Dynamic programs designed to engage family audiences with a wide range of artistic disciplines
Past 06/07 Family Events:
October 5-8, 2006
Jack H. Skirball Screening Series
Fragments from A Lover’s Discourse

Drawing from the sweeping array of film, video and animation featured in MoMA’s blockbuster retrospective in New York earlier this year, this unique four-day program offers Los Angeles filmgoers a rich panorama of some of the most innovative and artistically daring work made at CalArts over the past 35 years. | Click here

October 7, 2006
Grand Avenue Festival

All of Southern California is invited to downtown Los Angeles for a day of arts and family fun | Click here

April 29, 2007
CAP Teen Music Performance

Teenage musicians in CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP) music programs with Art-in-the-Park, Plaza de la Raza, the Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra, and the Watts Towers Arts Center, come to REDCAT for an afternoon concert of jazz, classical and world music | Click here

May 5, 2007
CAP Teen Photography, Animation and Video

This lively, thoroughly original media screening brings together the work of teenage artists in CalArts CAP programs at Inner-City Arts, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Santa Clarita Valley Boys and Girls Club, Self-Help Graphics and Arts, Visual Communications and Bell High School. | Click here

May 25-26, 2007
CAP/Plaza De La Raza Youth Theater: Jacked! The Mystery of the Missing Muse

Mystery, the Los Angeles detective movie genre, art theft and politics are spiced up with live original music and dance in an original play developed collaboratively by noted Los Angeles playwright Peter Howard and a team of 45 high school students in the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program. Directed by B.J. Dodge with choreography by Marvin Tunney. | Click here

June 2, 3, 2007
Peter Pan
Part of the REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival

Long before Cathy Rigby slipped into a harness and struck a perky pose, J.M. Barrie insisted on handpicking the star of the first-ever film version of his famous play. After viewing screen tests by Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish, Barrie chose Betty Bronson, an unknown and inexperienced teenager from New Jersey, to play the part of Peter Pan | click here

June 2, 9, 17, 23, 2007
Pixar Shorts
Part of the REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival

Join us for a rare theatrical screening of a selection of short films by Pixar Animation Studios. This screening will include some of Pixar's earliest iconic shorts as well as Pixar's Academy Award-winning shorts | click here

June 2, 24, 2007
World of wonder
Part of the REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival

Award-winning international short films take you to Madagascar, England, Mail and Iran to meet determined, brave and resourceful kids whose stories you’ll never forget. They play hard, live large and sometimes learn the hard way how to do the right thing | click here

June 3, 9, 16, 24, 2007
Enchanted Visions:
The Films of Michael Sporn

Part of the REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival

Michael Sporn’s award-winning children’s films run the gamut from gentle, minimalist animation for preschoolers, to searing explorations of social issues facing urban kids | click here

June 3, 10, 17, 2007
Cinema Circus
Part of the REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival

Fasten your seat belts for some rollicking acrobatics and animated adventures. This 10-ring circus features a fabulous crew of critters and tiny creatures! | click here

June 9-10, 2007
Amazing Journeys and Joyful Noises!
Part of the REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival

Brave kids, incredible adventures and one very cranky grown-up! | click here

June 10, 17, 24 2007
LEGENDS, FABLES AND DREAMS
Part of the REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival

Magical international short films take you on a whirlwind trip around the globe, with breathtaking animation, awe-inspiring poetry, belly laughs, action, adventure and even some surprising love stories! | click here

June 16, 2007
Young Filmmakers Showcase
Part of the REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival

Experience new animation and video by middle school students from across Los Angeles County. This free program features the creative work of young artists in the CalArts Community Arts Partnership and Sony Pictures Media Arts Program. | click here

Sept 30, 2007
Grand Avenue Festival

REDCAT and its neighbors invite all of Southern California for this lively annual day of art for the whole family | Click here

February 16, 24, 2008
Out of This World
REDCAT International Children's Film Festival

If you’ve ever imagined a place beyond the sunset, or a parallel universe where the rules don’t apply and dreams come true, then this program of animated and live action shorts is for you! | Click here

February 16, 24, 2008
Animated Genius: Films of Will Vinton
REDCAT International Children's Film Festival

World-renowned Claymation pioneer Will Vinton continues to break new ground under the banner of his new company Freewill Entertainment | Click here

February 16, 24, 2008
Best Friends Forever
REDCAT International Children's Film Festival

Best friends laugh with us, listen to us, and help us discover the best in ourselves | Click here

February 17, March 1, 2008
Make a Leap! Films About Growing Up
REDCAT International Children's Film Festival

Sometimes it seems like kids grow taller overnight. Other times growth isn’t measured in inches, but in how young hearts and minds expand | Click here

February 23, March 2, 2008
Legends to Live By
REDCAT International Children's Film Festival

This collection of legends, myths, and fables takes a journey around the globe to unearth powerful tales about life and its mysteries | Click here

February 23, March 2, 2008
Wild and Wooly
REDCAT International Children's Film Festival

Here is an animation program filled with the unexpected: surfing penguins, hares that chase after snowmen’s noses, and monsters that aren’t scary at all | Click here

February 23, March 2, 2008
Can-Do Kids
REDCAT International Children's Film Festival

Some days are easier than others, but life’s challenges can show us what we’re made of | Click here

February 17, March 1, 2008
From the Heart of Sweden: Animation with a Global Reach
REDCAT International Children's Film Festival

For decades films from Sweden have been a mainstay of children’s film festivals worldwide | Click here

February 17, March 1, 2008
Four-Legged, Finned and Furry Friends
REDCAT International Children's Film Festival

Like our favorite little kids, this series of animations is sweet, funny, and full of songs | Click here

March 1-2, 2008
The Robber Hotzenplotz
REDCAT International Children's Film Festival

Two boys set out to catch the wild robber Hotzenplotz in this fantasy-filled film that brings to life the adventures of the world’s most hilarious thief | Click here

April 24, 2008
Show Up! Art, Community Engagement and Social Change
Organized by the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP)

Focusing on the goals of community engagement and social change through art, this lively roundtable discussion features an eclectic group of artists, performers and writers | Click here

May 3, 2008
CAP Teen Photography, Animation and Video
Organized by the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP)

This presentation showcases the work of teenage photographers, animators and video artists in CalArts CAP programs | Click here

May 4, 2008
CAP Teen Music Concert
Organized by the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP)

Teenage musicians in the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP) programs with Art-in-the-Park/Lalo Guerrero School of Music in Highland Park present an afternoon concert of Latin, choral, jazz, classical and world music works | Click here

May 23-24, 2008
CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater: Private Eddie U.S.A.

Organized by the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP)

This year’s spring production from the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program is a new drama written by Culture Clash member Herbert Siguenza and staged with a cast of 45 high school students | Click here