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Experience what's next in art and design, fresh from the studios and minds of the Class of 2026. This event took place on Friday, May 15, 2026, at �Ӱɴ�ý in San Francisco.

On view through November 21 at the Wattis Institute, The Tramp by Caguiat Delacruz brings together a newly commissioned film, installation, painting, and prints, marking the artists’ first institutional exhibition on the West Coast.

New Positions, an exhibition of work by first and graduating MFA students, is on view through September 18 in the lobby of the Mills Building in San Francisco's Financial District.

Join us on campus for hands-on workshops, cocktails and conversation, or stop by Union Square to see student creations on display.

Nina Mayne (BFA Communication Design 2026) and Ben Cardoza (BFA Communication Design 2025) developed an awareness campaign for San Francisco Baykeeper that calls on Bay Area residents to take collective action in protecting local wildlife.

Experience a glimpse of the Design Division's graduating student work as they prepare to enter the next phase of their design lives.

CCA is proud to confer honorary doctorates on alumni Abby Chang Chen (MA Visual and Critical Studies 2011) and Michael James Vanderbyl (BFA Graphic Design 1968).

On view June 10 through November 21, 2026, the exhibition brings together a newly commissioned film, installation, painting, and prints.

Jasmine Narkita Wiley reviews Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts, featuring Eli Leon’s collection curated by Elaine Yau, exploring quilts as living traditions and tools for preserving heritage.

Communication Design Associate Professor Sara Raffo answers three questions about why it’s essential to get out of the studio for experiential learning.

In this feature, we discuss Susan Skeele's, Capstone Intricacies, a thoughtful review of the Week One BFA Senior Exhibit showing at the Novack Gallery.

Congratulations to Zi Ching Ooi (BArch Architecture), Gabriela Mierkalne (BFA Interior Design), and Anna Myasnikova (BFA Interior Design) on being recognized among the top architecture and interior design students.

Daisy Nam, Zlot Family Director and Chief Curator of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, and Helen Maria Nugent, dean of design, have been named to the 2026 Curious 100 by the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity.

On view May 1 through May 16, the exhibition features work by 19 emerging artists from CCA's Fine Arts graduate program. Their work will be displayed at the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts and Novack Gallery.

Inspired by celebrated sculptor JB Blunk and a generative prompt, the Atelier: Limited Editions course generates a remarkable and expansive body of work.

Isaiah Diaz-Mays offers an insightful review of senior Helena Garzotto's (BFA Furniture 2026) work as the recipient of the 2025 Ronald & Anita Wornick Award for excellence in wood arts. Her pieces emphasize the relationship between material and function.

The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts is pleased to participate in the inaugural Further Triennial

On view from March 19 to April 17, the show explores how labor, rest, leisure—once distinctive parts of everyday life—have become entangled.

On view April 1 through May 15, the exhibition features watercolors created during the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans, including 39 watercolors by Chikaji Kawakami (a.k.a. Nanpo) and four paintings by Chiura Obata.

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