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MFA Design launches the Design Futures Lab
Led by Assistant Chair Sara Dean, the Design Futures Lab provides students with the resources they need to practice speculative design and propose alternate futures.
Media coverage / Jan. 17, 2020
SF Weekly catches up with drawing and printmaking alum Ali Dadgar at his new Desai | Matta Gallery exhibit
On view at the California Institute of Integral Studies' Desai | Matta Gallery, alum Ali Dadgar's (BFA Drawing/Printmaking 1989) exhibit is full of dark humor, painterly obfuscation, and spirtiual maximalism.
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Student spotlight: Design Strategy’s Mickie Lau
Mickie Lau shares how the MBA in Design Strategy at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ is catalyzing her dream career.
Media coverage / Jan. 8, 2020
Frieze reviews Professor Emeritus Franklin Williams's new work at Parker Gallery
Media coverage / Jan. 2, 2020
MFA Printmaking alum Adele Crawford transforms printed pages into sculptures
Oakland artist and CCA graduate Adele Crawford (MFA Printmaking 2003) often finds her materials, old reference books, at estate sales. Discover how she turns their pages in sculptural works.
Media coverage / Dec. 23, 2019
Asst. Professor Juan Carlos RodrÃguez Rivera discusses international and multilingual art and design students
In conversation with Allison Yasukawa, Juan Carlos RodrÃguez Rivera discusses international and multilingual art and design students for a College Art Association podcast.
Press release / Dec. 18, 2019
CCA Wattis Institute presents صرخة شمسية Solar Cry by Algerian artist Lydia Ourahmane
Ourahmane's ambitious sound installation will envelop visitors creating more of a physical experience than simply an auditory one.
Media coverage / Dec. 17, 2019
How alum Samuel Rodriguez blends his graffiti background and illustration degree
A self-taught graffiti artists who graduated from CCA with a BFA in Illustration (2006), Samuel Rodriguez now shows his work in museums, galleries, and public art spaces.
Media coverage / Dec. 17, 2019
Feature story on the versatile and critical work of alum Hank Willis Thomas
Learn about the importance of Hank Willis Thomas's work (MA Visual Criticism, MFA Photography 2003), which excavates and comments on America's inequities through public art, photography, sculpture, and video.
Media coverage / Dec. 16, 2019
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz show ARTnews their art collection, including a piece by CCA alum Toyin Ojih Odutola
Media coverage / Dec. 11, 2019
MFA Writing alum Kate Robards brings hit play PolySHAMory to San Francisco
Media coverage / Dec. 9, 2019
Coverage of Art Basel Miami highlights CCA alumni Jessica Silverman and Woody De Othello
Media coverage / Dec. 4, 2019
Co-published by CCA Wattis, an art book by Andrea Fraser has been named one of the decade's best
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Michael Wertz and Thomas Wojak: Boldly merging words and images
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Aaron De La Cruz: In the Moment
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Meet CCA MAAD HTX graduate Sitou Akolly
Sitou Akolly (MAAD Advanced Architectural Design 2016) shares why he came to CCA and his interest in pre-colonial architecture of Togo.
Media coverage / Dec. 3, 2019
Fim student Yubo Song wins DGA award for Best Asian American Student Filmmaker
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Sean Canty and Ryan Golenberg: Collaborating on the Grid
Ryan Golenberg (BArch 2009) and Sean Canty (BArch 2010) have had a collaborative relationship since their time as peers at CCA, then continuing on to the Harvard University Graduate School of Design’s MArch program.
Media coverage / Dec. 1, 2019
Short biography of Professor Emeritus Franklin Williams on the occasion of his Parker Gallery show
Media coverage / Nov. 24, 2019
Erik Carter, CCA graphic design faculty member, discusses teaching and his independent design practice