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Media coverage / Nov. 19, 2019
Work by Curtis Arima, BFA Jewelry and Metal Arts faculty and co-chair, is featured in Metalsmith Tech
Made using a rolling mill, work by Curtis Arima is featured inside and on the cover of Metalsmith Tech, an international publication. Arima is an associate professor and co-chair of the BFA in Jewelry and Metal Arts program.
Media coverage / Nov. 14, 2019
Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab wins a 2019 AIA Innovation Award for Holistic Design
Media coverage / Nov. 13, 2019
Review of alum Hank Willis Thomas' 22-foot public sculpture in The New York Times
Learn about "Unity," a bronze arm near the exit from the Brooklyn Bridge. The 22-foot public sculpture is by CCA alum Hank Willis Thomas (MA Visual Criticism, MFA Photography 2003).
Media coverage / Nov. 12, 2019
Alum and Texas-born artist Diedrick Brackens is featured in W Magazine
Media coverage / Nov. 6, 2019
Colossal features the lavishly adorned work of Annie Evelyn, visiting professor for BFA Furniture
Media coverage / Oct. 26, 2019
Internationally acclaimed architect Jeanne Gang leads four Bay Area projects, including CCA's campus expansion
Media coverage / Oct. 21, 2019
Furniture alum Liz Dunning, who sources materials ethically and locally, is profiled by Alameda Magazine
Liz Dunning (BFA Wood/Furniture 2004) is an Alameda-based furniture designer who makes heirloom pieces from ethically and locally sourced materials. Learn about the CCA teachers who inspired her.
Media coverage / Oct. 11, 2019
Trent Davis Bailey, MFA Fine Arts, photographed Colorado inmates that staged performances of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's News" for nearby prisons.
Media coverage / Sept. 30, 2019
View the award-winning Float Lab, the "first prototype of its kind," in its new Shoreline Park home
Media coverage / Sept. 26, 2019
KQED interview: Photography alum Marissa Leitman has a new series on view at the Tenderloin Museum
Media coverage / Sept. 25, 2019
MFA Painting & Drawing alum Alicia Escott is interviewed by The Wild, a weekly podcast hosted by Ayana Young
Media coverage / Sept. 25, 2019
KQED-FM features alum Arleene Correa Valencia and her portraits of Napa workers
Media coverage / Sept. 13, 2019
The Territorial City Studio, a spring 2019 architecture class, is featured in the Seoul Biennale
Led by associate professor Neeraj Bhatia, The Territorial City: Edge of Megolopolis is featured in the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. Learn more about this advanced studio course.
Media coverage / Sept. 13, 2019
California Home + Design profiles alum Gary Hutton and his four decades in the interior design field
Learn about alum Gary Hutton, a 1975 CCA graduate in Environmental Studies, who has spent his career working on myriad commercial and residental interior design projects throughout California.
Media coverage / Sept. 12, 2019
Printmaking alum Ariel Roman is one of the talented women working behind the scenes in streetwear
Profiled with other "unsung heroes of streetwear," alum Ariel Roman (BFA Printmaking 2007) stays true to her aesthetic—including punk—as she illustrates and art directs for a range of clients.
Media coverage / Sept. 9, 2019
Assistant professor Alison O'Daniel named one of 25 new faces in independent film
According to Filmmaker Magazine, CCA assistant professor Alison O'Daniel is one of 25 independent filmmakers to follow. Learn about O'Daniel's work, which engages the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities.
Media coverage / Sept. 9, 2019
Associate professor Angela Hennessy is one of two Bay Area-based artists to receive a 2019 Artadia award
The New York-based nonprofit Artadia has awarded Angela Hennessy and one other Bay Area artist $10,000 in unrestricted funds. Hennessy teaches in the Textiles, Critical Studies, and Graduate Fine Arts programs.
Media coverage / Sept. 5, 2019
Melissa Leventon, fashion historian and professor, discusses the rise of Bay Area "casual wear"
Media coverage / Sept. 4, 2019
Vincent Fecteau, who has a show at CCA Wattis, invites The San Francisco Chronicle into his Balboa Park studio
Media coverage / Sept. 3, 2019
The Museum of Craft and Design welcomes CCA grad students back to school with special event