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Press release / Aug. 16, 2018
CCA presents robust lineup of fall events and exhibitions
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Two years or three years for a masters in Design? Here’s the difference.
Here's an in-depth look at both options to help you decide which is the right one for you.
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SFMOMA Visual Identity Has CCA Roots: Some Faces Behind the Rebrand
Learn about how graduate design alumna Jennifer Sonderby led a stellar team of designers—including several CCA alumni—in the visual rebranding of SFMOMA.
Press release / March 12, 2025
CCA Campus Gallery presents Reunited, a collaboration with the San Francisco Advocacy for the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Reunited is a group exhibition featuring twelve Bay Area artists from the NMWA Women to Watch program, whose creative careers have been driven by resilience, artistic excellence, and collective support.
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2018 IMPACT Award Winners
These winners receive $25,000 and a network of resources to complete an innovative project that cultivates social or environmental responsibility.
Press release / March 27, 2019
CCA People’s Party honoring Wayne Thiebaud raises over $1.2 million for student scholarship fund
Press release / March 6, 2025
This month at ​​CCA: March 2025 public events
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ is excited to invite the public to experience its newly expanded campus with an exciting lineup of exhibitions, artist talks, lectures, and special events this March.
Press release / Feb. 23, 2023
CCA Announces 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Regional Winners
Young artists and writers recognized for their original works by nationally renowned award.
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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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Making a career shift with a master’s in design
A master’s in design can put you on a fast track to a new career, where you can imagine and build a better future.
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Silver Linings Series
An archive of projects, stories, events, and updates from our campus on the cloud.
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CCA commencement traditions
From the tam and gown’s little-known origins to a particularly relevant Honorary Doctorate address, these stories behind the college’s commencement quirks are so CCA.
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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.
Press release / June 7, 2018
Center for Art + Public Life announces winners of the 2018 IMPACT Award
HATCH Workshop and House9 each receive $25,000 to create affordable and sustainable living environments for artists and designers.
Press release / March 20, 2017
CCA presents the 2017 MFA Thesis Exhibition
Exhibition showcases work of 35 emerging artists from CCA's graduate program in Fine Arts.
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Legendary designer Sir Jony Ive’s advice for the 2021 graduating class
“My encouragement is to be committed and proactive in caring for that deep, creative part of yourself that is easily overlooked.â€
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Your future with an MBA in Design Strategy
Delving into the unique blend of design and strategy, the chair of the MBA in Design Strategy (DMBA) program explores the distinct edge a DMBA degree offers.
Press release / April 23, 2024
Four faculty members and one alum from ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ awarded the 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship
Faculty members Kim Anno, Lucas Foglia, Guillermo Galindo, and Léonie Guyer, and alum Ahndraya Parlato are among those recognized for the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.
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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.
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Bold moves timeline
Explore the college’s most prominent geographic decisions, which prove CCA has never shied away from change.