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Students research at Autodesk Technology Centers in tranSTUDIO
During an Interior Design course lab called tranSTUDIO, students explore new frontiers in advanced manufacturing and design at Autodesk.
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Public Sediment project awarded $31.4 million
Public Sediment for Alameda Creek, a project by CCA’s Architectural Ecologies research lab, has been awarded $31.4 million in California state funding.
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How to avoid common art portfolio mistakes with these 4 tips
Edit your college art portfolio with 4 tips that will help you show off your strengths and avoid easy-to-make mistakes.
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Student spotlight: Interior Design’s Moon Lou
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CCA assistant professor on team awarded NSF grant
Negar Kalantar explores how relief cutting, or kerfing, can improve building materials’ adaptability to environmental threats.
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Seven things to look for during your art school visits
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Life before and after CCA, with Individualized Studies alum Galen Boone
Galen Boone shares how the Individualized Studies curriculum formed her practice, which CCA faculty had the biggest impact, and what life has been like after graduation.
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Changing the way fashion designers think
CCA Fashion Design faculty, students, activists, and influencers leverage every skill they have to bring change to the injustice at the root of fashion production.
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2019 IMPACT Award winners challenge climate change
Buoyant Ecologies and Rubber Impact Awareness & Action Project are this year's grant winners.
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President Stephen Beal’s biography
As CCA’s ninth president, Stephen Beal champions learning through making to prepare students as creative citizens.
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JD Beltran and Scott Minneman: Learning interactively
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A visionary whose craftsmanship confronts injustice
2019 honorary doctorate degree recipient Joyce J. Scott’s career demonstrates her quest to inspire change through art.
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Animation alum Lily Williams finds her dream career
By the time Lily Williams (BFA Animation 2014) reached high school, she already had a game plan.
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From farm to fashion: textile manufacturing in North Carolina
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Digital Craft Lab enlivens San Francisco's Market Street
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Game on: How video games are changing the way we work and play
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Tim Brown and Barry Katz on design thinking today
IDEO CEO Tim Brown and CCA professor Barry Katz discuss design in a new era of disruption.
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Mastering filmmaking
CCA's Cinema Visionaries Lecture Series is a popular public-programs lineup of screenings and engaging Q&A sessions with today's most luminary filmmakers.
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Three ways to make your college application stand out
What can you do to make sure your application won’t be overlooked? Here are a few tips from admissions officers at some of the best art colleges in the U.S.
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Alum Ashely Eva Brock champions sustainable fashion