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Three MFA Fine Arts students win Cadogan awards
Katayoun Bahrami, Ester Karnoski, and Bryce LeFort honored at September 10 ceremony and featured in annual SOMArts Cultural Center exhibition.
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Which graduate Design degree is right for me?
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From CCA to the NBA: Dustin O. Canalin on designing his dream career
With a passion for basketball and an eye for design, this Bay Area-born alum is living what he loves.
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Listening for the future
CCA Design Futures Lab, Imperial College London, and LADdesign join forces on summer design sprints that explore the future of music experience through design.
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ARCH Art Supplies moves to Blattner Hall
The independently-owned art supply store will be more tightly integrated with the CCA community from its new location.
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Nathan Lynch & Oikonos receive $200k Wildlife Conservation Society grant for seabird habitat restoration
Ceramics chair Nathan Lynch has been working with Oikonos for over a decade to help restore at-risk seabird habitats with ceramic nesting modules.
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Q&A: Raven Chacon
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Alum spotlight: Digital media scholar Dorothy Santos
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Silver Linings Series
An archive of projects, stories, events, and updates from our campus on the cloud.
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Legendary designer Sir Jony Ive’s advice for the 2021 graduating class
“My encouragement is to be committed and proactive in caring for that deep, creative part of yourself that is easily overlooked.â€
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In Memoriam: Arthur Gensler, 1935–2021
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Sustaining change
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Design pedagogy for collective work
The Design division explores three different educational opportunities at CCA that transcend individual learning through teamwork.
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CCA’s 2021 gala auction opens to public bidding on Friday, May 7
The silent online auction features 19 artworks and custom experiences, including works by Viola Frey, David Maisel, Robert Motherwell, Manuel Neri, Terry St. John, Wayne Thiebaud, and Lava Thomas.
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High expectations
Renowned artist Jim Campbell has been working with Lynn Marie Kirby and Jeanne Finley's students since 2019, giving them the opportunity to showcase their art at astounding heights.
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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.
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CCA commencement traditions
From the tam and gown’s little-known origins to a particularly relevant Honorary Doctorate address, these stories behind the college’s commencement quirks are so CCA.
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Rolling deep with the Earth
Faculty came together to start a new school at CCA—the E-school, an environmental justice collaboration across divisions that topples figureheads and centers frontline communities.
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Four graduating Architecture and Interior Design students named among top 100 in North America
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Alum spotlight: Writer Julie Lythcott-Haims (MFA Writing 2016)
The bestselling author discusses her book Your Turn: How to Be an Adult and offers sage advice for writing—and adulting—through life’s inevitable growing pains.