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Watercolor of a guard tower in yellow hues by Chikaji Kawakami.

CCA Campus Gallery presents Under the Guard Tower

Web banner for the CCA MFA 2026 Thesis Exhibition with bold collage-style lettering in teal, green, and yellow-green on a light blue background.

2026 MFA Fine Arts graduate exhibitions

Photo of an assemblage of rocks and found items made by coal dockworkers.

Wattis presents 8 Hours of What You Will

Colorful grid of line based shaped that look like they're bouncing or floating around the screen.

Rewind Review Respond

Media coverage / Aug. 26, 2019

Rachel Berger, chair of Graphic Design, explores how designers in tech are changing their approach to professional portfolios

In an essay on Medium, chair of BFA in Graphic Design Rachel Berger shares how designers in "Big Tech" are shifting from portfolios focused on outcome to portfolios focused on process.

Media coverage / Aug. 23, 2019

Craig Campbell, MFA Comics alum, joins Columbus College of Art & Design faculty

Craig Campbell (MFA Comics 2018), a regular Hyperallergic contributor, is named Assistant Professor of Comics and Narrative Practice at Columbus College of Art & Design.

Media coverage / Aug. 23, 2019

MFA Comics alum Maia Kobabe nominated for 2019 Ignatz Award

Maia Kobabe (MFA Comics 2016) has been nominated for a 2019 Ignatz Award in the Outstanding Graphic Novel category for their book Gender Queer: a Memoir.

Cover of Maia Kobabe's book Gender Queer.

Media coverage / Aug. 16, 2019

Architecture professor Neeraj Bhatia, co-director of CCA's Urban Works Agency, is the winner of the Prix de Rome

The Prix de Rome in Architecture, which includes $50,000 for work, travel, and a public presentation, has been awarded to CCA's Neeraj Bhatia, whose work intersects infrastructure, politics, and urbanism.

Neeraj Bhatia in his exhibtion "The Open Workshop: New Investigations in Collective Form" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.

Media coverage / Aug. 14, 2019

Art Papers interviews alum Diedrick Brackens on the occasion of his solo exhibition at the New Museum

Diedrick Brackens (MFA Fine Arts 2014), whose solo exhibition Darling Divined is at the New Museum in New York, speaks with Art Papers about black- and queer-identifying artists.

Media coverage / Aug. 13, 2019

Vincent Fecteau at the CCA Wattis makes the San Francisco Chronicle's list of 2019 must-see fall exhibitions

A long-time resident of the Bay Area, Vincent Fecteau has a solo exhibition at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. View the San Francisco Chronicle's write-up for more details.

Vincent Fecteau Untitled, 2018 papier mâché, resin clay, watercolor pencil, acrylic, felt sculpture.

Media coverage / Aug. 11, 2019

Individualized Studies alum Andrew Utt is the new executive director of Lux Art Institute in Encinitas

As the new executive director of the Lux Art Institute, alum Andrew Utt (BFA Individualized 2005), will work to make sure art remains a central part of San Diego's cultural landscape.

Andrew Utt, new executive director of Lux Art Institute in Encinitas.

Media coverage / Aug. 7, 2019

Alum Kalia Brooks Nelson selected for new visiting curator's initiative at Moore College of Art & Design

Kalia Brooks Nelson (MA Curatorial Practice 2006) joins two other curators for the Moore College of Art & Design's new Visiting Curators Initiative.

Media coverage / Aug. 7, 2019

Chair Aynne Valencia helps lead partnership between CCA interaction design students and swissnex San Francisco at Pier 17

Together with swissnex San Francisco, CCA interaction design students reinvent office furniture for a diverse set of rules, building prototypes for the Pier 17 space. View the video to learn more.

Media coverage / Aug. 5, 2019

Alum Dionne Lee's solo exhibition at Interface Gallery named one of Artforum's Critics' Picks

Dionne Lee (MFA Fine Arts 2017), who works in collage, photography, and video, was selected as one of Artforum's Critics' Picks for her solo exhibition at Interface Gallery, Oakland.

Dionne Lee, Surface Tension, 2019, solarized gelatin silver print, 8 x 10".

Media coverage / Aug. 1, 2019

Jacqueline Francis, chair of MA in Visual and Critical Studies, awarded guest scholar position at the National Gallery of Art

Beginning in fall 2019, Jacqueline Francis, chair of CCA's graduate program in Visual and Critical Studies, will be the Paul Mellon Guest Scholar at the National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts.

CASVA members tour the permanent collection with Richard J. Powell, Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professor.

Media coverage / July 30, 2019

Professor David Gissen's story highlights the rarely considered physical challenges of being an architect

David Gissen describes how his difficulty navigating construction sites in New York City, which weren't covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, influenced his education and career.

Girl in wheelchair in front of closed subway elevator.

Media coverage / July 30, 2019

Director Spike Jonez drew inspiration from a CCA alum's photograph for the 2013 movie "Her."

From Barry Jenkins's "Moonlight" to Spike Jonez's "Her," Artsy reveals six films that were inspired by famous photographs. CCA alum Todd Hido's (MFA Photography 1996) photograph inspired "Her," a sci-fi romance.

Media coverage / July 29, 2019

San Francisco Chronicle interviews MArch alum Sarah Hobstetter about her certified women-owned local business

Owner of Hobstetter Architecture Studio, alum Sarah Hobstetter (MArch 2010) tells the San Francisco Chronicle about her style, aesthetic goals, and favorite projects in the Bay Area.

Alma Mater: Methods co-curated by architect and interior designer Sarah Hobstetter.

Media coverage / July 29, 2019

Printmaking alum plays Pablo Picasso at New Village Arts Theatre in San Diego

Printmaking alum plays Pablo Picasso at New Village Arts Theatre in San Diego.

Herbert Siguenza in character as Pablo Picasso.

Media coverage / July 26, 2019

CCA's Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab will soon pioneer a new kind of resilient coastal infrastructure in the bay waters

A product of cross-disciplinary collaboration, the Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab is set to launch in the San Francisco Bay in late summer 2019. The prototype will pioneer a new kind of resilient coastal infrastructure.

Underwater views of ecological substrate prototypes, with marine invertebrate habitats

Media coverage / July 25, 2019

Nathan Lynch, chair of Ceramics, among Bay Area artists who approach ceramics in new ways

Nathan Lynch describes his affinity for clay to San Francisco Chronicle's Datebook, which also highlighted Viola Frey and Woody De Othello (MFA Fine Arts 2017).

Nathan Lynch’s “The Same Larry” (2019, shown here with Kari Marboe), is a handmade ceramic soaking tub that fits two.

Media coverage / July 22, 2019

Alum Sarah Hotchkiss is one of eight art journalists to receive a prestigious Rabkin Foundation Award

Sarah Hotchkiss (MFA Painting & Drawing 2011), an artist, arts writer, and visual arts editor at KQED, has received a Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation grant for contributions to arts journalism.

Media coverage / July 12, 2019

CCA alums recognized by Headlands Center for the Arts with Tournesol Award and graduate fellowship

Troy Chew (MFA Fine Arts 2018) has won the Headlands Center for the Arts Tournesol Award, while another CCA alum, Kira Dominguez Hultgren (MA Visual and Critical Studies / MFA Fine Arts 2019) has been named a Graduate Fellow by the Center.

Troy Chew, The Grass is sometimes Purple on the Other Side, 2017; oil on wood, 1 ft 4 in x 1 ft 4 in.; © Troy Chew

Media coverage / July 10, 2019

Beal is one of four Bay Area arts leaders asked to comment on the controversial George Washington High School mural

Learn about the controversial mural at George Washington High School in San Francisco and view CCA President Stephen Beal's comment on the censorship of historical art.

Detail of "The Life of Washington" mural by artist Victor Arnautoff at George Washington High School, San Francisco.

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