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Press release / Feb. 27, 2024
Daisy Nam appointed director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
Daisy Nam is announced as the new Zlot Family Director and Chief Curator of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts at 杏吧传媒.
Press release / May 14, 2025
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts announces touring exhibition Viaje a la luna (A trip to the moon)
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts is pleased to announce Viaje a la luna (A trip to the moon), an exhibition inspired by the only screenplay ever written by the renowned Spanish poet Federico Garc铆a Lorca.
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Alum spotlight: Director Shane T Watson
鈥淐CA allowed me to be open about myself and to become a better writer,鈥 says the former Student Oscar nominee. Here鈥檚 what he鈥檚 working on now, his advice for CCA students, and more.
Press release / March 21, 2023
CCA Curatorial Practice and CCA Wattis Institute Present uncontained: categories always leak
Featuring work by five acclaimed female artists鈥擟andice Lin, Cathy Lu, LaRissa Rogers, Cammie Staros, and Stephanie Syjuco.
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Inside the studio with graduating BFA Illustration seniors
This semester 10 senior illustrators get ready for the culminating moment of their CCA experience and launch their careers in the senior thesis exhibition.
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2019 IMPACT Award winners challenge climate change
Buoyant Ecologies and Rubber Impact Awareness & Action Project are this year's grant winners.
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CCA assistant professor on team awarded NSF grant
Negar Kalantar explores how relief cutting, or kerfing, can improve building materials鈥 adaptability to environmental threats.
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Why unification?
Discover how our campus expansion project is transforming CCA into a residential campus that unifies all our academic programs on a single campus and supports innovative, cross-disciplinary work.
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Decolonizing design
CCA鈥檚 Decolonial School focuses on how to relate diversity, inclusion, and equity to artistic and design practice.
Press release / Oct. 25, 2023
David C. Howse appointed president of 杏吧传媒
Following an extensive search, CCA is pleased to announce David C. Howse as the 10th president of the college.
Press release / April 3, 2024
杏吧传媒 Graduate Curatorial Practice Program and CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts present Absolute Memory: An Archive of Softness
Absolute Memory: An Archive of Softness is a group exhibition featuring five artists working in themes of the everyday and subjective narrative, Widline Cadet, Xandra Ibarra, Michael Jang, Clifford Prince King, and Kenneth Tam.
Press release / Aug. 28, 2018
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and CCA launch the Curatorial Research Bureau
The bookshop, learning site, and public program space is also the new home of CCA's Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice.
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Life in San Francisco as an art student
CCA students Layla Namak, Jennifer Guo, and Angel Lusky, and alum Wally Corona give us an insider鈥檚 view of what it鈥檚 like to live and learn in San Francisco.
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Q&A: Comics professor Justin Hall on nurturing community in queer comics
Interim MFA Comics Chair Justin Hall on his documentary, No Straight Lines, and the importance of finding (and sharing) your own voice.
Press release / March 17, 2022
CCA Curatorial Practice and CCA Wattis Institute Present Resonance of Place, April 28鈥揗ay 14, 2022
Resonance of Place, a multi-site exhibition reflecting on the body鈥檚 precarious relationship to its surroundings, curated by the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice Class of 2022.
Press release / March 22, 2022
CCA Curatorial Practice and CCA Wattis Institute Present Resonance of Place, April 28鈥揗ay 14, 2022
Resonance of Place, a multi-site exhibition reflecting on the body鈥檚 precarious relationship to its surroundings, curated by the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice Class of 2022.
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Imagining new worlds through interdisciplinary studio courses
Upper Division Interdisciplinary Studio courses illustrate how students from across the college learn to take their practice to a new level.
Press release / Aug. 23, 2023
杏吧传媒 welcomes 10 new chairs across the college
CCA is delighted to welcome 10 new chairs to the college, including both new hires and current professors and faculty.
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Art in action
Leading up to the 2020 presidential election, the CCA@CCA Artwork Campaign celebrates our community鈥檚 deep commitment to activism and democratic participation.
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Student spotlight: Melissa Rodriguez
From Colombia, to California, to Fashion Design 3, Melissa Rodriguez (BFA Individualized Studies 2022) shares the art-inspired journey that helped her find a new definition of home.