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Media coverage / May 25, 2019
CCA's Dean of Design considers the career landscape for industrial designers in IDSA round table
Media coverage / May 21, 2019
Mitchell Schwarzer, professor for Visual Studies, writes about privatizing the public city in new essay
Professor Mitchell Schwarzer, a historian of architecture, landscape, and urbanism, pens an essay for Places Journal about Oakland's lopsided "boom" geared toward the wealthy.
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A visionary whose craftsmanship confronts injustice
2019 honorary doctorate degree recipient Joyce J. Scott’s career demonstrates her quest to inspire change through art.
Press release / May 17, 2019
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ appoints Ann Wiens Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Wiens joins CCA from the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), where she served as director of marketing communications.
Media coverage / May 17, 2019
Architecture Professor Neal Schwartz's firm wins the James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant Design
Press release / May 17, 2019
Faculty Kota Ezawa presents new work at the 2019 Whitney Biennial
Associate Professor of Film Kota Ezawa debuts his new work, National Anthem, a watercolor animation that was specifically selected by the biennial curators.
Media coverage / May 15, 2019
MFA students partner with Salesforce Tower to commemorate the building's anniversary with original light displays
Media coverage / May 13, 2019
Galen Boone (BFA Individualized Studies 2018) wins a Windgate Fellowship award
Winner of a $15,000 Windgate Fellowship from the Center for Craft, Galen Boone counters the myth of binary gender through work in jewelry and metalsmithing.
Media coverage / May 13, 2019
Third-year student Jung (Hailey) Kim wins $10,000 Joe's Blackbook scholarship
Media coverage / May 9, 2019
Artist Joyce J. Scott receives honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from CCA
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Animation alum Lily Williams finds her dream career
By the time Lily Williams (BFA Animation 2014) reached high school, she already had a game plan.
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From farm to fashion: textile manufacturing in North Carolina
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Digital Craft Lab enlivens San Francisco's Market Street
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Game on: How video games are changing the way we work and play
Media coverage / May 8, 2019
CCA's Blattner Hall offers community, convenience, and affordable housing
Press release / May 6, 2019
CCA Fashion Experience 2019 celebrates identity, vision, and craft
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Tim Brown and Barry Katz on design thinking today
IDEO CEO Tim Brown and CCA professor Barry Katz discuss design in a new era of disruption.
Media coverage / May 2, 2019
Kota Ezawa, an associate professor for CCA film programs, discusses the Whitney Museum protests with KQED
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Mastering filmmaking
CCA's Cinema Visionaries Lecture Series is a popular public-programs lineup of screenings and engaging Q&A sessions with today's most luminary filmmakers.
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Three ways to make your college application stand out
What can you do to make sure your application won’t be overlooked? Here are a few tips from admissions officers at some of the best art colleges in the U.S.