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Josh Faught named Guggenheim Fellow
CCA textiles professor was awarded Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts.
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Get to know Justin Lokitz, an alum, professor, and chair of DMBA at CCA
Graduating from CCA with an MBA in Design Strategy in 2014, Justin Lokitz is now a best-selling author, startup entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Plantfully Systems, and professor and chair of the MBA in Design Strategy program at the college.
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Five questions with Alegra Figeroid, an Emmy Award-winning illustrator
Graduating from CCA with a BFA in Illustration and a minor in Writing and Literature in 2018, Alegra Figeroid is now a two-time Emmy Award-winning illustrator and comics writer.
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Preview the spectacular work of young Bay Area creatives
CCA is proud to recognize creative high school students whose work shows their authentic voice, originality, and technical skill in these prestigious awards.
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Telling our stories for nearly 120 years: A history of illustration at CCA
Explore 120 years of illustration at CCA! From foundational courses in 1907 to today’s innovative, multi-media creations, see how illustrators have shaped our school’s story and the world through evolving practices and diverse artistic expressions.
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Ajuan Mance, what’s been on your mind?
Ajuan Mance, CCA faculty and illustrator, creates art inspired by Black history, celebrating resilience and community. Through storytelling and teaching, they empower students to pursue their vision, showing the power of creativity and belonging.
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Five ways to access financial aid at CCA
At CCA, we're committed to helping students succeed in pursuing a creative education.
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Get to know CCA alum Travis Meinolf, founder of Meinolf Weaving School
Graduating from the college with an MFA in Textiles in 2008, Travis Meinolf now runs Meinolf Weaving School, where they connect people and discover new relationships to the process of weaving.
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Get to know CCA alum Martin Francis Hitch, co-founder of i/thee, a family-and-friends design studio
Martin Francis Hitch (MArch Architecture 2023) is the co-founder of i/thee, a family-and-friends design studio celebrating the co-sentience of everything in the environment: living and non-living, past and present, I and thee.
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Get to know CCA alum Lia Tin, a visual development artist in animation
Lia Tin (BFA Illustration 2014) shares her journey of making a career change in art, highlighting the importance of exploring new creative pursuits and staying inspired through play.
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Get to know CCA alum Kate Greenberg, designer, artist, and co-founder of Works in Progress
Graduating from CCA with a BFA in Furniture in 2020, Kate Greenberg is a San Francisco-based designer and curator.
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CCA celebrates its creative community past, present, and future
See highlights from our public opening celebrating the completion of our campus expansion and our 117 year legacy in the Bay Area.
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Acknowledging Indigenous Peoples’ Day
At CCA, we aspire to strengthen our commitment to expanding the visibility of Indigenous histories and contemporary presence in art, architecture, and design, on whose ancestral land we occupy.
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ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ implements staff layoffs
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ (CCA) has implemented staff layoffs to address its $20 million budget deficit for this fiscal year.
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The link between CCA and a historical poster championing votes for women
CCA’s creative citizens from the past include Bertha M. Boyé who over a century ago helped achieve women’s suffrage in California through her art, nine years before the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Get to know CCA alum Lily Chinn, winner of the 2024 WANTED Schools Workshop
Graduating from the college with a BFA in Industrial Design, Lily Chinn is now pursuing a master’s degree in Strategic Product Design at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
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CCA’s back to school on a brand-new campus
The culmination of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½â€™ campus expansion project has arrived to welcome students, faculty, and staff in an added 82,000+ of innovative makerspaces, labs, shops, and more.
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CCA Interior Design undergraduate awarded prestigious national scholarship
Nitya Sanjana Reddy Cheruku (BFA Interior Design 2025) has earned the acclaimed 2024 Angelo Donghia Foundation Senior Student scholarship, helping to cover the cost of her final year of studies and launch her design career.
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CCA welcomes new Director of MDes Interaction Design Elena Pacenti
Elena Pacenti takes the helm of the college’s MDes in Interaction Design program with decades of experience building on innovative research, establishing new academic programs, and mentoring the next generation of designers.
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Five reasons to consider a STEM-designated undergraduate program at an art school
From state-of-the-art tools and industry partnerships to opportunities to make a real-world impact and design the future, learn why a STEM-designated undergraduate program at an art school may be right for you.