will continue to work to improve the circumstances of our faculty and students. But it says something that, faced with the world economic turmoil of the past 18 months, CalArts was able to keep its faculty intact and our enrollments strong. In fact, at 1,399 students, we have our largest enrollment ever this year.

Scholarships helped sustain Sandra Powers (Film/Video mfa 09) through the three years of her graduate degree program.

calarts | Switching gears– the Campaign has helped create a number of new programs. First on the degree side. ..

Composition faculty Mark Trayle, newly appointed to the Larry Levine Chair in Contemporary Music

sdl | Virtually every degree program at CalArts evolves each year in response to changing student interests and needs and evolving circumstances across the arts. But in terms of substantially or wholly new programs, I would point to the Producing, Sound Design, and still emerging Video Design tracks within the Design and Production wing of the School of Theater—as well as to the Puppetry track made possible through the Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts. The Campaign also enabled us to initiate the mfa degree in Writing for Performance in the School of Theater. The School of Critical Studies has introduced a new ma program in Aesthetics and Politics, and next fall the School of Art will launch its new mfa in Art and Technology, which is an outgrowth of the interschool Center for Integrated Media that has also been sustained through the Campaign. Most remarkably, through the gift that was recognized in naming The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, this fall we launched our first-ever doctoral level degree, the dma [Doctor of Musical Arts] for PerformerComposers—the only program of its kind in the United States.

Lead Gifts

Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Endowed support for faculty chair for The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts

The Walt Disney Company Established redcat programming endowment

The Wallace Foundation cap operating endowment

The Ahmanson Foundation Annual scholarship support

Michelle Lund, Brad Lund and The Sharon D. Lund Foundation Faculty project support for The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance

Michelle Lund, Brad Lund and The Sharon D. Lund Foundation Capital gift in support of the construction of redcat

Michelle Lund, Brad Lund and The Sharon D. Lund Foundation Program support for The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance

Michelle Lund, Brad Lund and The Sharon D. Lund Foundation General operating support for CalArts

Roy E. Disney Family and Foundation Support for the construction of redcat

The Getty Foundation Support for the construction of redcat

Veronica and Robert Egelston Support for the construction of redcat

The Hearst Foundations Support for cap endowment

Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Trust established to support scholarships and faculty initiatives for the duration of the Campaign

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calarts | What about the non-degree initiatives? sdl | These are equally important and were also supported through the Campaign: cap [the Community Arts Partnership], redcat [the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater], the Center for New Performance, which is the professional production wing of our performing arts schools, and our two magazines, Black Clock, which comes out of our mfa Writing Program in the School of Critical Studies, and our internationally co-published art journal Afterall— the CalArts portion of which will soon move online with a new focus and name, East of Borneo. And to this list I would add our broad range of new collaborations and partnerships with organizations in countries from France, Germany and Great Britain to Mexico and Uruguay, to Rwanda, Korea, Indonesia and soon, I believe, China. calarts | Is there a danger of these special initiatives fragmenting the overall mission of CalArts? sdl | We describe these programs separately but each is integrally connected to the core values of CalArts. Take cap: Sixty CalArts faculty and some 300 students annually reach 7,500 middle and high school students in underserved parts of Los Angeles through this program. For our students, it is an opportunity to learn to work in new environments, which will increase their options as artists. It also gives them a chance to learn to teach, which is absolutely critical when you consider that something like 50% of all artists teach at some point during their careers. And while we did not design these programs as recruiting efforts, alumni of the cap program are playing a vital role in enhancing the diversity of our student body, which is so important if CalArts is to remain relevant to the real America of the 21st Century.

The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance was dedicated in memory of one of the Institute’s most passionate supporters.

The world premiere of the multimedia opera ah! at redcat featured interdisciplinary collaboration by faculty, visiting artists and students.

calarts | redcat has also extended and connected CalArts to the arts beyond campus. sdl | During my first years at CalArts, we began to look for a downtown performance space to better connect us to greater Los Angeles. When the possibility emerged of building a CalArts gallery, screening and performance facility as part of the new Walt Disney Concert Hall, we leaped at the opportunity. In a very short time, redcat has established an international reputation as a leading presenter of new directions in the arts — in Los Angeles and worldwide. For emerging artists in Los Angeles, who include, of course, many of our alumni, redcat has become a springboard to greater recognition. At the same time, redcat brings artists from all over the world to Los Angeles, almost all of whom also spend time on campus, opening new artistic possibilities for our students. redcat now helps link CalArts to a range of professional arts organizations internationally, many of which have become ongoing collaborative partners in ways that multiply opportunities for both students and faculty. Finally, redcat has enhanced the visibility of CalArts locally, nationally and globally; and that visibility has attracted many new supporters, who are not only sustaining redcat, but who also helped to drive the larger Campaign for CalArts.

The Eisner Foundation Support for the construction of redcat The Herb Alpert Foundation Support for the Alpert Award in the Arts Peter Norton Family Foundation Faculty project support Tim Disney General operating support for CalArts

The Ahmanson Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Establishment of charitable lead trust for faculty and scholarships California Community Foundation Support for the construction of redcat

Roy E. Disney Family and Foudnation General operating support for CalArts

Weingart Foundation Support for CalArts technology Walter Lantz Foundation Support for character animation technology Peter Norton Family Foundation General operating support for CalArts AT&T Foundation Program support for cap

7 calarts | The other major facilities addition is The Wild Beast—which wasn’t part of the original Campaign plan.

our Dizzy Gillespie Recording Studio; critical support for cap; and, as part of the Campaign, the extraordinary endowment gift that is recognized through the school’s naming. I have to say that every time I come to campus and see those names, The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance and The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, it warms my heart to think of these special friends.

sdl | No, it wasn’t. We knew we needed to upgrade many facilities, especially our digital labs, during the course of the Campaign, but we consciously decided to focus on our human resources —faculty and students. What happened, however, is that enrollments in music had been growing and growing. They are now close to double what they were when I arrived at CalArts in 1988, and we were just plain out of space for student recitals, guest artists, special projects and public presentations. The Wild Beast—both in its enclosed recital hall mode and in its open configuration, which will accommodate 750–1000 audience members in what is now the S. Mark Taper Foundation Courtyard — will address all these needs. In addition, it will allow us to provide more musical offerings to our immediate community in the Santa Clarita Valley. This new facility, in conjunction with the endowed chairs, scholarships and special project funds that led to the naming of The Herb Alpert School of Music, stands to vastly enhance our impact on contemporary music.

calarts | It sounds as if we have arrived at a particularly important point in the evolution of CalArts.

calarts | Why is the naming of two schools such an important development for CalArts? First, for the School of Dance? sdl | Both names recognize exceptional immediate gifts to the Campaign plus the longstanding involvement of much-loved supporters of CalArts. Sharon Disney Lund, the daughter of Walt Disney, was a totally committed trustee of CalArts, right up until her death in 1993. Over the years, Sharon helped CalArts in innumerable ways but she always had a special fondness for the School of Dance. The gift her children gave to CalArts near the beginning of the Campaign allowed us to renovate the school’s dance theater, establish new scholarships and underwrite special projects. More recently, her daughter Michelle Lund, now a CalArts trustee, added to that gift with a contribution for scholarships over the next five years. Naming The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance came from the heart.

sdl | The completion of the Campaign for CalArts is a time to pause, reflect and celebrate — but not for long. We have new strength and momentum now, thanks to the generosity and hard work of our donors, friends, alumni, faculty, staff and students. We are a cultural force bringing an ever greater diversity of gifted individuals into the arts, graduating artists with the tools and vision to help us see the world afresh, producing adventurous artistic projects that then travel the world, presenting an international range of emerging talents, and demonstrating what it means to exert leadership in and through the arts. But as I said, the work is never done. Both the arts and education, under the pressure of economic and demographic developments and of rapidly evolving, Internet-driven cultural transformations, are in the midst of enormous change. CalArts must stay on its toes if it is to continue to lead. As we do so, we have the Campaign’s many donors to thank for the high ground on which we firmly stand.

calarts | Herb Alpert’s commitment to CalArts has also been extraordinary. sdl | Absolutely. Herb and Lani Alpert have been wonderful supporters of CalArts for many years, especially through our jointly designed and managed annual Alpert Award in the Arts — five $75,000 artist fellowships, each of which includes a residency at CalArts. The Alpert recipients have enriched our community and, through them, we found Susan Lori Parks, the founder of our mfa Writing for Performance Program; Erik Ehn, first Susan’s successor as head of the playwriting program and then Dean of the School of Theater; Carl Hancock Rux, who led the Writing for Performance Program for several years after Erik; Anne LeBaron, a brilliant composer in The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, and Stephan Koplowitz, Dean of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance. In addition, we owe to Herb and Lani CalArts graduates the artists who will shape the future direction of creative practice.

Surdna Foundation Annual support for Talented Students in the Arts Initiative John C. Hench Foundation General operating support for CalArts icast General operating support for CalArts Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Endowment support for Talented Students in the Arts Initiative Annual scholarship support The Colburn Fund Grant for Baroque Initiative and scholarships for The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts

Open Society Institute Program support for cap W.M. Keck Foundation Program and scholarship support for cap

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Program support for cap

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The Impact of Giving Lead Gifts The Institute’s most devoted supporters came forward to make a series of major lead gifts to build a formidable foundation for the Campaign for CalArts. At the same time, these lead gifts allowed CalArts to define the scope and major objectives of the Campaign. With an original goal of raising $125 million — which was increased to $150 million, when the initial target was reached far ahead of schedule — the Campaign set out to grow endowed support for scholarships, faculty resources, the Community Arts Partnership (cap), and the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (redcat). Secondly, it aimed to fund capital projects: redcat, the Wild Beast music pavilion, and a new 3-d computer animation lab. The Campaign’s third major goal was to increase annual giving to the Institute. Of the total $152 million raised over the course of the Campaign, lead gifts accounted for 22 percent. These critical gifts created tremendous momentum for the wider fundraising effort, galvanized existing supporters, and allowed the Institute to effectively engage a much larger community of donors. Notable among these lead gifts are donations for student and faculty support from Jon and Lillian Lovelace, The Sharon D. Lund Foundation and The Peter Norton Family Foundation. Roy E. Disney, The Walt Disney Company, the J. Paul Getty Trust and the California Community Foundation led the way in supporting redcat, while the Wallace, Hearst and Keck foundations made lead gifts to cap. Roy E. Disney, Tim Disney, Peter Norton and Larry Ramer, meanwhile, provided crucial operating support and funding for core programs.

Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace: Crucial Support for Faculty From CalArts’ earliest years, longtime Trustee Jon Lovelace and his wife Lillian have thoughtfully directed their philanthropy to areas of greatest need across the Institute, many of which are often not readily apparent to the public yet vitally important to CalArts’ ongoing operations. The couple especially appreciates the critical role faculty plays at CalArts. “Jon and Lillian understand that the strength of the Institute’s faculty ultimately determines its greatness,” noted CalArts President Steven D. Lavine. “And they carefully consider meaningful ways to ensure that our faculty thrive both as distinguished artists and teachers.”

I Nyoman Wenten (Music mfa 74), former chair of the World Music Program, co-director of the Gamelan Burat Wangi (“Fragrant Offering”) and one of the longest-serving members of the faculty. Award-winning costume designer Ellen McCartney, interim co-dean of the School of Theater, who also serves as head of Design and head of the Costume Design Program, was appointed to the Robert W. Corrigan Chair, while internationally acclaimed artist and School of Art faculty member Sam Durant (Art mfa 91) was named to the Robert J. Fitzpatrick Chair. Lastly, veteran artistic director Mark Murphy, who has headed redcat since its inception, serves as the Steven D. Lavine Director of redcat.

To support faculty, Jon and Lillian established five endowed chairs and supported 72 faculty creative leaves. The Lovelaces provided a lead gift to establish the Mel Powell Chair at The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts in memory of the school’s Pulitzer Prize-winning founding dean. Jon and Lillian subsequently endowed the Nicholas England Chair, named after the pioneering ethnomusicologist and former School of Music dean; the Robert W. Corrigan Chair, established in memory of CalArts’ first president; the Robert J. Fitzpatrick Chair, named for Dr. Corrigan’s successor; and the Steven D. Lavine Director of redcat, named in honor CalArts’ current president, now in his 21st year at the helm. The funding of these positions has enabled the Institute to retain key faculty whose artistry, professional experience and commitment to students are vital to the education CalArts delivers to students. The Mel Powell Chair is currently held by noted jazz pianist and arranger David Roitstein, chair of CalArts’ world-famous Jazz Program since 1983 and producer of the annual CalArts Jazz cd. The Nicholas England Chair is held by leading Balinese music and dance authority

Lee and Lawrence J. Ramer Operating and endowed support for CalArts

John H. Menkes Endowed scholarships for the School of Art

John C. Hench Foundation

The Fletcher Jones Foundation Support for redcat technology Richard Seaver Scholarships for the School of Art and The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts

The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Scholarship support

The Walt Disney Company Foundation General operating and scholarship support The Ahmanson Foundation Annual scholarship support

The Ahmanson Foundation’s William Hayden Ahmanson Endowed Scholarship Fund: Ensuring Access

Jon and Lillian also established a charitable lead trust to boost scholarships and fund creative leaves for faculty. The latter allows CalArts’ educators—all professional artists—to further their work and stay at the forefront of their respective fields. In addition, Jon and Lillian endowed the President’s New Ventures Fund, which supports start-up activities, special projects and new programs. These have included the Transatlantic Arts Consortium (tac), a joint undertaking by CalArts, Idyllwild Arts and the Dartington Hall Trust. tac commissions original artworks and offers young artists pathways for cultivating sustainable professional careers.

The Ahmanson Foundation provided vital current-use scholarship support for CalArts throughout the Campaign. After the passing of William Hayden Ahmanson, who was a CalArts trustee, the Foundation made a major grant that established the William Hayden Ahmanson Endowed Scholarship Fund, which reflects his deep and longstanding interest in helping CalArts students in financial need. One recipient of a scholarship awarded through the foundation’s support is undergraduate actor Rogelio Orozco of the School of Theater. “I’m fortunate to have this scholarship,” he said. “And I want to work as hard as I can to make the most of my time here... CalArts is the place where new art and new theater are being created. You would have to tear me away from this place!”

The Lovelaces’ extraordinary and deeply appreciated support has greatly enhanced nearly every aspect of the Institute and will continue benefiting CalArts and the arts as a whole for many years to come. Five chairs endowed by Jon and Lillian Lovelace have allowed the Institute to recognize the important contributions made by (counterclockwise, from opposite page) Sam Durant, I Nyoman Wenten, Mark Murphy, David Roitstein and Ellen McCartney.

bfa actor Rogelio Orozco (left), recipient of a scholarship awarded by The Ahmanson Foundation

The James Irvine Foundation Cornerstone grant support for faculty projects, redcat, cap and scholarships Daniel Langlois Support for CalArts Integrated Media Initiative Compaq Support for the construction of redcat The Hearst Foundations cap endowment support General operating support for CalArts

The Walt Disney Company Foundation General operating and scholarship support Wendy Keys and Donald Pels Support to help establish redcat film/video programming

Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Support for redcat programming

The Dumont Foundation Scholarship support for The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts

A.S.K. Theater Projects Program support for the School of Theater for low-income students

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Program support for cap

Margit Sperling Cotsen and Lloyd Cotsen Gift to establish the Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts The Ahmanson Foundation Annual scholarship support The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Center for New Performance project support

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Michelle Lund, Brad Lund and The Sharon D. Lund Foundation: Nurturing Talent through The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance Sharon Disney Lund, the younger daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney, was among CalArts’ most unwavering supporters. Her children, Michelle, Brad, and Victoria, celebrated her enduring commitment by presenting a gift, through The Sharon D. Lund Foundation, to the School of Dance. The school was henceforth named The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance—the Institute’s first-ever named school. This historic gift has since provided the strong footing for the CalArts dance program to position itself as a standard-bearer of innovative choreography and performance in the 21st Century. The Lunds’ gift was also recognized by the dedication of The Sharon Disney Lund Dance

Theater on campus and the launch of The Sharon Disney Lund Dance Series. Staged on campus and at redcat, this series of dance productions allows CalArts ensembles to present their work to wider Los Angeles audiences, while at the same time bringing internationally renowned choreographers and companies to the Institute. The Lund Foundation continued its commitment to the school in 2009 with an additional pledge, covering endowed and current-use scholarships and unrestricted support. “We are very grateful to the foundation for its sustaining support of our school,” said Stephan Koplowitz, dean of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance. “This gift ensures our ability to provide our students with the tools and vision necessary for lifelong careers in the arts, which in turn enables us to recruit the most talented students, support them as they gain a worldclass education, and graduate them into the professional world with significantly less debt.”

Roy E. Disney Family and Foundation and The Walt Disney Company: Introducing redcat Setting in motion one of the boldest-ever projects in the Institute’s history, the Roy E. Disney Family and Foundation matched a $5 million gift from The Walt Disney Company to establish the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (redcat)—the Institute’s state-of-the-art downtown Los Angeles center for the presentation of innovative visual, performing, media and literary arts. Named in memory of Roy E. Disney’s parents and their essential role during CalArts’ earliest days, redcat is housed as a separate entity inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex, the Frank Gehry-designed architectural icon that

Sharon Disney Lund’s children, (front row, from left) Victoria, Brad and Michelle, at the dedication ceremony of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts

above right: Roy E. Disney (right), Frank Gehry (center) and Steven Lavine with an early architectural model of redcat above: redcat under construction in early 2003. right: redcat’s entrance shortly after the opening of the venue, with its distinctive neon-bedecked curving façade designed by Frank Gehry

Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Support for redcat programming Veronica and Robert Egelston redcat endowment support

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation

Walter Lantz Foundation Support for character animation technology The Walt Disney Company Foundation General operating and scholarship support The Getty Foundation Support for redcat construction The Herb Alpert Foundation Support for redcat programming The Colburn Fund Support for Baroque Initiatve and scholarships for The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts

The Skirball Foundation

Suzanne Deal Booth and David Booth Support for redcat programming Roy E. Disney Family and Foundation Support for redcat construction

11 has redefined the city’s downtown. The Roy E. Disney Family and Foundation later followed its first gift to redcat with an additional $4 million, bringing the total of their initial support for this unique performance and exhibition venue to $9 million. Now in its seventh full season, redcat has given CalArts an unprecedented presence in Los Angeles, alongside neighbors such as the L.A. Philharmonic and The Museum of Contem porary Art. It has extended the Institute’s influence on the arts at local, national and international levels; brought greater resources and opportunities to students; and invigorated the wide Los Angeles arts community. redcat’s adventurous mix of programs, which features internationally renowned artists and companies, emerging experimental voices, and new work originating from CalArts, was recently hailed by The Huffington Post as “the gold standard for the avant-garde in L.A.” In the 2008–09 season, redcat’s programming proved such an important part of the arts in the city that, even in the middle of a difficult recession, attendance reached an all-time high, increasing by more than 25 percent over the previous season.

Norton Creative Development Fund: Fostering Faculty’s New Works Through the Peter Norton Family Foundation, Board of Trustees Co-Vice Chair Peter Norton made a commitment to the Institute for both current-use funding and faculty creative development — the latter under the auspices of the Norton Creative Development Fund. “It takes working artists,” said Peter, “to teach students to become working artists.”

Dallas McMurray, currently a member of the Mark Morris Dance Group, received a scholarship through tsai.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Surdna Foundation: Talented Students in the Arts Initiative CalArts received major support through the Talented Students in the Arts Initiative (tsai), a joint program of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (ddcf) and the Surdna Foundation. tsai supported the nation’s arts educational institutions in order to help improve the training of young people with demonstrated talent in the performing arts. The grant included a three-year, current-use grant from the Surdna Foundation and an endowment grant from ddcf that required raising matching funds from other institutional donors. At the end of the threeyear grant period, CalArts had an endowment to continue supporting the scholarships, internships, artistic programs and faculty resources that the current-use grant from the Surdna Foundation supported for the first three years. Two faculty projects produced with creative development support from the Peter Norton Family Foundation: David Rosenboom’s Bell Solaris (top) and Anne LeBaron’s wet (above), both presented at redcat

Faculty who developed new works thanks to the funding from the foundation included Dean David Rosenboom, the Richard Seaver Distinguished Chair in Music, and Anne LeBaron. Rosenboom composed an immersive multimedia piece entitled Bell Solaris that was presented by CalArts’ Center for New Performance (cnp), first at redcat and subsequently at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh. LeBaron wrote an opera called Wet that debuted at redcat. The ecologically themed piece was directed by Nataki Garrett (Theater mfa 02). The production later traveled to New York for the vox Festival.

“We were proud to be one of the colleges to be included in the Talented Students in the Arts Initiative,” said CalArts President Steven Lavine. “The program and endowment support of the Duke and Surdna foundations could not have been more perfectly focused to address our needs.” Since the establishment of tsai, 35 students have received scholarship support. Scholarship recipients include Dallas McMurray (Dance bfa 06), now a member of the celebrated Mark Morris Dance Group in New York.

Shamrock Holdings, Inc. Support for redcat construction Program support for cap Abby Sher Gift for the construction of The Wild Beast

The Herb Alpert Foundation Support for the Alpert Award in the Arts

Luanne C. Wells Endowed scholarship support

Anonymous Support for redcat classical music and Shakespearean programming Program and scholarship support for the School of Theater

The Ahmanson Foundation Annual scholarship support Hollywood Foreign Press Association Support for School of Film/Video technology

The Dumont Foundation Scholarships for The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts

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The Walt Disney Company Foundation: Vital Support for Students and Operations

The Hearst Foundations: Endowing Youth Arts Education

Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts: Enriching Experimentation

In addition to The Walt Disney Company’s lead gift to launch redcat, The Walt Disney Company Foundation made an annual gift to CalArts throughout the Campaign for general operating and scholarship support. This gift has funded, among a series of core Institute functions, the Walt Disney Foundation Scholarship in Character Animation and the Walt Disney Company Foundation Scholarship.

A gift from The Hearst Foundations bolstered the endowment for CalArts’ groundbreaking Community Arts Partnership (cap). As one of the first such public-private arts education programs in the United States, cap brings the resources of the Institute — most importantly in the form of a teaching corps composed of faculty, student instructors and alumni — into partnerships with community organizations, social service agencies and public schools across Los Angeles County, with the objective of delivering free, college-level arts education to underserved youth between the ages of 10 and 18. In keeping with one of the program’s principal goals of opening pathways to college, The Hearst Foundations went on to provide additional support for scholarships for former cap participants who matriculate to CalArts.

Longstanding benefactors Lloyd and Margit Sperling Cotsen provided support to inaugurate the Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts, housed in the CalArts School of Theater. The Cotsens’ gift made CalArts one of only a handful of institutions worldwide with a dedicated center for experimental puppet theater. Directed by award-winning artist Janie Geiser, the Cotsen Center has steadily generated a stream of memorable productions, which have been staged on campus, at redcat and at a number of international venues to great acclaim. It has also hosted celebrated visiting artists such as Basil Twist and Peter Schumann, among many others, allowing CalArts students to share in the vision and experience of the foremost innovators of object theater.

To date, nearly 400 CalArts students have received support through this annual contribution. Their ranks include animator and director Brenda Chapman-Lima (Film/Video bfa 87), who co-directed Prince of Egypt and is helming Bear and the Bow, scheduled to be released in 2011, and animator, writer, film producer and director Rob Minkoff (Film/Video 83), director of The Lion King and Stuart Little, among other films. below: The Walt Disney Company Foundation provided scholarship support to Brenda Chapman-Lima, who is directing the upcoming animated feature Bear and the Bow. right: A youth dance class held as part of the cap/Plaza de la Raza Creative/Modern Dance Program.

“The Cotsens’ gift has enabled a little-studied art form to live and thrive in an environment of radical experimentation,” noted faculty member Susan Simpson. “As a result, the form itself has grown conceptually and aesthetically in many unexpected ways.” Two multimedia puppet theater productions from the Costen Center: Susan Simpson’s Spit Shine Glisten (below), staged on campus, and (opposite) Janie Geiser’s Invisible Glass, presented at redcat

Lee and Lawrence J. Ramer: Arts Leadership Across the Spectrum Trustee Larry Ramer, who chaired of the Board of Trustees from 1995 to 2006, and his wife Lee continued their giving to the Institute throughout the Campaign. The multiyear commitment, divided between current-use and endowment funding, supports a wide range of programs. Larry served as a member of the Campaign Steering Committee. Partnering with CalArts President Steven Lavine, Larry and other volunteers worked diligently to secure support to ensure the Campaign’s strong beginning.

Thomas and Colleen Lee Endowed scholarship support

Entertainment Industry Foundation Program support for cap Resnick Family Foundation, Inc. Scholarship support for former cap students attending CalArts

Margit Sperling Cotsen and Lloyd Cotsen Support for the Cotsen Center for

The James Irvine Foundation Program support for cap JL Foundation Program support for cap

Michelle Lund, Brad Lund and The Sharon D. Lund Foundation Support for redcat construction Grace and Oscar Turner Trust General operating support and redcat programming support Weingart Foundation Scholarships for minority students

Anonymous Program support for cap Michelle Lund, Brad Lund and The Sharon D. Lund Foundation General operating support for CalArts and support for redcat

Walter Lantz Foundation: Investing in Character Animation left: CalArts student instructors of the cap Summer Arts (capsa) Program with President Steven Lavine below: A capsa music class held at Plaza de la Raza

The James Irvine Foundation: Connecting Kids, the Community and the Arts A longtime CalArts supporter, The James Irvine Foundation made two meaningful grants to the Institute. One grant is supporting scholarships for former cap participants who enroll at CalArts while also helping cap to design and implement a system to track cap alumni, with a special focus on understanding how many of them have gone on to higher education. This grant builds on the accomplishments of capsa, cap’s Summer Arts program, a three-week intensive arts experience for young artists who are considering higher education, that was launched with generous funding from the foundation. And through its Creative Connections Fund, The James Irvine Foundation provided funding for redcat’s Studio series and the New Original Works Festival — programs that play a vital role in enhancing California’s cultural vibrancy by creating opportunities for emerging artists to present new works and works-in-progress.

The Walter Lantz Foundation continued its support of CalArts’ renowned Program in Character Animation with a gift to fund technology improvements in the program’s main teaching lab, the Walter Lantz Foundation/Nicktoons Character Animation Teaching Lab. The foundation had been generously supporting this lab since 1996, and played a vital role in ensuring that the Program in Character Animation stayed current with the technological changes sweeping through the industry. The foundation also provides annual scholarship support for Character Animation students and presents the Walter and Gracie Lantz Animation Prize — a.k.a. “the Woody,” a nod to Woody Woodpecker, Walter’s most famous creation — as part of the program’s end-of-year showcase held annually at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Among the nearly 80 recipients to date of the Lantz Scholarship is Nicole Mitchell (Film/Video bfa 07), who won the Gold Medal in the animation

A still from Zoologic, by Student Academy Award winner Nicole Mitchell

category at the 35th annual Student Academy Awards in 2007 with a work titled Zoologic. Winners of the Woody have included Ben Gluck (Film/Video bfa 96), who, after graduating from CalArts, went on to work on a series of Disney animated films, including The Emperor’s New Groove, and is currently directing the animated feature Alpha and Omega.

Sanford Litvack Scholarships for low-income students

Pia Zadora and Meshulam Riklis Support for the construction of The Wild Beast Anahita and James B. Lovelace cap endowment support Puppetry and the Arts

The Skirball Foundation Support for construction of redcat and redcat’s film programming

The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Scholarship support for low-income students

Richard Seaver Support for cap and redcat programming

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Annual support for cap JL Foundation Support for the Writing for Performance Program and cap The Walt Disney Company Foundation General operating and scholarship support dance programming

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“We’ve needed a new performance venue for many years,” said Music Dean David Rosenboom. “While no school’s greatness is embodied in its facilities, we do need buildings. The Wild Beast was designed to be open, fluid and flexible for a myriad of performance opportunities. And it addresses the serious functional demands of our school.”

Abby Sher: A New Music Pavilion for CalArts A lead gift from Abby Sher set in motion the Institute’s most recent capital project: the construction of a variable-use, indoor-outdoor music pavilion named The Wild Beast. The project came to fruition this fall with the completion of the architecturally iconic structure—a much-needed addition to the The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts.

Alongside its principal role for The Herb Alpert School of Music, The Wild Beast will allow CalArts to forge closer links with the communities of the Santa Clarita Valley through a series of public concerts, including youth concerts by musicians in Community Arts Partnership (cap) programs.

The new pavilion is named to honor composer Morton Feldman, who saw the ineffable creative energy in art as a wild beast. “I am interested in how this wild beast lives in the jungle, not in the zoo,” he wrote in his essay “Between Categories.” Feldman was composer-in-residence at CalArts in 1986, and his music was regularly performed at the Institute’s famed Contemporary Music Festival in the late-1970s and ’80s. “Morton was an inspiration to the many CalArts students and faculty who came to know him,” Abby recalled. “Perhaps The Wild Beast can extend this inspiration to the musicians performing here, and to those listening.” Designed by the firm of Hodgetts + Fung—led by former CalArts faculty member Craig Hodgetts— The Wild Beast houses a highly flexible, acoustically optimized performance and rehearsal space that allows The Herb Alpert School of Music to better serve its growing student population and support an expanded curriculum. In its indoor configuration, the facility is an intimate setting for chamber recitals. It can also function as a band shell for large-ensemble outdoor performances accommodating an audience of more than 750.

top left and top right: The Wild Beast in different stages of construction above: The interior of the pavilion’s acoustically optimized recital hall right: The venue’s finished exterior

Rosenthal Family Foundation Support for Black Clock The Dumont Foundation Scholarships for The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts Ray Stark Endowed support to establish the Peter Stark Scholarship Fund The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Support for redcat programming and the Center for New Performance production of Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Support for the Center for New Performance production of Peach Blossom Fan Richard Seaver Support for construction of The Wild Beast Hollywood Foreign Press Association Support for the School of Film/Video digital labs

The Andy Warhol

Hollywood Foreign Press Association Scholarships for the School of Film/Video The Ahmanson Foundation Annual scholarship support

The Skirball Foundation: Space for Artistic Discourse and Support for Independent Film The Skirball Foundation helped fund the construction of redcat. In recognition of this major gift, the venue’s lobby, the site of much lively discussion and debate about contemporary art before and after performances, is dedicated as the Jack H. Skirball Lobby. In addition, redcat’s flagship film/video program is named the Jack H. Skirball Series. Serving exclusively as a forum for alternative, experimental, non-mainstream work, the popular Jack H. Skirball Series—curated by Steve Anker and Bérénice Reynaud of the School of Film / Video—surveys the global landscape of independent film, video and animation through in-person presentations by filmmakers and festivals that explore the latest currents in world cinema. Nearly all of the artists who present their work as part of this series also visit the CalArts campus for added screenings, workshops and meetings with students. One of the broader goals of the series is to help the latest generation of CalArts experimentalists open dialogue and build affinity with their counterparts from around the globe—including filmmakers from Asia and Africa whose work is seldom seen in the United States.

The Fletcher Jones Foundation: Tools for the Digital World

Sanford Litvack: Access for Students in Need Trustee Sandy Litvack made a donation to create The Litvack Endowed Scholarship Fund. A reflection of Sandy’s long commitment to ensuring access to education for all talented students, this fund helps young artists with limited economic means to attend CalArts. “Sandy combines good citizenship with a good heart,” commented President Steven Lavine. “I think what he wants, more than anything, is to support the equal access and opportunity on which democracy depends.”

Helping CalArts keep apace of rapidly changing digital technology, which now plays a bigger role than ever in artistic production, The Fletcher Jones Foundation provided support for substantial upgrades to the Institute’s campus-wide, high-speed interactive computer network. This grant, which followed earlier technology-related gifts from the foundation, allowed students and faculty to produce more digital work and collaborate more effectively. As more and more artists across all disciplines incorporate digital technologies into their creative practice, the impact of these grants has been felt across the entire Institute. Students and faculty are now able to transfer digital works in progress quickly and efficiently throughout CalArts’ network of production and post-production facilities.

left: The video installation Caribbean Pirates, by Paul McCarthy and Damon McCarthy, presented at redcat as part of the Jack H. Skirball Series above: redcat’s Jack H. Skirball Lobby, where audience members mingle and discuss art and culture before and after performances and screenings.

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Program support for cap Harriett and Richard Gold Support for redcat programming and CalArts operations Dorothy R. Sherwood Support for the redcat endowment Peach Blossom Fan

The Getty Foundation Program support to create the CalArts archive The Herb Alpert Foundation Support for redcat programming

Harriett and Richard Gold Support for the CalArts endowment Foundation for the Visual Arts Support for the Gallery at redcat

The James Irvine Foundation Program support to create capsa and support for cap scholarships

The Walt Disney Company Foundation General operating and scholarship support

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Donnie and Joe Smith: Fostering Jazz Talent Music industry veteran and longtime Trustee Joe Smith and his wife Donnie endowed The Joe and Donnie Smith Scholarship, an annual award given to students in the Jazz Program. Joe has been the driving force behind the CalArts Jazz cd, a recording of original works by CalArts students made each year since 1990. The recording sessions take place at the legendary Capitol Studios, located in the historic “stack of wax” tower in Hollywood. Taking part in this annual recording represents a special distinction for the Institute’s jazz players.

The Annenberg Foundation: Investing in Youth Arts Leadership

Pixar veteran Joe Ranft was respected as one of the top storyboard artists in the animation industry. He also voiced many of Pixar’s most memorable characters.

Joe Ranft Alumni Scholarship Fund: Sustaining Theater and Animation Established in 2005 by CalArts Trustee and Alumni Association President David Bossert (Film/Video bfa 83) and his wife, Nancy (Art bfa 83), the Joe Ranft Alumni Scholarship Fund honors the memory of the late CalArts alumnus Joe Ranft (Film/Video bfa 80), a storyboard artist and story supervisor for 25 years, who later served as the first head of story at Pixar. This endowment provides scholarship resources for CalArts students studying theater or animation.

above: Capitol Studios hosts the recording sessions for the annual CalArts Jazz cd. below: Glenna Avila, the Wallis Annenberg Director of cap

The Annenberg Foundation endowed the position of Wallis Annenberg Director of the Community Arts Partnership (cap). Glenna Avila, who had led CalArts’ innovative youth arts education program since its founding in 1990, is appointed to this post. The foundation made additional contributions to cap in operating support. cap, which has provided arts training to more than 200,000 youth over the past two decades, has been recognized nationally with accolades such as the Coming Up Taller Award, the highest honor in the United States for youth arts and humanities programs. The private family foundation also supports redcat and issued a three-year grant to the CalArts School of Critical Studies to fund an annual experimental writing conference and a series of mfa Writing Program workshops.

“I’m happy to support all of these endeavors,” said Su Ranft, Joe’s widow. “I believe, as Joe did, that the arts, for many people, are their future. Joe firmly believed that art was essential for the soul.”

Peter Norton Family Foundation General operating support for CalArts Donnie and Joe Smith Scholarships for The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts Mrs. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Support for redcat programming

Hollywood Foreign Press Association Scholarship support for the School of Film/Video and support for Film/Video

Naomi Koch Estess

The Fletcher Jones Foundation Support for CalArts technology

Mrs. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Endowed gift in support of presidential special initiatives

California Community Foundation Support for redcat programming Mrs. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Support for three faculty chairs

Roy E. Disney Family and Foundation General operating support for CalArts Resnick Family Foundation, Inc. cap scholarship support

17 The acclaimeed literary journal Black Clock published its 11th issue this November.

Richard Seaver’s Legacy: Helping Music Flourish Prior to his passing in 2007, Dick Seaver presented CalArts with a gift to endow student scholarships. This critical contribution, the largest made by Dick since he joined the Board of Trustees in 1992, allows highly gifted artists to attend the Institute regardless of their financial resources.

above: Third-year undergraduate Ryan Bancroft left: David Rosenboom, holder of the Richard Seaver Distinguished Chair in Music

The Rosenthal Family Foundation: A National Journal for New Writing The Rosenthal Family Foundation, an organization known for seeking out and rewarding excellence, has provided ongoing support for Black Clock, CalArts’ national literary journal published semi-annually in association with the mfa Writing Program. Black Clock is regarded as one of America’s leading literary magazines and has featured the work of such renowned writers as Don DeLillo, Richard Powers, Joanna Scott, Miranda July, Jonathan Lethem, Aimee Bender, David Foster Wallace and William T. Vollmann, among others. Editor, novelist and faculty member Steve Erickson notes, “We think of Black Clock as a forum for writers to do things and take chances they can’t elsewhere, while our associate editors, largely drawn from the Writing Program, get hands-on training in publishing. We’re now in our sixth year and Black Clock continues to garner acclaim across the country. It’s been reviewed in the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle and on npr, nominated for a number of prizes, and two novels originally excerpted in our pages have gone on to win the National Book Award. The support of The Rosenthal Family Foundation has been crucial in this achievement.”

The David and Marianna Fisher Scholarship Fund: Lending a Hand to Talent

Dick, a music aficionado, made a final gift to endow the Richard Seaver Distinguished Chair in Music, a position to be held by the dean of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, now David Rosenboom. “My father,” said Dick’s daughter, Victoria, “loved the excitement that is CalArts and admired and enjoyed the school’s distinguished faculty of teaching artists. His lifelong love of opera inspired this gift, which provides the opportunity to recognize and celebrate one such teacher and artist mentoring the next generation of musicians.”

Committed to ensuring that extraordinary students in financial need have the opportunity to study at the Institute, Trustee David Fisher and his wife Marianna endowed The David and Marianna Fisher Scholarship Fund. These scholarships are reserved for CalArts students who have overcome significant barriers to higher education. One recipient, Ryan Bancroft, an undergraduate in The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, said of this support, “I would not have been able to come to this school had it not been for this scholarship.”

Dick also made essential contributions to the construction of The Wild Beast, the music pavilion that will allow The Herb Alpert School of Music to better support enrollment that has doubled over the past two decades.

Richard Seaver Endowed scholarships for CalArts students The Annenberg Foundation Endowed gift to establish the Wallis Annenberg Director, Community Arts Partnership digital labs The Dumont Foundation Scholarships for The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts Estate Endowed scholarship support

Richard Seaver Support for redcat programming

The Annenberg Foundation Support for writing conference and workshops

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Program support for cap

Richard Seaver Support for construction of The Wild Beast The Ahmanson Foundation Annual scholarship support

CalArts Thomas Lawson, holder of the Jill and Peter Kraus Distinguished Chair in Art

School of Art Endowed Scholarship: Parents Helping Students A generous anonymous gift from the parent of a School of Art alumnus supports students in financial need.

Constance and Daniel Kunin Scholarship Fund: Support for Experimental Animation The School of Film/Video was the recipient of scholarship funding from Daniel and Constance Kunin, the parents of animation artist Nick Kunin (Film/Video mfa 02). The couple established the Constance and Daniel Kunin Scholarship Fund, which supports students in the Program in Experimental Animation.

Jill and Peter Kraus Distinguished Chair in Art: Providing for Continued Leadership Jill and Peter Kraus, the parents of CalArts alumnus Jason Kraus (Art bfa 08) and active volunteers in New York, where Peter chairs the CalArts Board of Overseers, created an endowed chair for the dean of the School of Art to ensure ongoing strong leadership of the school. Thomas Lawson, who has served as dean since 1991, now holds the Jill and Peter Kraus Distinguished Chair in Art.

above: Alexandra Olson (Art mfa 09) in her studio at CalArts below: Experimental Animation bfa student Bradley Schaffer

“Named scholarships are an incredibly important part of the program mix,” said Paul Vester, co-director of the Program in Experimental Animation. “They give us the means to reward merit and to encourage and aid the completion of ambitious and groundbreaking projects. Also, every time we give a Kunin award, I think of Nick, who was a great student.”

This post recognizes Tom’s role in making the School of Art a pacesetter for experimentation and interdisciplinary art and design—a school in which students can set forth new ideas and challenge prevailing conventions. Tom’s own diverse work was featured this year in a series of exhibitions, including a solo show at David Kordansky (Art mfa 04) in Los Angeles, a second one-person exhibition at New York’s Participant Inc., and in The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984, a major exhibition presented by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The Herb Alpert Foundation Support for the Alpert Award in the Arts B.C. McCabe Foundation Program support for cap

Jill and Peter S. Kraus Endowed gift to establish dean’s chair, School of Art D. Swarovski & Co.

The Herb Alpert Foundation Program support for cap Jules Engel Trust Endowed scholarship support for Experimental Animation

Roy E. Disney Family and Foundation General operating support

Constance and Daniel Kunin Endowed scholarship for Experimental Animation The Annenberg Foundation Program support for cap

The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Scholarship support for low-income students

The Walt Disney Company Foundation General operating and scholarship support

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Veronica and Robert Egelston: Visionary Support for redcat CalArts Trustee Bob Egelston and his wife Veronica, long involved with fostering a vibrant arts and culture scene in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, presented a dual gift to redcat, giving to the venue’s endowment fund as well as providing general operating support. The two gifts, among the largest ever made to redcat, ensure that CalArts and the cutting-edge programming it presents at the downtown performance and exhibition space remain indispensable to the cultural life of the city, and help the Institute shape the direction of progressive art on a national and international stage. Bob, a CalArts trustee for more than 30 years, received the redcat Award at last spring’s redcat Gala in recognition of his philanthropy and arts advocacy. “This extraordinary support from Bob and Veronica was a wonderful boost to redcat at a crucial time, just as the organization was preparing its important fifth season,” said redcat head Mark Murphy. “Bob and Veronica’s gift helped complete the transition from ‘start-up mode’ to a mature organization that can take advantage of the great opportunities that come with being acknowledged as an institution that is here to stay. This support has been a wonderful new expression of the Egelstons’ passion for redcat, building on a relationship that goes back to well before we opened, when Bob’s inspired leadership as a member of the redcat Construction Committee helped guide the development of our programs and operational plans. Bob’s passion and vision informed our overall mission and values, and I often recall his guidance and mentorship whenever crucial decisions are required.”

Janet Dreisen: Nurturing the cap Summer Arts Program

One of the first classes held inside The Wild Beast this fall

The Kresge Foundation: Challenging Arts Patrons to Step Up The Kresge Foundation provided a challenge grant in support of the Campaign for CalArts and, in particular, for the construction of The Wild Beast. This grant required that CalArts meet its fundraising goal of $125 million — a goal surpassed nine months ahead of schedule — in order to receive support from the foundation. Rip Rapson, president and ceo of The Kresge Foundation, noted, “We hope that the Campaign for CalArts can become an even more strategic opportunity for the Institute to connect with stakeholders and reach out to new donors, volunteers, participants and the general community. CalArts’ compelling plan to sustain the higher levels of giving after the Campaign concludes will help strengthen the organization well into the future.”

CalArts Trustee Janet Dreisen has been involved with the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (cap) for many years. She underwrote the cap Summer Arts (capsa) Program to build upon the generosity of The James Irvine Foundation, which provided initial support for the program. Every summer, capsa introduces the world of arts and creative experimentation to underserved high school students from around Los Angeles. capsa offers classes in film, music, writing, dance and the visual arts and helps students find their passion and their voice. capsa also helps students prepare for higher education by providing college application and financial aid workshops, mentoring activities and portfolio reviews. “Under the direction of Glenna Avila, I have seen the amazing difference the cap program makes for so many young people,” Janet noted. “The passion and enthusiasm I saw in the eyes of these capsa students as I watched them perform in capsa’s end of program celebration was the real gift — and this is the gift I received.”

right: Trustee Janet Dreisen (right) with Glenna Avila below: CalArts alumnus and now faculty member Douglas Kearney (Writing mfa 04) leads a capsa creative writing workshop.

Virginia and Austin M. Beutner Support for the redcat International Children’s Film Festival and general operating support for CalArts The Getty Foundation Program support for the CalArts archive The Walt Disney Company Support for the Campaign launch event Lockton Insurance Brokers, Inc. Support for the Campaign launch event

Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Support for REDCAT programming and cap Susan Disney Lord Program support for cap

Support for the Campaign launch event The Hearst Foundations Endowment support for cap The Ahmanson Foundation Support for the president’s discretionary fund Marianna and David Fisher Endowed scholarship support for students with extreme financial need The Dumont Foundation Scholarship support for The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts Abby Sher Support for construction of The Wild Beast Shamrock Holdings, Inc. Support for the redcat Gala and Campaign launch event Press Association Scholarship for the School of Film/Video The Ahmanson Foundation Annual scholarship support

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Lani and Herb Alpert: Sustaining Innovation through The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts Herb Alpert, the eight-time Grammy Awardwinning trumpeter, composer, bandleader and A&M Records co-founder, first visited CalArts in 1992. “I knew it the first time I walked around CalArts’ campus. I could feel the energy and passion in the air,” he recalled. “Here was this place to take great leaps, to prepare artists to reach beyond what they know. These are artists who understand that art is what defines us— that it has the power to transform.” That immediate bond was the genesis of a deepening friendship in which Herb and his wife, Grammy-winning vocalist Lani Hall Alpert, have steadily supported areas of need across the Institute through The Herb Alpert Foundation. Going back more than 15 years, the foundation has funded music facilities, student scholarships, youth arts education through cap, programs at redcat, and the annual Alpert Award in the Arts—the fellowship program that is administered by the Institute.

“We have been impressed by CalArts’ shared commitment over the many years of our relationship to the full range of arts training,” said Rona Sebastian, president of the foundation. “We are genuinely delighted to increase our support so that CalArts can continue its innovative approach.” The gift provides funding for scholarships, three endowed faculty chairs, and new programmatic initiatives, including the launch of a Doctor of Musical Arts (dma) degree track within the school’s flagship Performer-Composer Program. The dma is the first doctoral degree offered in the Institute’s history. The program enrolled its first students this fall.

From left: David Rosenboom, dean of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, Rona Sebastian, Lani and Herb Alpert, and Steven Lavine

Herb and Lani’s dedicated support, however, reached a new milestone when the foundation announced a historic gift to the School of Music, which is now called The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts in recognition of this extraordinary generosity. right: The world premiere of Sandeep Bhagwati’s Vineland Stelae at redcat, performed by a 30-piece configuration of the CalArts New Century Players and produced by the CalArts Center for New Performance

B.C. McCabe Foundation Program support for cap Anonymous Scholarship support for students from the San Gabriel Valley and East Los Angeles

Resnick Family Foundation, Inc. Scholarship support for former cap students studying at CalArts

The Herb Alpert Foundation

Richard Seaver Endowed support for a faculty chair in The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts Anonymous Endowed scholarship support for the School of Art

Veronica and Robert Egelston Operating support for redcat The Colburn Fund Support for Baroque Initiatve and scholarships

Leah and Martin Sklar Scholarship support for Ryman Program graduates studying at CalArts Anonymous Scholarship support for the School of Art

The Walt Disney Company Foundation General operating and scholarship support The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Program support for cap

Jamie Tisch Program support for cap

Veronica and Robert Egelston Support for the redcat endowment

United Plankton Charitable Trust: Nurturing Animation Talent The United Plankton Charitable Trust endowed the United Plankton Animation Scholarship Fund. One recipient of a scholarship awarded through this fund was experimental animation artist Una Lorenzen (Film/Video mfa 09). “I was raised by a single mother who is an artist herself and was not able to support me financially,” she said. “If I had not received a scholarship, I would not have been able to stay at CalArts.” Lorenzen’s latest work has been creating Flash and AfterEffects animations for Vegurinn Heim, an experimental documentary about the children of immigrants in her native Iceland.

Zach Kellogg of the bfa Program in Art in his CalArts studio

Beutner/Pritzker Scholarship Fund: Investing Where It’s Needed Most Making a gift in honor of Austin Beutner, the chairman of the Institute’s Board of Trustees, Trustee Anthony Pritzker established the Beutner/Pritzker Scholarship Fund. Scholarships awarded through this fund are making it possible for CalArts to recruit and retain exceptional students.

Elisa Lopez on her travels around the Arctic Circle

“The Beutner/Pritzker Scholarship provides flexible funds for strategic use,” said Carol Kim, dean of Enrollment Management. “This flexibility allows us to be nimble in addressing students’ needs, especially during challenging times, and has been essential in enrolling our most talented students who are unable to obtain loan funding.”

The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust: Enriching Artistry through Travel The trustees of The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust established The Gelman Trust Scholarship for students in the School of Art. This gift builds on The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust Travel Fellowship, a stipend awarded annually to a student graduating from the School of Art. Created to offer post-graduate opportunities for visual artists, this fellowship allows recipients to expand their horizons in countries around the globe. Elisa Lopez (Art bfa 06), who received the fellowship in 2006, used the funds to travel across the Arctic Circle and developed a body of new work based on her experiences.

Catherine Smith: An Alumna Giving Back

Una Lorenzen of the Program in Experimental Animation

Catherine Smith, an alumna of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, and her husband Leigh became philanthropically involved with the Institute more than 30 years ago. Even after Leigh’s passing, the esteemed music teacher has continued that engagement by both providing for the Institute and encouraging students to attend. Her support has included a gift to The Wild Beast. This contribution secures her rich legacy while helping the Institute create a greater community presence through the state-of-the-art venue, which will welcome music lovers to campus for years to come.

Margit Sperling Cotsen and Lloyd Cotsen Program support for the Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts

Anonymous Support for construction of the 3-d animation lab Program support for cap

The Herb Alpert Foundation Program support for the Alpert Awards and cap

Timothy Corrigan General operating support for CalArts

for The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts

Tim Disney Annual programming support for redcat

Lucinda and David Schiff Endowed scholarship support

Peter Norton Family Foundation General operating support for CalArts

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Program support for Afterall The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Program support for the School of Theater

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Tim Disney: Ongoing Commitment to redcat

Alain Jourdenais Endowed Scholarship Fund: Honoring Theater Design

The CalArts trustee, chairman of the Campaign for CalArts, and chair of the redcat Council has remained deeply committed to redcat since its inception. To help ensure redcat’s programmatic stability and growth, Tim made a multiyear commitment to the performance and gallery space named in honor of his grandparents, Roy and Edna Disney. “redcat is a vibrant place

Making a gift in loving memory of their late son, Alain Jourdenais (Theater bfa 06), Edward and Barb Jourdenais established the Alain Jourdenais Endowed Scholarship Fund. This scholarship is awarded each year to a fourth-year bfa candidate in one of the School of Theater’s Programs in Design and Production. It recognizes theater designers who embody the spirit of creative anarchy that Alain so richly demonstrated during his time at CalArts and subsequently in his professional life.

left: Tim Disney and his father, Roy E. Disney, at the 2007 redcat Gala above: The one and only Jules Engel, mentor to generations of CalArts animation artists

Jules Engel Trust: Continuing Support For New Generations of Animators

that extends CalArts’ mission by supporting today’s innovative works in visual, performing, literary and media arts,” Tim noted. Thanks in large part to Tim’s continued commitment, redcat has thrived, serving local and international audiences and securing CalArts’ presence in downtown Los Angeles. “Tim’s commitment to the success of redcat is more than just the continuation of an historic legacy by his family. It is a truly inspiring reflection of his passion for the future of redcat and CalArts,” noted Mark Murphy, the Steven D. Lavine Director of redcat. “Tim’s financial generosity is crucial and deeply appreciated, yet represents only a portion of his support, which also comes in the form of countless volunteer hours as the chair of the redcat Council. Tim sets an example for the sort of leadership, vision and spirited encouragement that you dream of in a board member or trustee.”

Legendary animation pioneer Jules Engel was one of the most beloved educators in CalArts history. Jules, who passed away in 2003, made his final contribution to the Institute by bequeathing scholarship support for Experimental Animation students in perpetuity. Deeply dedicated to his students for more than 30 years, Jules ensured access to a CalArts education for new generations of talented animation artists irrespective of their financial means.

Inaugural scholarship recipient Matthew Mellinger (Theater bfa 09) said, “I feel very honored to be the first recipient of a very special award that means the world to me. It truly helps to get me on my feet while facing life after school. I will cherish the memory I have of Alain and will serve as a witness to his hard work, brilliant mind and compassion for others as I leave CalArts.”

“Jules was an artist to his core, and that’s what he wanted for his students,” said President Steven Lavine. “Jules was so proud as they made their way into the world, becoming leaders in contemporary animation. He stands as the model of the artist-teacher, which, at its best, is what CalArts is all about.”

Janet Dreisen Endowed scholarship support The Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship support for CalArts Anne and Harrison Price Janet Dreisen Program support for capsa Hollywood Foreign Press Association Scholarship support for the School of Film/Video United Plankton Charitable Trust

Roy E. Disney Family and Foundation General operating support

Janet Dreisen Endowed gift to establish faculty chair Resnick Family Foundation, Inc. cap scholarship support The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc. Program support for career services The Herb Alpert Foundation Endowed gift to name The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Program support for cap The Kresge Foundation Support for construction of The Wild Beast

The Jacques and Natasha Gelman

Ovation TV: Opening Doors to Contemporary Art at redcat

The Herb Alpert Foundation: Growing the cap Endowment

The Pat Notaro, Sr. Endowed Scholarship Fund: Fostering Graphic Design

Arts network Ovation TV provided sponsorship support for redcat to underwrite the redcat Gala and programming of the Gallery at redcat. As redcat’s Open Gallery Sponsor, Ovation TV ensured free admission to all exhibitions, artist’s talks and other presentations made at the Gallery. Directed by curator Clara Kim, the Gallery has been a significant addition to the city’s contemporary art landscape by providing Los Angeles artgoers with what is often the first look at emerging and under-recognized artists, including practitioners from Asia and Latin America.

The Herb Alpert Foundation initiated a matching grant to boost endowment for Community Arts Partnership (cap) youth arts education programs and scholarships. The foundation is providing a dollar-for-dollar match in endowed support for cap programs as well as scholarship support for cap alumni who go on to attend the Institute.

Jonathan Notaro (Art bfa 99), founder of the cutting-edge motion graphics studio Brand New School, gave back to CalArts by establishing The Pat Notaro, Sr. Endowed Scholarship Fund, named in memory of Jonathan’s father. This scholarship is reserved for third-year students in the School of Art’s Program in Graphic Design. “It’s fantastic,” said design faculty Michael Worthington (Art mfa 95), “when graduates who have achieved professional success in the commercial world contribute to help the next generation of design students with their education.”

“This grant is going to be instrumental in sustaining cap into our third decade and have a huge impact on our partnerships with dozens of diverse communities,” said Glenna Avila, the Wallis Annenberg Director of cap. “What I really appreciate about The Herb Alpert Foundation is how thoughtful they are about the support they give us. Over the past couple of years, the foundation has focused on providing support to help with the salaries of CalArts student instructors, who are the core of our teaching force and who make our programs possible on the current scale. This challenge grant is the next great step for cap.”

Of his decision to provide scholarship support, Jonathan said, “I was lucky enough to not have to rely on scholarship money, and concentrate solely on developing as a designer and an artist. The real impetus behind the endowment is to do what we can to help other people have the luxury that my father afforded me, and support an education that is truly like no other.”

above: The exhibition Barry McGee: Advance Mature Work at the Gallery at redcat left: The School of Theater production of George Bernard Shaw’s As Far As Thought Can Reach, directed by Lars Jan (Theater mfa 08)

Faculty member Michael Worthington (standing) leads a class of third-year students in the Program in Graphic Design

Peter Norton Family Foundation General operating support for CalArts United Plankton Charitable Trust Endowed scholarship support for the School of Film/Video

MaryLou and George Boone Program support for the Fund for Artistic Advancement

Catherine and Leigh Smith Support for construction of The Wild Beast Endowed scholarship support

The Herb Alpert Foundation Program support for the Alpert Award in the Arts and redcat The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Support for construction of The Wild Beast

Annual scholarship support for the School of Film/Video The Ahmanson Foundation Support for construction of The Wild Beast Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Support for redcat programming Walter Lantz Foundation Program support for character animation technology The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Program support for cap Eileen Harris Norton Support for the redcat Gala

Trust Scholarship support for the School of Art

Jeanne and Anthony Pritzker Scholarship support for the recruitment and retention of exceptional students

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Janet Sternburg and Steven D. Lavine: A Retreat for Faculty and Students CalArts President Steven Lavine and his wife and colleague Janet Sternburg willed to CalArts their residence in the historic city of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Located in the central highland state of Guanajuato, the house will serve as a retreat and study center for CalArts students and faculty. In addition to the commitment to future generations of CalArtians, the couple’s gift also recognizes the abiding connections— historical, social, cultural and artistic—between California and Mexico.

that is home to a vibrant community of artists. “The house has been a great place for us to relax and unwind. While Steven and I have no children, we do have a longstanding love for the many students and faculty of CalArts. We hope this house provides CalArtians with the same tremendous stimulus it gives us.” The property consists of two 200-year-old houses connected by a stone patio. Both structures retain their original stone walls. Janet envisions the residence as an ideal site for collaborative work among artists. The San Miguel de Allende residence of Janet Sternburg and Steven Lavine

The house has been a haven and source of creative inspiration for Janet and Steven for the past 14 years. “We love both the town and the house dearly,” said Janet, whose writing and photography have been influenced by the sights and cultural ambience of San Miguel, a town

Should the Institute at any point in the future decide to sell this property, Janet and Steven have specified that money from the sale be used to establish scholarships for Mexican students to attend CalArts. “CalArts is an international creative community,” Janet pointed out. “This gift represents our great respect for and engagement with Mexico, its people and its culture.”

The School of Theater’s world premiere production of Forgotten World, written by Deborah Asiimwe (Theater mfa 09)

The Shubert Foundation, Inc.: Critical Support for the School of Theater The Shubert Foundation, long dedicated to supporting the top theater programs in the nation, provided numerous grants for the CalArts School of Theater throughout the Campaign. The core of study in the school is production experience — its theaters are its classrooms. The foundation’s longstanding philanthropic relationship with the Institute, which dates back to the early 1980s, has enabled the the School of Theater to present an intensive schedule of productions. These professional-level productions make it possible for mfa candidates to complete meaningful thesis projects and undergraduates to acquire hands-on experience.

Luanne C. Wells Endowed scholarship and program support Brand New School Endowed B.C. McCabe Foundation Program support for cap The Herb Alpert Foundation Program support for cap

The Walt Disney Company Foundation General operating and scholarship support

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Support for the Gallery at redcat D. Swarovski & Co. Scholarship support for the Program in Character Animation Luanne C. Wells Support for construction of The Wild Beast Hollywood Foreign Press Association Scholarship support for The Annenberg Foundation Support for redcat programming Barb and Edward Jourdenais Endowed scholarship support for the School of Theater The Colburn Fund Support for Baroque Initiatve and scholarships for The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts

S. Mark Taper Foundation Support for construction of The Wild Beast Anonymous Program support for capsa

Jamie and Michael Lynton General operating support for CalArts

cap students at work with digital media

The Eisner Foundation: Supporting cap with a Focus on New Media CalArts’ Community Arts Partnership (cap) received a grant from The Eisner Foundation. The largest-ever grant made to cap and the biggest grant the foundation has ever issued to an arts institution, this gift supports cap’s new media programs and endows scholarships for cap alumni who then attend CalArts.

Susan Disney Lord Endowment Fund for cap: Ensuring Art’s Future

Ambassador and Mrs. Frank E. Baxter: Ongoing Commitment to cap

Susan Disney Lord created the Susan Disney Lord Endowment Fund for cap to strengthen the youth arts education program’s long-term financial health.

Frank Baxter, U.S. ambassador to Uruguay (2006–09), and his wife Kathrine made a multiyear pledge to cap for general operating support. During the Campaign, Frank and Kathrine have also provided scholarship support for former cap students who enrolled at CalArts.

A member of the cap Council, Susan is enthusiastic about cap’s future and its growing role in the lives of its many young students. “Just as I’ve made an endowed gift, others are endowing cap scholarships,” she noted. “Now, with the support of these scholarships, kids whose first experiences with art were through cap are attending CalArts. Seeing it all come full circle is wonderful and truly rewarding.”

“Through our family foundation, we want to do all we can to support the development of young scholars interested in new media,” said longtime Institute Trustee Michael D. Eisner. “We believe passionately in the potential of all young people, and think that connecting them to the resources of CalArts is a tremendous vehicle for advancing not only the youth of Los Angeles but the long-term viability of new media itself. Our goal with this gift is to identify talented young people from diverse backgrounds and neighborhoods in Los Angeles and give them the opportunities to transform their lives through access to cap and eventually CalArts.” In each year of its five-year span, the foundation’s grant is providing core operating support and current scholarships, and endowing future scholarships.

“Kathy and I are deeply committed to cap,” said Frank, a former member of the CalArts Board of Trustees, who recently assumed the post of cap Council co-chair. “We know that the arts education cap offers students who otherwise would not have such opportunities helps bridge the achievement gap across socioeconomic boundaries. Especially during these difficult economic times, when arts programming is being reduced, the need for cap has never been greater. Kathy and I are delighted that we can play a meaningful role in the program’s ongoing success.”

above left: cap student Steven Curtiss with a clay sculpture made for a stop-motion animation class at the Watts Towers Arts Center above: A group of cap alumni now attending CalArts at a reception with Glenna Avila

“This extraordinary contribution from The Eisner Foundation lends critical support to some of the most gifted students across the city and county,” said CalArts President Steven Lavine. “For our part, the Institute, which is one of the most diverse private colleges in the country, will prepare these exceptional young artists to make their own important contributions to our society — artistically, socially and economically.”

The Eisner Foundation Endowed scholarship support for former cap students attending CalArts scholarship support for the School of Art Peter Norton Family Foundation General operating support for CalArts The James Irvine Foundation Scholarship support and program support for cap

Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Program support for cap

The Herb Alpert Foundation Support for the Alpert Award in the Arts Resnick Family Foundation, Inc. Scholarships for former cap students attending CalArts Patricia Disney General operating support for CalArts the School of Film/Video

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Program support for cap

The James Irvine Foundation Support for Studio and the now Festival at redcat The Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship support for CalArts

Roy E. Disney Family and Foundation General operating support for CalArts

The Herb Alpert Foundation Support for the cap endowment and endowed scholarships for former cap students attending CalArts The Eisner Foundation Annual support and scholarship support for former cap students attending CalArts

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The Resnick Family Foundation Scholarship: Easing the Way from cap to CalArts

Beutner Family Award for Excellence in the Arts: Helping Enroll the Very Best

Philanthropist and patron of the arts Lynda Resnick reinforced her longstanding dedication to cap students by making an annual commitment throughout the Campaign to cap scholarships. The Resnick Family Foundation Scholarship assists former cap students who attend CalArts to study visual arts. Lynda’s support through her family foundation has been integral to providing access to higher education for an increasing number of these extraordinary students over the years.

At the spring meeting of the CalArts Board of Trustees, Chairman Austin Beutner listened intently to graduating students, who had come to share stories of their multifaceted lives at the Institute. “The students were doing remarkable work — their art practices, working more than one part-time job, and community service. Even though they were working hard to make ends meet, they were tireless in their enthusiasm,” he noted. “I couldn’t help but be inspired.” Austin was so moved that he and wife Virginia made a $1 million commitment to CalArts for scholarship support. This capstone gift to the Campaign for CalArts will help ensure that talented CalArts students can focus on their rich experiences as burgeoning artists with less concern for outside work during school and reduced debt responsibilities upon graduation. “Students come to CalArts to grow as artists, and Virginia and I want them to be able to accomplish their goals,” Austin added.

Austin and Virginia support areas of need across the Institute— from general operations to redcat. Parents of school-age children, the couple is especially interested in exposing young people to the arts. Austin serves as co-chair of CalArts’ Community Arts Partnership, and Virginia serves on redcat Council. Together they provide major funding for the redcat International Children’s Film Festival each year. “Virginia and I hope this scholarship will help the extraordinarily talented individuals who come to CalArts to reap all they can from the Institute’s unparalleled faculty, students, and programs,” said Austin. “We’re confident they’ll succeed at CalArts and then go on to make groundbreaking contributions to art and our society.” Once they have established their careers, recipients of the Beutner Family Award for Excellence in the Arts will return to CalArts as visiting artists and help mentor a new generation of students.

above: A cap visual arts class at Plaza de la Raza right: A screening at the redcat International Children’s Film Festival

One Resnick Family Foundation Scholarship recipient, Melissa Wilson, emphasized how vital this support is for her education, especially in a challenging economy. “This scholarship means a lot to me because I don’t have to work as much while I’m in school,” she said. “It also means a lot to my parents. My mom lost her job a few months ago, and my parents are having a hard time. This scholarship is peace of mind for all of us.”

The Ahmanson Foundation Endowed scholarship support Michelle Lund, Brad Lund and The Sharon D. Lund Foundation General operating and scholarship support for The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance Michelle Lund, Brad Lund and The Sharon D. Lund Foundation Endowed scholarship support for The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance Susan Disney Lord Endowed support for cap Patricia Disney General operating support for CalArts Ovation TV redcat season sponsorship Virginia and Austin M. Beutner Scholarship support The Hearst Corporations Support for a Graphic Design Program workshop The Getty Foundation Program support for exhibition research and development

The Walt Disney Company Foundation General operating and scholarship support

Ambassador and Mrs. Frank E. Baxter Program support for cap The Hearst Foundations Scholarships for former cap students attending CalArts The Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship support for CalArts The Herb Alpert Foundation Program support for the Alpert Awards and redcat programming Jamie and Michael Lynton General operating support for CalArts Nickelodeon Endowed scholarship support for the School of Film/Video

The Ahmanson Foundation Support for redcat programming

Roy E. Disney Family and Foundation General operating support for CalArts

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Campaign Total $152,031,323

Nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first integrated Performer-Composer doctoral program established

140

130

Endowment Giving $52,831,010 120

Recital space doubled by The Wild Beast 2 schools endowed in perpetuity

110

9 years of daily operations 100

12 new faculty chairs committed 90

Capital Giving $28,140,214

72 faculty creative leaves funded 89 new scholarship funds created

67,500 young lives transformed through CAPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free arts education programs

Annual Giving $71,060,099 30

600,000 eyes and ears opened by innovative visual, media and performing arts at REDCAT Countless new works of art created all thanks to gifts from 3,316 generous donors

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A Final Word of Thanks...

for millennia, the arts have depended on patronage to flourish. From an economic connection, deep relationships have formed between artists and their supporters. This conversation between artists and philanthropists has, time and again, led to great creative works that symbolize the cultures and eras that produced them. Your support during the Campaign for CalArts is helping develop the artists and artworks that will define our time. We are deeply grateful for your generosity, your foresight and your engagement in all that we do. Thanks to your philanthropy, the Campaign has touched every aspect of the Institute, impacting the lives and work of our students, faculty and staff, and allowing passion for the arts to thrive and spread. Your gifts have catalyzed other contributions, from new works of art to creative facilities to youth mentorship, and fostered a deep appreciation in the next generation of artists for the myriad forms of investment in creativity that make their work possible. All this has happened thanks to a growing community of donors—one that tripled in size during the Campaign for CalArts. Your collective support has brought CalArts to a new level of excellence. From this vantage point, we are surveying new terrain in artmaking and plotting a course forward. In the 20th Century, the world changed profoundly, altering the ways artists develop ideas, create new work and share it with audiences. A college that is committed to participating in — and often leading — the cultural conversations of our time must move boldly ahead. With your partnership, CalArts will set the standard for progressive arts education in the 21st Century, graduating artists who will make great contributions to our shared society. Thank you, once again, for your generosity. We honor in the next pages the cumulative support of major gift donors over the course of the Campaign for CalArts. We also thank our committed— and passionate—volunteers, without whom this Campaign would not have been possible. Passion thrives at CalArts thanks to your beneficence.

Sincerely, arwen duffy (Art mfa 94) Vice President, Advancement

The Campaign for CalArts Donor Honor Roll

$20,000,000 and above

$500,000–$999,999

The Herb Alpert Foundation

Patricia Disney Eileen Harris Norton

$10,000,000–$19,999,999 Your generous gifts during the Campaign for CalArts have resulted in profound benefits for the entire CalArts community, most significantly for our students. Your support for the Community Arts Partnership (cap) has touched the lives of underserved youth throughout Los Angeles County, and your commitments to the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (redcat) have created a thriving venue for innovative visual, performing, media and literary arts. We thank you for your support, which totaled $152 million and exceeded our campaign goal. This honor roll pays tribute to all contributors to the Campaign for CalArts and includes active pledges and gifts of $25,000 or more made from July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2009. The complete honor roll, including gifts and active pledges up to $24,999 as well as in-kind gifts, is available online at calarts.edu/supportingcalarts/campaigncalarts.

Every effort has been made to ensure that this document is accurate. If an error or omission has occurred, please contact the Office of Advancement at 661 222-2745 so that we can correct the records. Please note that contributions made by two or more individuals with different surnames are listed alphabetically by only one of the surnames. (d) – deceased

Roy E. Disney Family and Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Lovelace Michelle Lund, Brad Lund and the Sharon D. Lund Foundation

The Hearst Foundations Hollywood Foreign Press Association Idyllwild Arts Foundation Walter Lantz Foundation Janet Sternburg and Steven D. Lavine Sanford Litvack The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

$1,000,000–$9,999,999

Anonymous ( 3) William H. Ahmanson (d)

S. Mark Taper Foundation United Plankton Charitable Trust The Wallace Foundation Weingart Foundation

The Ahmanson Foundation The Annenberg Foundation Virginia and Austin M. Beutner The Capital Group Companies

$100,000–$499,999 Anonymous ( 3) A.S.K. Theater Projects

Charitable Foundation

Joan Abrahamson and Jonathan Aronson

Cotsen Family Foundation

The Academy Foundation of the Academy

Margit Sperling Cotsen and Lloyd Cotsen

of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences AT&T Foundation

Tim Disney

The Cecile and Fred Bartman Foundation

The Walt Disney Company

Ambassador and Mrs. Frank E. Baxter

The Walt Disney Company Foundation Janet Dreisen Veronica and Robert Egelston The Eisner Foundation

Kamala and David L. Berry (bfa 73) Steven Bochco MaryLou and George Boone (d) Suzanne Deal Booth and David Booth Brand New School

Marianna and David Fisher

Jacqueline B. Brandwynne

The Getty Foundation

California Community Foundation

The James Irvine Foundation

Pamela and V. Shannon Clyne

JL Foundation

Rita and Joseph M. Cohen

Jill and Peter S. Kraus

Compaq

The Kresge Foundation

Richard W. Cook

Anahita and James B. Lovelace Peter Norton Family Foundation Richard Seaver (d) The Skirball Foundation Talented Students in the Arts Initiative,

Timothy Corrigan Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation Ms. Abigail Disney and Mr. Pierre Hauser The Dumont Foundation The Fletcher Jones Foundation The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust

a collaboration of the Doris Duke

Harriett and Richard Gold

Charitable Foundation and the

John C. Hench (d)

Surdna Foundation

Hewlett Packard

Luanne C. Wells

Teena Hostovich and Doug Martinet and Kim and Eric Kaufman icast Barb and Edward Jourdenais Jules Engel Trust W.M. Keck Foundation Mr. Charles Kenis (d) Naomi Koch Estess Estate

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$100,000–$499,999 (continued)

$25,000–$99,999

Constance and Daniel Kunin

Anonymous (10) Aileen Adams and Geoffrey Cowan American Center Foundation Ms. Wallis A. Annenberg Mercedes and Sid Bass David Berry and The Berry Family Foundation MaryLou Boone Nancy (bfa 83) and David Bossert (bfa 83) Harold V. Braun Jessica E. Smith and Kevin R. Brine Edythe and Eli Broad Dr. Edwin E. Catmull Creative Artists Agency Foundation Tina and Robert J. Denison Sheri and Roy P. Disney DreamWorks Animation skg Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation Edison International Entertainment Industry Foundation Etant donnes: The French-American Fund for the Performing Arts, a program of face Charlotte and Bill Ford Betty Freeman (d) Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stanley P. Gold Good Works Foundation The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Jonathan L. Greene Foundation Harold W. Grieve Charitable Trust Hearst Corporation John C. Herklotz Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation The Robert Jahn Memorial Fund Linda and Jerry Janger The Japan Foundation Ruth Grace Jervis (bfa 86) Susan and Gary Jones Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg John and Maria Laffin Trust laika Dr. Gerard V. LaSalle (mfa 76) and Ms. Nina Ferrari (mfa 78) Peter B. Lewis The Lincy Foundation Marlene and William Louchheim Frank McHugh-O’Donovan Foundation The Mesdag Family Foundation Wendy and Barry Meyer Avram Miller Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Lisa and Craig Murray National Cartoonists Society Foundation, Inc. New England Foundation for the Arts The Newhall Land and Farming Company Nickelodeon Michael N. Nock (bfa 95) Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation Peter Norton Ovation TV Vicki and Bruce Pate Dallas Price-Van Breda and Bob Van Breda PriceWaterhouseCoopers Jeanne and Anthony Pritzker

Daniel Langlois Tom and Colleen Lee Susan Disney Lord Mr. William S. Lund Jamie and Michael Lynton B.C. McCabe Foundation Myrna and John H. Menkes (d) Walter E.D. Miller Nimoy Foundation Open Society Institute Wendy Keys and Donald Pels Anne and Harrison Price Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation Lee and Lawrence J. Ramer Resnick Family Foundation, Inc. Michael Rosenthal ( 71) The Rosenthal Family Foundation Shamrock Holdings, Inc. Maria and Rudyard Smith Abby Sher Dorothy R. Sherwood The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Jon Sichel Leah and Martin Sklar Catherine (mfa 62) and Leigh Smith (d) Donnie and Joe Smith Catharine and Jeffrey Soros D. Swarovski & Co. The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc. Grace and Oscar Turner Trust ubs Wealth Management ag Angelle and Roger Wacker The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Lee and Lawrence J. Ramer Foundation Susan E. Ranft Regen Projects, Los Angeles Howard S. Richmond Meshulam Riklis Ropolo Charitable Trust Lynn and Edward Rosenfeld Judith O. and Robert E. Rubin Lucinda and David Schiff (bfa 73) Anne Schwartz Delibert and Arthur C. Delibert Shirley and Ralph Shapiro The Evelyn Sharp Foundation Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. Wendy Stark Morrissey Ray Stark (d) and Frances Stark (d) Eve Steele and Peter Gelles The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust The Strauss Foundation, Maurice and Violet Strauss The Times Mirror Foundation Jamie Tisch The Steve Tisch Foundation Trust for Mutual Understanding Tom and Janet Unterman The Lulu May Lloyd Von Hagen Foundation Wasserman Foundation Laura and Casey Wasserman Debbie and Elliot Webb Nancy Englander and Harold Williams Adele Yellin Pia Zadora

31 calarts board of trustees 2009 –10

the campaign for calarts campaign committee

Joan Abrahamson Aileen Adams Austin M. Beutner, Chair David A. Bossert Manuel Castells Don Cheadle V. Shannon Clyne, Emeritus Joseph M. Cohen Richard W. Cook Timothy P. Corrigan Robert J. Denison Roy E. Disney Tim Disney, Campaign Chair Janet Dreisen Robert B. Egelston Michael D. Eisner David I. Fisher Douglas K. Freeman, Emeritus Harriett F. Gold Charmaine Jefferson Jeffery Katzenberg, Emeritus Peter Kraus, Ex-Officio Steven D. Lavine, Ex-Officio Thomas L. Lee, Vice Chair James B. Lovelace, Vice Chair Jon B. Lovelace, Emeritus Michelle Lund William S. Lund, Emeritus Jamie Alter Lynton Willem Mesdag Nicki Voss Stern, Staff Trustee Colleen Morrissey Peter Norton, Vice Chair C. Roderick O’Neil, Emeritus Michael Pressman, Emeritus Harrison A. Price, Emeritus Lawrence J. Ramer Araceli Ruano David L. Schiff Joe Smith Whitney Smith, Student Trustee Thomas E. Unterman Roger Wacker Elliot D. Webb Luanne C. Wells

Honorary Advisors Roy E. Disney, Honorary Chair Jon B. Lovelace, Honorary Chair William H. Ahmanson (d. 2008) George N. Boone (d. 2008) Michael D. Eisner John Lasseter campaign steering committee Members Tim Disney, Chair Robert B. Egelston, Chair Emeritus Douglas K. Freeman, Chair Emeritus Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chair Emeritus David Berry   Austin M. Beutner Janet Dreisen David I. Fisher James B. Lovelace Colleen Morrissey Peter Norton Lawrence J. Ramer David L. Schiff Roger Wacker Steven D. Lavine, Ex-Officio Arwen Duffy, Ex-Officio John Glier and Jane Hayden, Campaign Counsel

New tools and technologies enable students to keep apace with todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rapidly evolving means of artistic production. Kevin Walker, of the mfa Program in Experimental Animation, made his thesis film using Maya 3-d computer graphics software.

CalArtsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Community Arts Partnership (cap) delivers free arts education programs to underserved youth throughout Los Angeles County. Cellist Alex Iadarola, performing at the cap Summer Arts Program culminating concert at Plaza de la Raza, was one of some 7,500 young artists last year who took classes through cap.

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The Wild Beast allows The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts to better support its growing student population and an expanded curriculum. front cover: The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (redcat) is the Instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown Los Angeles center for presenting some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most innovative visual, performing, media and literary arts.