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Media coverage / May 15, 2019
MFA students partner with Salesforce Tower to commemorate the building's anniversary with original light displays
Media coverage / May 13, 2019
Galen Boone (BFA Individualized Studies 2018) wins a Windgate Fellowship award
Winner of a $15,000 Windgate Fellowship from the Center for Craft, Galen Boone counters the myth of binary gender through work in jewelry and metalsmithing.
Media coverage / May 13, 2019
Third-year student Jung (Hailey) Kim wins $10,000 Joe's Blackbook scholarship
Media coverage / May 9, 2019
Artist Joyce J. Scott receives honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from CCA
Media coverage / May 8, 2019
CCA's Blattner Hall offers community, convenience, and affordable housing
Media coverage / May 2, 2019
Kota Ezawa, an associate professor for CCA film programs, discusses the Whitney Museum protests with KQED
Media coverage / April 24, 2019
Critical Ethnic Studies faculty Kim Shuck named poet laureate of San Francisco
Media coverage / April 22, 2019
Architecture students are 2018–19 AIA COTE Top Ten winners
Media coverage / April 18, 2019
Wattis exhibition convenes queer community, writes the San Francisco Chronicle
Curated by Yomna Osman (MA Curatorial Practice 2019), To Know Herself captures the enduring loss of queer spaces in the bay by making space of its own.
Media coverage / April 16, 2019
Alumna Taylor Johnson discusses her process as a fine art and editorial photographer
Media coverage / April 1, 2019
Alumnus Tim Perks brings the Nike brand to life as senior director of retail design
Media coverage / April 1, 2019
CCA's MFA in Writing program is among the top five in California
Media coverage / March 28, 2019
Two Interior Design students win at ASID Student Portfolio Competition
Media coverage / March 25, 2019
VoyageLA interviews Animation alumnus Sam Ancona on his journey to becoming an artist
Sam Ancona (BFA Animation 2013) talks early artistic inspirations, the importance of finding a creative community, and navigating the world of freelance animation.
Media coverage / March 22, 2019
Queer California: Untold Stories, an exhibition curated by CCA's Christina Linden, features work by CCA faculty and staff
Broadly looks at Queer California: Untold Stories, an exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California that's curated by Christina Linden, CCA associate professor in Curatorial Practice.
Media coverage / March 22, 2019
Thi Bui, MFA in Comics adjunct professor, illustrates the Oakland teachers' strike
Media coverage / March 21, 2019
Led by CCA Architecture faculty Janette Kim, students address climate change through a series of board games
Media coverage / March 20, 2019
Solo exhibition at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art celebrates the expansive career of Viola Frey
Viola Frey is the subject of a solo exhibition at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. Frey, a professor emerita and honorary doctorate recipient, taught at CCA for nearly 35 years.
Media coverage / March 12, 2019
CCA alumna Yadira Cazares runs an inclusive Fruitvale gallery that showcases artists of color
Alumna Yadira Cazares (BFA Painting & Drawing 2005) runs GalerÃa Beso Maya, the only art gallery in Fruitvale. Her mission is to promote artists of color and unite the community through workshops and exhibitions.
Media coverage / March 8, 2019
Franklin Williams, Painting & Drawing professor emeritus, garners attention at Independent Art Fair