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Press release / Sept. 8, 2021
CCA launches new Bachelor in Fine Arts in Comics in fall 2022
Media coverage / Sept. 3, 2021
Fashion Chair Lynda Grose on the future of fashion education
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) interviewed Lynda Grose and Simon Ungless about the future of fashion education and what they’re excited about in fashion education.
Media coverage / Sept. 3, 2021
Forbes covers Rachel Berger's exhibition, "Shooter Box"
Graphic Design Chair Rachel Berger spoke with Forbes about Shooter Box, an exhibition of designed objects protesting the U.S. military’s use of Microsoft Xbox controllers as battle equipment.
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Which graduate Design degree is right for me?
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From CCA to the NBA: Dustin O. Canalin on designing his dream career
With a passion for basketball and an eye for design, this Bay Area-born alum is living what he loves.
Press release / Aug. 26, 2021
CCA’s new BFA in Game Arts program launches in fall 2021
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Listening for the future
CCA Design Futures Lab, Imperial College London, and LADdesign join forces on summer design sprints that explore the future of music experience through design.
Press release / Aug. 19, 2021
CCA presents Shooter Box at Hubbell Street Galleries
Press release / Aug. 19, 2021
CCA presents DRAWING CODES: Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation, Volume II
CCA's Architecture Digital Craft Lab presents DRAWING CODES: Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation, the second volume in a series organized by curators Adam Marcus and Andrew Kudless.
Press release / Aug. 19, 2021
CCA launches search for new Chief Financial Officer
Media coverage / Aug. 12, 2021
Alum Elizabeth Brunner's kids' clothing label, StereoTypes, flips gender norms on their head
Press release / Aug. 4, 2021
CCA appoints Jessica Farron, Lucille Tenazas, and Marv Tseu to Board of Trustees
Media coverage / July 28, 2021
The Best We Could Do by MFA Comics professor Thi Bui featured on the The Stacks podcast
The Stacks podcast discusses The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui with graphic memoirist, novelist, and cultural critic, Mira Jacob.
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ARCH Art Supplies moves to Blattner Hall
The independently-owned art supply store will be more tightly integrated with the CCA community from its new location.
Media coverage / July 20, 2021
Art & Education's "Office Hours" with Glen Helfand
Graduate Fine Arts Associate Professor Glen Helfand shares what got him into teaching, how CCA’s interdisciplinarity leads to the cross-pollination of ideas and practices, the importance of connecting students to the Bay Area art scene, and more.
Media coverage / July 16, 2021
Alum Michon Sanders featured in T: The New York Times Style Magazine
Media coverage / July 14, 2021
Graphic Design Chair Rachel Berger asks recent grads "How did you get into tech?"
In AIGA's Eye on Design, Rachel Berger speaks with recent graduates from BFA and MFA programs at CCA, RISD, and other schools to find out how they got their start and share advice for those seeking a similar path.
Press release / July 14, 2021
CCA Wattis Institute presents new work by Maia Cruz Palileo
Press release / July 13, 2021
CCA appoints Leigh Sata as vice president for Operations and Capital Projects
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Nathan Lynch & Oikonos receive $200k Wildlife Conservation Society grant for seabird habitat restoration
Ceramics chair Nathan Lynch has been working with Oikonos for over a decade to help restore at-risk seabird habitats with ceramic nesting modules.