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Media coverage / Sept. 18, 2025
KQED spotlights new CCA-NVIDIA partnership
CCA partners with NVIDIA to prepare a new generation of creatives to thrive at the intersection of art, design, and emerging technologies.
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CCA celebrates Claude the albino alligator
Recent graduates created viral screen prints while faculty led drawing workshops for the Academy of Sciences' celebration of their beloved albino resident Claude.
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Creating a living Land Acknowledgment through public art and ecology
Through mural painting and gardening, CCA students and faculty reflect on ancestral land and ecological care.
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MDes Social Lab turns 10
Celebrating 10 years of student-led design projects addressing social/environmental challenges through partnerships with organizations
Press release / Aug. 28, 2025
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ announces two new members joining its Board of Trustees​​
The college is pleased to announce the appointment of two new trustees, David Saxe and Bonnie Hewson, effective July 25, 2025.
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Iconic modern design at a San Francisco modernist landmark
CCA alum/professor Eric Heiman's studio Volume Inc. designed the Eames furniture exhibition at the Transamerica Pyramid. They created the show in 5 weeks, using colored glass panels and eye-level displays to highlight design details.
Press release / Aug. 25, 2025
CCA welcomes new Communication Design chair Jennifer Sonderby
The college is thrilled to welcome Jennifer Sonderby as the new chair of Communication Design, where she builds on the program’s legacy and expands into digital, product, and experience design.
Media coverage / Aug. 14, 2025
Chair of Fashion Design Gregory Climer pushes the needle of quilting
Faculty member Gregory Climer expands the boundaries of quilting and textiles, bringing queer desire and innovation to a medium often associated with traditional craftwork.
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Five questions with Veronica Jackson
Graduating from CCA with an MA in Visual & Critical Studies in 2016, Veronica Jackson is now a practicing artist whose work draws on cultural research and personal narrative.
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ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ announces the 2025 recipients of the Michael and Jeannette Lopez Endowed Scholarship
For the third consecutive year, seniors in Fine Arts programs at CCA will receive funds to support the final year of tuition.
Press release / Aug. 4, 2025
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ names Margo Landy as vice president of Enrollment Management
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ (CCA) has appointed Margo Landy, Ph.D., as vice president of Enrollment Management. Landy will lead strategic enrollment initiatives to support student success and institutional growth.
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Sitting with Works in Progress III
Elisabeth Cobb-Hughes (MFA Industrial Design 2025) offers a thoughtful review of Works in Progress III, exploring how materials, design, and community intersect in a changing city.
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Fashion students set sail for sustainability
In partnership with Cotton Incorporated and Materevolve, students explore the intersection of design, science, and ecology through interdisciplinary learning.
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Five questions with Grecia Rivera
Graduating from CCA with a BFA in Fashion Design in 2022, Grecia Rivera is now a designer at Gap Inc.
Media coverage / July 14, 2025
Alum Jonah Reenders explores the largest living organism in the world
Jonah Reenders (MFA Fine Arts 2025) explores queer ecology through photography in his project Armillaria, which investigates Armillaria ostoyae, also known as the humongous fungus.
Media coverage / July 14, 2025
CCA Interior Design student reimagines food systems in winning project at 2025 WANTED Schools Workshop
Gabriela Mierkalne (BFA Interior Design 2026) and her teammates won the Workshop with their project, Re-compost, which reimagines New York's composting system to make it truly circular.
Media coverage / July 10, 2025
Square Cylinder reviews Viaje a la luna at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
On view through October 11, Viaje a la luna explores a lost film by Spanish poet Federico GarcÃa Lorca through thirteen historical and contemporary artworks.
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Revisiting the 2024–2025 Deborah and Kenneth Novack Creative Citizens Series
The 2024–2025 CCA@CCA program explored the theme "Where do we go from here?" During a time of instability and conflict in the world around us, our programs modeled ways to come together for discussion, reflection, and growth.
Press release / June 25, 2025
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ announces new chair and two new board members joining its Board of Trustees
The college is pleased to announce the appointment of Calvin B. Wheeler, MD, as its new Board Chair, along with the addition of two new board members: Sarah Thornton, PhD, and Luis Rico-Gutierrez, effective July 1, 2025.
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Notes on the 2025 MFA Exhibition
Student Vanessa Perez Winder (MA Visual & Critical Studies 2025) offers an insightful review of the 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition, grounded in care, community, and reflection.