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Press release / March 30, 2020
ĐÓ°É´«Ă˝ named one of the nation’s top graduate schools for fine arts by U.S. News & World Report
The 2020 rankings, which assessed 227 MFA-granting colleges and universities across the country, lists CCA 10th overall.
Media coverage / March 26, 2020
Fine Art Connoisseur calls illustration alum an artist to watch
Media coverage / March 25, 2020
Dean Helen Maria Nugent explains how to look your best on webcam
In a New York Times article, Dean of Design Helen Maria Nugent shares a bit of advice for looking presentable while on video conference calls.
Media coverage / March 4, 2020
CCA professors Neeraj Bhatia and Antje Steinmuller to exhibit “Commoning Domestic Space” at the 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale
Media coverage / Feb. 26, 2020
What does it take to be an interior designer in 2020?
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In conversation with MFA Painting + Drawing alum Alexandra Grant
Meet alum Alexandra Grant, a Los Angeles-based artist who explores the performance of language in various media, including her series of paintings based on a famous Greek tragedy.
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A look at Studio Gang’s design features vibrant indoor/outdoor environment
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Founders Hall student-housing designs
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Pre-College, summer youth programs at CCA offer a world of possibilities
CCA’s Pre-College and summer youth programs help students deepen their skills and pursue their passions long before becoming degree-seeking students.
Media coverage / Feb. 14, 2020
Alumni help design Nike's futuristic footwear collection with the lowest carbon footprint
CCA alums Noah Murphy-Reinhertz (BFA Industrial Design 2004), Haley Toelle (BFA Industrial Design 2012), and James Zormier (BFA Fashion Design) used Nike's scrap material to construct the Space Hippie footwear collection.
Media coverage / Feb. 5, 2020
Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab faculty win a 2020 ACSA Faculty Design Award
Media coverage / Feb. 5, 2020
Assistant Professor Tonya M. Foster is one of 41 artists to win a 2020 Creative Capital Award
Tonya M. Foster, along with three other Bay Area artists, will receive a $100,000 Creative Capital Award to further her project on surveillance and race. Foster teaches in the MFA Writing and undergraduate Writing and Literature programs.
Media coverage / Feb. 5, 2020
Alum Woody De Othello discusses his Bay Area influences, affinity for clay and ceramics, and more
View a text-based interview with CCA alum Woody De Othello (MFA Fine Arts 2017) in Mousse, a contemporary art magazine. The interview icludes an image gallery of De Othello's show at the San José Museum of Art.
Media coverage / Feb. 5, 2020
Illustration professor collaborates with the owner of a speciality pin shop
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Design division welcomes two new chairs
Two new chairs join CCA's Design division, Erin Malone, Chair of Interaction Design and Sara Fenske Bahat, Chair of MBA in Design Strategy.
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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 ĐÓ°É´«Ă˝ 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.