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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
Media coverage / May 29, 2020
Bay Areaâs fashion design students nip and tuck their collections from home
The San Francisco Chronicle talked to CCAâs Yesenia Villaseñor (BFA Fashion Design 2020) about how graduating fashion design students pivoted to create their thesis collections from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Media coverage / May 26, 2020
CCA alum Rosannah Harding wins 2020 Forge Prize
An innovative cantilevered pedestrian bridge and elevated park concept by CCA alum Rosannah Harding (BArch 2007) and Matthew Ostrow of HardingOstrow won the $10,000 Forge Prize at a judging event streamed live on YouTube.
Media coverage / May 19, 2020
San Francisco Examiner highlights the Class of 2020 Showcase
The San Francisco Examiner featured CCAâs Class of 2020 Showcase in its roundup of how San Francisco art schools are highlighting student work online.
Media coverage / May 19, 2020
Art in America on why MFA alum Diedrick Brackensâ work is essential and âunbearably relevantâ during the COVID-19 pandemic
Art in America spoke with artist Diedrick Brackens (MFA Fine Arts 2014) about his solo exhibition âblessed are the mosquitoes,â how he discovered weaving and his time studying with Josh Faught at CCA.
Media coverage / May 5, 2020
Longtime CCA faculty member and cultural icon Michael McClure dies at 87
Media coverage / April 30, 2020
KQED calls the Wattis Library âan antidote to online exhibitionsâ
Media coverage / April 29, 2020
Breena Nuñez: âHow Quarantine Changed Meâ
CCA alum and faculty member Breena Nuñezâs comic detailing how daily life has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic was featured in the New Yorker's âDaily Shoutsâ column.
Media coverage / April 28, 2020
âThis is Weird Without Youâ: Juan Carlos Rodriguez Rivera and his roommates share âmessages of hopeâ on businesses around the city
Media coverage / April 24, 2020
CCA featured in ACSA roundup: #OPERATIONPPE | How Makers Respond to a Pandemic
Media coverage / April 22, 2020
Humanities and Sciences Dean Tina Takemoto receives a Mike Kelley Foundation grant with Visual Communications Media
Media coverage / April 17, 2020
48 Hills notes CCA Professor who illustrated âdevastating, beautifulâ New Yorker cover
Illustration Chair Owen Smith is grabbing national attention for his recent New Yorker cover, which independent news outlet 48 Hills called âdevastatingâ and âbeautiful.â
Media coverage / April 14, 2020
CCA Adjunct Professor featured in American Craft Council Magazine
Media coverage / April 13, 2020
CCA Chair illustrates latest New Yorker cover
Illustration Chair Owen Smith discusses the inspiration behind his cover for the April 20, 2020, issue of the New Yorker.
Media coverage / April 13, 2020
Photography alum named 2020 Guggenheim Fellow
Media coverage / March 31, 2020
Design alum makes medical supplies for the health care workers fighting COVID-19
Profiled alongside other makers producing supplies for health care workers fighting COVIDâ19, Rahim Bhimani (Design Strategy 2013) is making and delivering face shields.
Media coverage / March 30, 2020
Beloved childrenâs author, illustrator, and CCA alum Tomie dePaola dies at 85
Media coverage / March 26, 2020
Fine Art Connoisseur calls illustration alum an artist to watch
Media coverage / March 25, 2020
Dean Helen Maria Nugent explains how to look your best on webcam
In a New York Times article, Dean of Design Helen Maria Nugent shares a bit of advice for looking presentable while on video conference calls.