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Press release / Oct. 18, 2022
CCA Announces $4.7 Million in Gifts to Support Diversity, Equity and Innovation in Arts & Design Field
A $1 million gift from the Gensler family and a $1 million gift from Gensler, the award-winning global architecture, design and planning firm, to establish the M. Arthur Gensler Jr. Center for Design Excellence.
Media coverage / Oct. 1, 2022
San Francisco Chronicle: The architect of S.F.’s twisty white Mira tower has a follow-up act: An arts college near Mission Bay
In conversation with architect Jeanne Gang, Urban Design critic John King explores the history and potential of CCA’s campus expansion as construction begins on its centerpiece, Gang’s innovative “Double Ground” campus.
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Back-to-school spirit on a unified campus
CCA students returning to campus for the fall 2022 semester were met with a dynamic mix of welcome-back events, programs, and get-togethers.
Media coverage / Sept. 7, 2022
CCA alum Hank Willis Thomas profiled in the Wall Street Journal
With a major new exhibition, artist-activist Thomas continues to confront today's most divisive issues—violence, racism, polarization—in hopes of inspiring mutual understanding and positive solutions.
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Three reasons why San Francisco is the best city for art students
Why go to art school in San Francisco? Location matters. In San Francisco, art and industry are everywhere, and opportunities abound.
Media coverage / Sept. 1, 2022
Two CCA alumni awarded 2022 Joan Mitchell Fellowships
In recognition of the depth of their artistic vision, Teresa Baker (MFA Fine Arts 2013) and Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski (BFA Painting and Drawing 2014) are among 15 recipients to earn this year's impactful fellowship.
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The European dispatch: Summer Study Abroad offers students a taste of European design and art
In four exciting Summer Study Abroad courses, CCA students explored cities across Europe to gain a deep sense of history and connect with a global community of artists and designers.
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Graduate students in Interaction Design apply a systems lens to approach complex problems
In the Social Lab course, MDes Interaction Design students work with community partners and bring systems thinking to complex problems to create real change.
Media coverage / Sept. 1, 2022
Dean TT Takemoto screened Looking for Jiro at doumenta fifteen
TT Takemoto, Dean of Humanities and Sciences division, screened their film Looking for Jiro at documenta fifteen for a two-day gathering on Asian Diaspora/American through the lens of gender, humor, and solidarity.
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CCA’s Visionary Practice Scholarship provides full tuition support for students to realize their creative potential
The scholarship empowers students who bring diverse life experiences and bold ideas with a financial means to realize their creative ambitions by sharing their authentic selves
Media coverage / Sept. 1, 2022
Artforum: David Huffman, Terra Incognita at MoAD
“Terra Incognita” is the first museum show to focus on painter [and CCA Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing] David Huffman’s deeply engaging “Traumanaut” works ... that he began in the early 1990s.
Media coverage / Aug. 28, 2022
ĐÓ°É´«Ă˝ named one of the nation's best colleges for student voting by Washington Monthly
With an ongoing commitment to democratic engagement and creative activism, CCA made the 2022 honor roll among universities "doing the most to turn students into citizens."
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Oakland campus legacy events celebrate CCA history
With official instruction at CCA’s Oakland campus ending in the spring of 2022, we honored the campus with events, exhibitions, and celebration.
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Creative Citizenship at CCA
Explore creative activism across the college.
Media coverage / July 18, 2022
CCA graphic design students invigorate San Francisco BART stations with colorful designs
Through TBD*, CCA’s in-house student design studio, Hyunsoo Kang's and Walker Lambert's quintessentially San Francisco designs offer transit riders "a slice of joy and color" with an AR twist.
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A CCA alum helps picture a new ending for survivors
Artist and CCA alum Carmen Winant’s work illuminates the invisible experiences of women, as well as feminist strategies for survival, revolt, and self-determination in a new exhibition at The Print Center in Philadelphia.
Press release / June 16, 2022
The Wattis Institute presents: Drum Listens to Heart
Opening September 1, this 3-part exhibition with an accompanying performance series brings together contemporary artists and performers from around the world.
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What does making look like now?
Discover how CCA students and faculty embraced the return to campus and got back to doing what they do best—building, making, and transforming—together.
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Four CCA Illustration students shine in national illustration competition
Undergraduate students in the CCA Illustration program reflect on their work and what it means to be recognized nationally by the Society of Illustrators.
Press release / May 24, 2022
CCA Wattis Institute presents: Hervé Guibert: This and More
Curated by Wattis Institute Director Anthony Huberman, this exhibition at the Wattis Institute introduces a lesser-known body of work by the late French artist Hervé Guibert (1955–1991). On view June 9–July 30, 2022.