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Media coverage / Sept. 1, 2020
CCAâs Decolonial School featured in the September issue of Communication Arts
Indigenous designers and designers of color in academia are laying the foundations for new design methods that decenter white European-based visual culture.
Media coverage / Aug. 28, 2020
Helen Maria Nugent talks about CCAâs new residence hall and resiliency through design on Pier 70âs âPier 2 Peerâ
Media coverage / Aug. 24, 2020
CCA alum Lava Thomas announced as a recipient of 2020 San Francisco Artadia Awards
Lava Thomas (BFA Ceramics 1999) and Marcela Pardo Ariza were named the recipients of the 13th annual San Francisco Artadia Awards, which includes $10,000 in unrestricted funds and access to Artadiaâs artistic programs.
Media coverage / Aug. 19, 2020
OCADâs Dori Tunstall gives props to CCAâs Decolonial School in Fast Company
Tunstall visited CCA in February before COVID-19 hit and said her âmind was blown away by the passion and the meaningfulness of the projectsâ that students were doing through the Decolonial School.
Media coverage / Aug. 14, 2020
Freida Pinto to star in and produce TV series based on Alka Joshiâs The Henna Artist
Media coverage / Aug. 7, 2020
Design Milkâs âFriday Fiveâ with CCA alum Nastaran Mousavi
Media coverage / Aug. 6, 2020
Three CCA alumni announced as finalists in the 2020 San Francisco Artadia Awards
SofĂa CĂłrdova (MFA 2010), Chanell Stone (BFA Photography 2019), and Lava Thomas (BFA Ceramics 1999) were announced as finalists for this yearâs Artadia Awards. (Photo of Lava Thomas by Justine Danielle Marasigan.)
Media coverage / Aug. 4, 2020
Alum Maja Ruznic featured in 'The Nation'
Media coverage / July 15, 2020
Exceptional MFA work from five CCA grads
Media coverage / July 12, 2020
How Jason Kelly Johnson and Nataly Gattegno conceived next-gen workspaces
Media coverage / July 11, 2020
'Upside down floating reef' in the San Francisco Bay could change ecology of shoreline
Architectural Ecologies Lab (AEL) Directors Adam Marcus and Margaret Ikeda updated ABC7 on the Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab this month.
Media coverage / July 7, 2020
CCA alum Woody De Othello is shaping the future of ceramics
Woody De Othello (MFA Fine Arts 2017) spoke to Galerie about how his recent work at Art Basel and John Michael Kohler Arts Center uses mundane objects to explore larger issues.
Media coverage / July 7, 2020
In Plain Sightâa collective of 80 artists, including Tina Takemoto and alum Hank Willis Thomasâskytyped powerful messages above ICE detention centers over July 4 weekend
Media coverage / June 29, 2020
Four DMBA alums help America ditch dairy with JOI, a new almond milk company
Media coverage / June 23, 2020
The Nationâs review of Dodie Bellamy Is On Our Mind from the CCA Wattis
Media coverage / June 23, 2020
Alum Joseph Liatela shares whatâs on their mind during Pride month with Hyperallergic
Media coverage / June 20, 2020
Ishmael Reed in the New York Times: Americaâs Criminal Justice System and Me
Media coverage / June 17, 2020
CCA Assistant Professor Juan Carlos RodrĂguez Rivera on how heâs celebrating Pride month
Faculty and CCA Decolonial School member Juan Carlos RodrĂguez Rivera talked to Hyperallergic about his current work, his project aquĂ estamos / here we are for the Queer Cultural Center in San Francisco, and his greatest achievements so far.
Media coverage / June 16, 2020
Alum Mariah Nielsonâs new monograph explores the life and work of her father, sculptor JB Blunk
Media coverage / June 1, 2020
CCA Architecture students Cera Yeo (BArch 2020) and Jingyi Emma Luo (BArch 2020) selected as winners in AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Design Competition